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Ben Carson

  1. early and often
    Ben Carson to Endorse Donald TrumpPlot twist.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  2. roll clip!
    Say Bye to Carson With the Daily Show’s TributeR.I.P.?
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  3. farewells
    Ben Carson Officially Suspends His Presidential CampaignHe will now go chair a Christian voter-outreach organization.
    By Chas Danner
  4. Ben Carson Says He ‘Does Not See a Path Forward,’ Will Skip Next GOP DebateCarson’s downward spiral continues.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  5. Trump Needs Ben Carson to Add Balance to GOP Ticket, Says Carson’s Super-PacIs Trump-Carson the Republican Party’s only hope?
    By Eric Levitz
  6. Ben Carson Says Obama Was ‘Raised White’“The claim that he identifies with the experience of black Americans is a bit of a stretch.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  7. Donald Trump Wins South CarolinaSouth Carolina wants to make America great again.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. Jeb Bush: 4th Place in South Carolina Is a WinFor Establishment Republicans, elections aren’t about winning and losing, but about how you play the expectations game.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. last night on late night
    Stephen Colbert Ben Carsons Himself on Late ShowOh, it just goes on forever!
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. Ben Carson’s Weird Vendetta Against Ted CruzDoes the good doctor really think rumor-mongering from Team Cruz robbed him of victory in Iowa?
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. interesting thoughts
    Low-Information Candidate Worried About Low-Information Voters“They don’t have a clue what you’re talking about, and yet these are people who vote” — something Ben Carson actually said.
    By Jaime Fuller
  12. quizzes
    Which Carson Said It?Dr. Ben Carson or Downton Abbey’s Mr. Carson: a quiz.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. early and often
    Ben Carson Eyed for House Speaker, Despite Lack of Experience, Speaking SkillsHe decided to pretend to run for president instead.
    By Jonah Shepp and Margaret Hartmann
  14. Ben Carson Asks Crowd of 5th-Graders to Point Out Dumbest Kid in ClassSurprise: They all pointed to one student.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  15. Ben Carson Comes to Staten Island, Thinks It’s a ‘Pretty Cool Place’A little detour from Iowa and New Hampshire.
    By Jen Kirby
  16. Two Ben Carson Aides Celebrate the New Year by Leaving His CampaignThe neurosurgeon’s poll numbers haven’t looked too hot lately either.
    By Jaime Fuller
  17. Ben Carson Trashes His StaffThe fading presidential candidate spent Wednesday complaining to reporters about his hired help.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. saturday night live
    Watch Will Ferrell Bring George W. Back to SNLFor one glorious cold open.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. Donald Trump Gives Non-Kosher Speech to GOP JewsDonald Trump and a bunch of Republican Jews walked into a convention center, and the punch lines were as offensive as you’d expect.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. middle east tourism
    Ben Carson Prefers Syrian Refugee Camps to America — for Syrian RefugeesHe visited two camps in Jordan and came away even more convinced that Syrian refugees shouldn’t be accepted into the U.S.
    By Chas Danner
  21. Ben Carson Will Spend His Black Friday With Syrian RefugeesTo increase his foreign-policy acumen, Carson will visit a camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. Ben Carson May Need to Brush Up on the Shapes and Locations of U.S. States A new map raises questions about Ben Carson’s domestic-geography acumen.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. the national interest
    Ben Carson’s Advisers Terrified of Carson Presidency“Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Jeb Bush Says He Wouldn’t Ban Syrian RefugeesJeb Bush may be low-energy, but when it comes to Syrian refugees, he isn’t low-empathy.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. GOP Candidates React to Paris AttacksAccording to the GOP field, America needs more guns and fewer refugees.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. um what?
    Trump Compares Ben Carson’s ‘Pathological Temper’ to Child Molesting“I’m not bringing up anything that’s not in his book.”
    By Jonah Shepp
  27. the national interest
    Ben Carson Knows Nothing About Public Policy and Does Not Seem to CareA close read of the candidate’s train-wreck answers to basic questions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. “Would You Kill Baby Hitler?” Meme Killed by Ben CarsonR.I.P.
    By Brian Feldman
  29. the national circus
    The Fox Business GOP Debate Was Boring — and RiggedThe moderators practically let the candidates rehearse their stump speeches, and it’s unlikely anyone will knock Trump or Carson from atop the polls. 
    By Frank Rich
  30. Ben Carson Does Some Light Facebook TrollingCarson turns a negative into a … into something.
    By Brian Feldman
  31. Donald Trump Can’t Stop Thinking About Ben Carson’s Pyramid Theory“You can’t put grain in the pyramid because they’re solid structures.”
    By Eric Levitz
  32. equal time
    Trump Rivals Can Get 12 Minutes of NBC AirtimeThanks to FCC rules.
    By Nate Jones
  33. early and often
    Ben Carson Is Outraged That the Media Is Taking Him SeriouslyHow dare they ask him to elaborate on the insane stories from his past.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. a conservative rapper’s delight
    Meet Aspiring Mogul, Rapper Behind Ben Carson Ad“Carson likes classical music like Haydn and Tchaikovsky,” Mogul admits. “But when I made the song, I didn’t think about whether he was into rap or not.”
    By Lauretta Charlton
  35. Ben Carson May Have Never Stabbed AnyoneIn his redemption memoir, Carson wrote that he stabbed a friend. Last night on Fox News, he said he stabbed a relative.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. 2016
    Ben Carson Ventures Into the Rap Game With not-good results.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  37. dubious theories
    Ben Carson Schools Archaeologists on Who Really Built the PyramidsHint: It involves a Bible story.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. the national interest
    Is Ben Carson Running for President?Or is he running a clever marketing scam?
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. politics
    Donald Trump’s Alliance With the National EnquirerDid Trump feed dirt on Ben Carson to his old buddy’s gossip weekly? 
    By Gabriel Sherman
  40. 2016
    GOP Candidates Plot RNC Mutiny After Debate FiascoThe campaigns plan to meet this weekend.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Margaret Hartmann
  41. 2016 gop primary debate
    Ben Carson’s ‘Total Propaganda’Carson denied he had a “relationship” with Mannatech. But he’s on record saying their vitamins helped cure his prostate cancer.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. the national circus
    Is the GOP Cracking Up? With Jeb Bush looking finished at last night’s debate and Marco Rubio still not attracting base voters, the possibility remains in play.
    By Frank Rich
  43. Trump Begs Iowans to Please, Please Like Him Again“Will you get the numbers up, Iowa, please?”
    By Elaine Godfrey
  44. fright night
    Ben Carson Is Worse for Women Than TrumpHis positions on abortion access are extreme, even for the Republican Party.
    By Sally Kohn
  45. early and often
    Ben Carson Is Literally ‘Outside the Box’ in New TV CommercialHis marketing team is not.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. election 2016
    Carson Takes Lead in Iowa Despite Being on Book Tour All MonthBonus: Trump apologizes for his intern.
    By Elaine Godfrey
  47. 2016
    Secret Service to Start Looking After Carson and TrumpTrump’s code name is anybody’s guess.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  48. last night on late night
    Fallon, Grier Watch Dems Debate as Trump, CarsonNo one is remotely safe this election.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  49. can u not
    Ben Carson Tries to Top Himself, Blames Holocaust on Gun ControlIt’s a popular theory, though it’s been repeatedly debunked.
    By Jonah Shepp
  50. anecdotes
    Ben Carson Once Bravely ‘Redirected’ a Gunman to Someone Else “I just said, ‘I believe that you want the guy behind the counter.’”
    By Caroline Bankoff
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