The Ben Carson Appeal

This is not intended to be a political piece on Ben Carson and his qualifications (or lack thereof) to be president of the United States. Let me emphasize that again: I do not want to weigh in on Dr. Carson’s candidacy.

Rather, given his recent surge past Donald Trump (the undisputed front runner until now) in the Quinnipiac Iowa poll, I want to attempt to put into words that mystical appeal we can all see in him but so few can articulate, as a form of cultural commentary, rather than a political one.

Read the rest of this article as featured on The Blaze.

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