Vol. 20, No. 19
January 26, 2015
Cover Story
Taking Ben Carson Seriously
on the 2016 campaign's most interesting long shot
By Fred Barnes
Also in This Issue
- Against Hate Speech Laws — Sam Schulman
- The Gentleman Patriot — Jeremy Rabkin
- Medicaid and the GOP Governors — Andrew Evans
This issue examined Ben Carson's emergence as an unconventional 2016 presidential candidate, with Fred Barnes taking the political outsider seriously despite long odds. The magazine also featured Sam Schulman's analysis of free speech and hate speech laws, exploring the debate over Holocaust-denial bans and their effectiveness. The issue included retrospectives on two influential conservative intellectuals, Walter Berns and Harry Jaffa, who had recently passed away.