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CARSON: Political correctness and the slavery of Obamacare
Political correctness is in place to ensure conformity to the prescribed expressions and lifestyles dictated by the elites.
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CARSON: Indebtedness is path to servitude
As a teenager, I began a new, lifelong routine of starting and ending each day reading from the book of Proverbs, which, of course, was written by Solomon, a very wise man.
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CARSON: Uprooting Obamacare with better ideas
As a child, I was attracted to anything that dealt with medicine.
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CARSON: Why those in power should act like adults
By Ben S. Carson - The Washington Times
Most of us can remember feeling that someone had done us a great injustice. On those occasions, we want nothing more than to exact revenge.
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CARSON: Beyond affirmative action to colorblindness
As a child growing up in Detroit and Boston, I had many opportunities to experience the ugly face of racism and witnessed the devastating toll exacted by its mean-spirited nature.
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CARSON: Secular progressives can't keep God out of public life
We used to characterize the Soviet Union as a godless, evil empire.
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CARSON: The enduring spirit of the Tea Parties
The famous Boston Tea Party involved disgruntled colonists who felt unfairly treated by the British Motherland, which was imposing an ever-increasing burden of taxation with little or no input from those being taxed.
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CARSON: Obama is wrong that raising minimum wage will fix income inequality
There has been much discussion about income inequality recently. President Obama seems to think that we can make significant progress in eliminating poverty by raising the minimum wage, as his State of the Union address highlighted.
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CARSON: A physician's view on the sanctity of life
My entire professional life has been devoted to saving and enhancing lives. Thus, the thought of abortion for the sake of convenience does not appeal to me.
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CARSON: America is dragged down by Obama regulations
Well-meaning government officials from both parties have determined that citizens need to be more closely managed because they are not capable of acting responsibly or planning for the future
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CARSON: Are all the president's critics racists?
A few years ago, I was participating in a national radio interview when the questioner asked me, "Dr. Carson, I notice that you don't speak very often about race. Why is that?" I replied, "It's because I'm a neurosurgeon."
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CARSON: Thinking for ourselves
Earlier this year, one of the mainstream media networks was planning to do a special on my retirement from neurosurgery. They recorded a lecture that I gave at my medical school, as well as one given at a high school in Detroit.
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CARSON: The feeling behind 'Merry Christmas'
When I was a kid growing up in Detroit and Boston, there were multiple Christmas celebrations in public school. Everyone participated in the celebrations, including the Jews and the many individuals of Middle Eastern descent.
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CARSON: To counter coarseness, choose civility
As a youngster, I remember being taught to offer your seat on the bus to any elderly person. It was not unusual to see people offering to help carry a heavy or awkward box when a perfect stranger was obviously struggling with one.
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CARSON: Why did the founders give us the Second Amendment?
Who would have believed America could ever reach a day in which our leaders would ignore the will of the people?
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CARSON: Getting to the top by starting at the bottom
I vividly remember as a teenager obtaining my first job with a regular paycheck as a high school biology-laboratory assistant.
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CARSON: A health care lemon
When I was a teenager, my mother broke her own rule of never buying someone else's trouble and purchased a used car. We were quite excited because it was beautiful and sleek, and it was a convertible.
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CARSON: Forget party loyalties, let's save America
The 14th verse in the 11th chapter of the book of Proverbs states that there is safety in the multitude of counselors. This means that you are much more likely to be successful if you're willing to listen to an array of opinions regarding an important decision.
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CARSON: Heeding the warning signs of decline
Americans have an obligation to save the nation for future generations.
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CARSON: If you love America, get informed
The fate of our nation teeters on the ledge — and our future is far more important than who got sent home from "Dancing with the Stars"
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