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From the streets of inner-city Detroit to the heights of the medical profession, Benjamin S. Carson has come a long way in his 49 years...
...native of inner-city Detroit, Carson was a less-than-astounding student in his elementary school days who once referred to his younger self as "a walking TV guide." He credits his mother with transforming his life by making him read books and write weekly book reports--even though she herself only had a third-grade education. Carson did well enough in high school to gain admittance to Yale University, which he reportedly chose over Harvard because he saw their team win in an academic bowl, followed by the University of Michigan for medical school...
...Card stands at the front of the American political stage, orchestrating the inner workings of the Bush White House on a daily basis as the younger Bush's chief of staff...
...Last week it seemed tempting to see AIDS as a pathology we could confine to the inner city. We can't. To be sure, HIV-prevention strategies must be culturally targeted, and the CDC must find a way to get through to black men who don't see themselves as part of the gay community. But the CDC may also have to start anew with gay America as a whole, since some of us weren't around the first time HIV started killing...
...what it all meant (and no, I didn’t get this off a fortune cookie): Follow your own path, no matter what people say. Sure, it’s a cliché, but for good reason. If you’re complacent, if you let your inner critic overwhelm you, then Harvard can pummel you into submission, into bidding for conformity. But who comes into college saying “I want to be a gov jock!” or “I want to be a Pearl Girl!”? If you can take...