In the new economy, we all have to be entrepreneurs with our own lives - with all the rewards and risks and, yes, anxieties that entails. Nina Easton anxietyeconomyentail Change image and share on social
The fierce battles between New Democrat centrists and old-style liberals that defined the Democratic Party in the 1990s are long gone, with the party unified behind Barack Obama's economic agenda of universal health care, expensive federal programs and more regulation of the financial markets. Nina Easton 1990sagendumbarack share on social
One of my most vivid memories from 1974 was the gas station at the foot of the hill below my Southern California high school - car lines snaking out into the street, heralding the failure of the government's price controls and lame ideas such as odd-even rationing. Nina Easton californiacarcontrol share on social
If you like Obama, if you like a Washington that offers free stuff and taxing the rich, that's what you get. I don't see him evolving as a president. Nina Easton evolvefreeobama Change image and share on social
We like to think that a free market's greatest strength is its self-corrective nature. Nina Easton correctivefreegreat Change image and share on social
Unless engineers can stop southern Louisiana from sinking into the Gulf - the Mississippi Delta is the fastest-disappearing land on the planet - even post-Katrina's modernized levees will be overwhelmed. Nina Easton deltadisappearengineer share on social
A huge segment of the country has always felt overtaxed. In 1938, when taxes were roughly 17% of income, a 'Fortune' survey found that nearly half of all Americans thought they paid too much relative to what they got in return. Nina Easton americancountryfelt share on social
The Citizens United ruling did not invent special-interest spending; it enables corporations and unions to advocate directly on behalf of a candidate rather than running more subtle 'issue ads.' Nina Easton advocatebehalfcandidate Change image and share on social
Barack Obama's political roots are liberal, but he has always resisted buying into the brand of liberalism that denigrates American greatness and potential. Nina Easton americanbarackbrand Change image and share on social
I always thought that Grover Norquist had a - he really is a true ideologue, in every sense of the word. Nina Easton groverideologuenorquist Change image and share on social