Greece Circles the Drain

Times are tough in America, but Greece appears to be on its way to being the second coming of Weimar Germany. If things keep getting worse—and I’m almost certain they will—Greece may be the trouble spot I visit and write about after Libya. And it’s in the European Union!

A sign taped to a wall in an Athens hospital appealed for civility from patients. "The doctors on duty have been unpaid since May," it read, "Please respect their work."

Patients and their relatives glanced up briefly and moved...