12.09.2008 10:00 pm

MINK Column: Stop lying to our kids about college

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

By R.J. Matson, Post-Dispatch

IT’S TIME WE STOPPED lying to our kids.

We tell them that they are our future. We encourage them to follow their dreams and work hard to achieve anything they want. We hammer into their heads that the key…

Tags: American Association of State Colleges and Universities, College Board, Consumers Union, costs, Education Week, Eric Mink, fees, Henry Paulson, Illinois, Joseph Mink, Missouri, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, private four-year universities, public four-year universities, Quality Counts, state governments, Student Lending Analytics, tuition, United States Students Association

06.14.2008 9:00 pm

Sunday Editorial: The big pool

By Editorial Board

He didn’t come to St. Louis to walk the fault line in modern medicine. But that’s essentially what happened when Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, visited with cardiac patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital last week.
Cardiac care units like the…

Tags: costs, health care, health costs, health insurance, health spending, insurance pool, John McCain, medical savings account

MINK Column: Stop lying to our kids about college

Sunday Editorial: The big pool

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