11.03.2008 10:00 pm

MINK column: Attacks and smears don’t matter; voters worry about real things: family, work, health, education

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

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I don’t care what the advance polls say: Right now, neither I nor anyone else knows who our next president will be. Nor can anyone say for certain why those who vote for Barack Obama or John McCain will do…

Tags: American optimism, anxiety, attack ads, Barack Obama, college, education, Eric Mink, ethnicity, family, health care, health insurance, jobs, John McCain, race, religion, robo-calls, smear mailings, unemployment, voting

10.06.2008 11:30 pm

MINK column: At risk in America — You’re the one carrying the load.

By Eric Mink

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

You know that vague, shapeless worry that never quite goes away? That sense that the things you count on for your security and that of your family — your spouse, your children, your brothers, sisters and parents — aren’t quite solid?

It…

Tags: Barack Obama, children, Eric Mink, family, health insurance, homeowners' insurance, insecurity, jobs, Joe Biden, John McCain, Nashville, parents, pensions, Peter Gosselin, Presidential debate, risk, risk shift, security, the American dream

MINK column: Attacks and smears don’t matter; voters worry about real things: family, work, health, education

MINK column: At risk in America — You’re the one carrying the load.

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