- From The Economist: "Every intelligence service will impinge on individual liberties—and America’s has succeeded in its main job: to prevent attacks. But every democracy also needs to keep those impingements in check and to hold its spies to account." http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21582525-war-terror-haunts-america-still-it-should-recover-some-its-most-cherished 19 comments worldnews
- Karl Popper on democracy - In 1988 The Economist invited Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and made the case for a two-party system. As America’s presidential race begins, with the Iowa caucus on February 1st, we are republishing it. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/01/karl-popper-democracy 3 comments philosophy