My father often visited a clinic in a rough neighborhood in Chicago, owned by two doctors and their mother. As a single mother, with little education, she pushed and pulled her boys until they both became doctors. She ran the clinic with them.

That was the 70s, good parents don´t need more than will to help their children overcome.

The education industry has that whole "self esteem" part down (tell them they´re smart). Now, somebody should tell them to go to Chapter 2 (make them do the work). Actually, I´m not too sure the (alleged) educators CAN themselves read Chapter 2. [No sarcasm was bent, twisted, maimed or intended in this statement. :-) )

One outstanding black scholar discussing another. I have admired Dr. Sowell for many years, and I have great expectations for Dr. Carson. If only the liberals would heed their words.

Dr.Ben is a remarkable man. There is no substitute for diligence and perseverance, which he personifies in humble spades.

I saw the movie, which I enjoyed a lot...now I want to read the book. I am sure it will have a lot more information and insight in it than the movie.

I believe Dr. Carson said in his CPAC speech that his mother told him he was too smart to bring home such poor grades -- but he kept bringing them home anyway.

Dr. Sowell is dead-on again. What the Left prescribes -- and inflicts -- does far more harm than good.

But, if we only "invested" more money, lots more money, their "great" ideas would swing open Eden´s gate.

Why would they lie?

Carson´t stock could rise sharply over the next couple of years because people are losing faith in the political class every day. Just when you think you have a candidate picked out,you get ambushed by this reach out crap which makes the parties indistinguishable.

i suppose the same thing could happen to Carson if he took one rotten egg position.That´s why I´m taking a wait and see position before jumping on his bandwagon. He does realize political correctness is dividing the country and killing it´s soul,so that´s at least a step in the right direction.

It would be refreshing to have an outsider president and the CEO of Whole Foods would make another great choice,he understands how this economy works as much as anybody.We need a real brilliant mind running this country,not a media constructed one like Bamboozle.

And his Mother insisted he & his brother read one book a week. Reading is wisdom.

I like Dr Carson´s speaking abilities and applaud his success. His story is inspirational, however it does not make him presidential material, just yet. I hope he reviews the Constitution and maybe has a few discussions with Rick Perry and/or David Barton, before he comments on gun regulation or government mandated/controlled health savings accounts.His comments suggest he still believes government is still the answer for those things.
He needs to understand the philosophy of limited government with only the specific powers enumerated in the Constitution.

Time tested Tom Sowell, understands the classic rules of economics and philosophy.
Pray that Ben Carson stays close to the advising values of Tom Sowell. Once Ben is pushed out into the eye of the public political storm, he can stay on the track of reason and benefit big time from Tom.
Ben Carson could have no better friend than
Tom Sowell. We can all be thankful for that.

It doesn´t matter that Carson´s mother had little education and few opportunities; she had wisdom. God bless her for that and what she accomplished along the way.

Hope this unique, wise and talented Dr. Carson will see his way toward running for public office. We so desperately need a man of his caliber. I hope he has the strength to deal with the left´s viciousness toward anyone who disagrees with them. Once you´ve seen him speak, you´ll never forget him or what he says. Have a feeling he could ´weather the storm´.

He may be the real thing, but I am all played out. I don´t want to see another black man in a high leadership position for a long, long time. My trust is gone.

The MSM eviscerating of Dr. Carson begins in 5,4,3,2, ...

It´s not rocket science. Love, discipline, tenacity . . . are far more important than government handouts.

They will destroy him. He better have no skeletons in his closet. Be warned.

It´s going to be hard for the chattering class to eviscerate Ben Carson. He went to Yale (gasp), holds professorships in four different medical specialties, has been awarded 54 honorary doctorates, and has performed surgeries unheard of before he did them. What are they going to say--he´s stupid and uneducated?

#8, very good point. His mother not only made the boys do their homework, but compelled them to read outside that. (I think I heard it was 2 books a week, but I could be wrong.) If you can get a kid to read for pleasure, you´ve won a lot of the battle.

There is a woman like Carson´s Mother and then there is woman like Our Dear Reader´s. One passionately guides her son with wholesome goodness, the other drags her child into a Third World Country, and when he suddenly isn´t "little" anymore, abandons him.

Dr Sowell and Dr Carson are both examples for all of us white or black but you can count on the race hustlers to diss them both. The Rats have to keep the blacks down on the plantation.

May the Good Lord smile on Ben and keep him safe. Ben, we need you!

Before my mother died 10 years ago, multiple mini-strokes had destroyed most of her long-term memory, but not her enjoyment of reading. She read Dr. Carson´s book 100 times, at least, and each time she did, she come to me, hand me the book, and say, "This is SUCH a good book! You should read it."

Thank God for Thomas Sowell. Imagine him as POTUS. Same for Carson.

Why doesn´t the black community fervently embrace them?

