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What Ben Carson’s Rise Says About America
HEAL THYSELF
How a brilliant man’s profound ignorance became his greatest political asset.
Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
Published
Oct. 27 2015
1:00AM EDT
Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters
Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
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