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Ben Carson, we want to believe

(03/21/17 5:09am)

Before sticking to English Literature, I wanted to pursue neurology. I figured I was stuck in my own head so much I was probably good at getting into other people’s heads as well. Intro to psychology could barely whet my appetite in college, and neurobiology just ignited an even greater desire to understand the brain and the mind and its place as a driving force in our everyday lives. After securing a research position at my university’s college of medicine, one of the students in the cohort turned me on to Ben Carson.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/03/ben-carson-we-want-to-believe

Surprise should not come from Senate silencing

(02/15/17 6:33am)

An anonymously signed letter—later discovered to have ties to the FBI—was delivered to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a bone-chilling message: “King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is.” The letter, known to many as the FBI’s “Suicide Letter,” was an attempt to silence the civil rights leader making strides against the grave injustices of the 1960s. Decades later on the advent of Black History Month, Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced on the Senate floor after attempting to read — ironically enough — Coretta Scott King’s letter about Senator Jeff Sessions, written in 1986. Republicans immediately rebuked Senator Warren for violating rules against impugning other senators when she read the following lines. “Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge.”

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/02/surprise-should-not-come-from-senate-silencing