#12 - it ain´t about being black.

Power and money don´t corrupt. They only magnify the character that already exists.

If I have to explain it you ain´t gonna understand it.

OP, mooch would never take on that project - it would put her husband and his racial grievance thug pals out of business. Too much money riding on keeping the homies ignorant.

In America, character still counts. We must not fall into the statist dems´ modus opperandi trap of dividing individuals into communal groupings in order to target them and discriminate against them, and painting them with a bogus ´broadbrush,´ on such a ridiculously unfounded basis.

The is America, where CHARACTER COUNTS and EACH individual is equally valued and respected by fellow citizens AND the Constitutional Rule of LAW!!! This is NOT a communal socialist, radical statist country, ...yet.

American voters should consider the merits of EACH Presidential potential, beginning with the content of his character. Dr. Carson merits consideration on that point and many others, including knowledge of healthcare in the USA.

Am currently reading the book and watched the movie last week, Gifted Hands. Cuba Gooding, Jr. plays a great role!

As for Dr. Carson, he´s got his priorities straight. "If God be with me, who can be against me," was one of his recent comments.

As for those who fear "another black man," just observe the content of their characters, not the color of their skin.

Thomas Sowell and Ben Carson are giants in their respective fields. America is so much richer for them.

#12, By the way you speak, it sounds like you trusted Barry in 2008. You must not be a good judge of character.

I have admired Thomas Sowell for half my life (back to Jimma Carter).

Can you imagine what our nation would be like if Sowell had been elected in stead of the person we have now? I try and it almost makes me try. We conservatives have another chance, we can do it. "Walk it off" and get in there.

Whoops. "...makes me CRY.?

#13 is right. Axelrod and the DNC are probably already looking for bimbos. If they can´t find any, they´ll pay some to say they had an affair with him. These toads can´t hold a candle to a man who saves the lives of babies through delicate and complicated surgeries, but he´s not stuck in the ghetto with an Obamaphone on his ear, so they must destroy him.

But it doesn´t matter, because he´s not really black. Not like Snoop Dog and all the other rappers who are true and real. He´s a Tom who sold out to white education, leaving his people behind to embrace the white world. Dr. Carson is just another suburban wanna be, suitable for ostracizing but not as a role model. He´s a man of conviction expressing the values of hard work, honesty, integrity, and honor as the way to escape perpetual poverty as provided by the Great Society Dimocrits who created the New Plantation of dependency.

Please excuse the blank posting. Dr. Carson will never be in American politics if the left has anything to say about it. The MSM is poised to pounce if he takes a step in that direction. Sarah Palin was picked as McCain´s running mate and 2 seconds later, 11 lawyers get on a plane for Alaska to dig up dirt on her. Welcome to New American Politics. Dr. Carson is too mild mannered for the battlefield of American politics. They will eat him alive in one day. I´m not being negative, just realistic.

#15, Sean Hannity warned Dr. Carson about that. Dr. Carson said he has no skeletons, they are welcome to look.

The most valuable thing Dr. Carson can do for our society (as if he hasn´t done enough already) is speak out about the evils of Obamacare and encourage minority youth to reject the culture of dependence and gang values.

How can the will of the American people, ´break through the glass ceiling,´ which has apparently been crafted and set firmly in place inside Boomtown´s statist pol beltway?! (Lefty/libs themselves once railed against any, ´´glass ceilings,´´ but look at them in Boomtown now!?!!)

Every beltway policy now is done in secret statist pol cliques behind closed doors, not debated in the open on the House & Senate floors of the Congress as is required in the U.S. Constitution. Nothing about this current gang of pols is, ´´transparent,´ as they had all promised. Pelosi even had the nerve to boast excitedly, ´We will find out what is in the bill after we pass it,´ regarding 0bamacare. Now we hear another tiny number of stealth statist pols has conjured up an Illegal alien amnesty/citizenship deal in secret, etc., etc., etc., ...and so it goes in 2013 in this new statist-0bama-pelosi-reid, ´NeverNeverland,´ of Boomtown´s public policy COMPLETE make-over for America the Beautiful?!

Who can ever trust a statist pol? ...As political parties seem to be merging into one statist agenda, the will of the American people is increasing becoming marginalized and made irrelevant as citizens´ choices & policy preferences are snatched away through deceit. mmm mmm mmm

Reply 12, Carson is the real thing. I would gladly trust him with the presidency.

I have read Gifted Hands and I want to mention one thing. It´s true that he is highly intelligent and that his mother motivated him to study and work hard. In addition, he had God given hand/eye coordination which was essential to brain surgery. All the hard work in the world could not supply that particular talent.

Have watched Dr. Carson since the first conjoined [at-the-head] twins... How he organized that team of surgeons and nurses was mind-boggling... Truly a Gifted Man...

America would be gifted to have him lead us...