Democracy cannot protect itself. It needs constant attention and effort from all of us to keep it functioning well so it can continue to be a shield of justice for its citizens from the dangerous and selfish forces that are always working to destroy it.

published Dec 2nd 2016, 2:40 am, by Ott Ummelas (Bloomberg) —More than two decades after unleashing Europe’s first flat tax, Estonia is calling it a day. Part of market reforms to aid transition from 50 years of communism, the Baltic nation adopted universal levies for business and personal income in