My big sister, Chicago Tribune reporter Christianne Parsons, has co-authored a series for the paper called "United States of Anxiety."
Here's how it starts.
These are troubled times in America.
The nation, divided sharply this decade by politics, is now united in worry. Our economy is faltering. Our health care and energy costs are soaring. We're fighting wars of security abroad and a battle over identity at home.
Our problems run deep and wide, and the presidential candidates aren't stumping for anything close to the transformation we need to solve them.
Read more here.
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