Mike Pilewski writes about life, politics and culture in the United States
Of all the candidates’ stories, Ben Carson’s may be the most inspiring. He overcame the poverty of a Detroit slum to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. In 1987, Carson led a 70-member surgical team in separating Siamese twins who were joined at the back of the head. A speech at a … >>
The next US presidential election isn’t until November 2016, but the campaigning is well under way. Because neither the sitting president nor the vice-president nor the previous opponent is a candidate, new ideas and new faces have a shot at success. The last time this happened was in 2008, and it enabled a little-known senator named Barack Obama to rise … >>