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Ben Carson’s star rose from rough beginnings

Ben Carson’s star rose from rough beginnings

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This article is part of a series of profiles of the 2016 presidential candidates that will appear on the NewBostonPost in the months leading up to the nominating conventions.  Oh! That mine enemy would write a book! I had written a book, and it has furnished a matter of abuse for want of something better. — Thomas Jefferson, March 1789.

This article is part of a series of profiles of the 2016 presidential candidates that will appear on the NewBostonPost in the months leading up to the nominating conventions.  Oh! That mine enemy would write a book! I had written a book, and it has furnished a matter of abuse for want of something better. — Thomas Jefferson, March 1789.…