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Carson eventually got into Yale and became, at 33, the youngest person to head a department at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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He is famous for separating conjoined twins.

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That's a compelling and powerful tale.

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But it differs from those of other hardworking black people I know only in the degree of success that Carson attained as a result, not in the measures of ambition, industriousness, discipline and self-respect his mother instilled in her children.

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Yet black Americans know better than to believe those traits are enough to guarantee success.

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Just look back over the last decade and a half.

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In 2000, according to the U.S. census, less than a quarter of black Americans -- 22.5% -- lived in poverty.

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By 2010, that number had risen to 27.4%.

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As long as the Republican Party refuses to acknowledge that, it will have little to offer workers of color -- and declining appeal to younger whites.

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They, too, understand the limits of self-reliance.

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To be helpful to the GOP, Carson would have to remind them of the caprice of capitalism and the generational reach of racism's barriers.

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Instead, he sounds like the standard-issue Ayn Rand acolyte, no different from Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan.

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He opposes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and supports a flat tax.

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For good measure, he's also a religious conservative who disputes evolution.

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It's no wonder that conservatives have started to trumpet him as their Great Black Hope.

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Psychologists believe that romantic interest increases when people mirror each other's gestures.

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Carson perfectly reflects the beliefs of his suitors.

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Still, this romance is unlikely to blossom into a long-lasting love affair.

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There are too many misunderstandings, too many unspoken expectations, too many half-baked assumptions.

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And some of those half-based assumptions are Carson's.

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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Cynthia Tucker.

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The last thing Kay Delaney remembers is tucking her six-year-old son and two-year-old daughter into bed for the night.

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Two decades on, those children have grown up and graduated  from university – but Miss Delaney cannot recall any of it.

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After falling at work and hitting her head, more than 20 years have been erased from her memory.

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She is convinced she is still in her 30s and is stunned every time she sees the face of a 55-year-old staring back at her from the mirror.

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To her, it is still 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and mobile phones were the size of bricks.

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The mother of three cannot even remember the birth of her younger son James, now 19.

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Before the accident, Miss Delaney worked as a care home manager and was in line for promotion, but she now finds it hard to make a cup of tea because she repeatedly forgets to switch the kettle on.

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Yet she has shocked her partner by waking up in the middle of the night and reciting an Edith Piaf song in perfect French, despite not speaking the language.

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Miss Delaney was diagnosed with retrograde amnesia after she slipped on a wet floor while working at Dove Court Care Home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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She was told she had nothing more than a minor concussion and sent home from hospital.

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However, it soon became clear that she was having problems with both short-term and long-term memory.

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Since then, she has struggled with simple tasks such as cooking and cleaning, and her partner of four years, Robert, 60, has given up work to look after her.

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Miss Delaney, who admits that it feels as if she is being hugged by strangers when her children Sandy, 23, Kenny, 27, and James embrace her, said: ‘I remember tucking the children into bed when they were about six and two.

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motherhood': The last thing Miss Delaney, 55, remembers is putting her .

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young son and daughter to bed in the early Nineties as a 34-year-old .

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The woman she still thinks she is: Miss Delaney with her children Sandy and Kenny in 1990 .

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Miss Delaney's son James, pictured left in 1992 as a newborn, and right last year.

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Miss Delaney's youngest son, James, pictured this year: She is unable to remember any of his life at all, even giving birth to him .

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every day of not being able to remember my children growing up, let .

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alone not being able to remember my youngest child.

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Kay Delaney's brain injury has robbed her of the memories of her own life over the last 20 years, and everything that has happened in the wider world.

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Among the events she can't remember are Nelson Mandela being released in 1990 and end of apartheid in South Africa, the break-up of the USSR in 1991.

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Nor can she remember the two Gulf Wars, the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994, the death of Princess Diana in 1997, world-wide New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 1999, and September 11 in 2001.

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Since 9/11, Kay can't recall the Boxing Day tsunami that struck parts of Asia in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the election of America's first black President, Barack Obama, in 2008, and pop singer Michael Jackson's death in June 2009.

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motherhood as there is such a huge gap.

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progress through childhood and teenage years, their troubles and .

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triumphs, their friends and the laughter, tears and love that makes up .

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My youngest is a stranger to me.

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have been able to develop a relationship of sorts with my elder two but .

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it is more as friendship than mother and child.

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It has caused retrograde amnesia, short-term memory problems, anxiety and concentration issues.

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She is a qualified nurse with a degree .

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in psychology and gave university lectures on behavioural psychology .

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before the fall, but now fears she will never work again.

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The accident is being investigated and Miss Delaney is considering fighting for compensation.

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Jeanette Tasker of brain injury .

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charity Headway said: ‘The severity of a brain injury does not always .

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relate to the amount of memory loss someone has as a result.

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Retrograde amnesia can completely change someone’s personality.’ Miss Delaney at her son Kenny's graduation in 2010, left, and right, her daughter Sandy at her graduation party: She has been able to rebuild a relationship with her two older children, but more as a friend than as a mother .

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England cricket star Moeen Ali has been named as an honorary ambassador for Liverpool's fan club in Pakistan.

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The lifelong Liverpool fan, 27, who has been called up for England's final two Tests in the West Indies, made the announcement on Friday.

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He said: 'I'm happy to announce I'm the new brand ambassador of Pak Reds.

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I look forward to this association.

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Moeen Ali has been named as an ambassador for Liverpool's official fan club in Pakistan .

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Ali pictured with Liverpool star Raheem Sterling at Anfield in a picture posted on his Twitter account .

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Ali, a lifelong Liverpool fan, was in attendance for the LFC All-Stars match at Anfield last month .

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Ali posted pictures with Liverpool players Raheem Sterling and Emre Can on his Twitter account .

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The Pak Reds, founded in 2011 and granted official supporter club status two years later, has branches in Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Chakwal.

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Ali, who was born in Birmingham and is of Pakistani descent, joins former Liverpool club doctor Dr Zaf Iqbal, ATP Tour tennis player Aisam-Ul-Haq and BBC Asian Network presenter Noreen Khan as Pak Reds ambassadors.

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The cricketer was recently at Anfield for the LFC All-Stars match and had his photograph taken with Raheem Sterling and Emre Can.

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Marine Le Pen would win the first round of a presidential election if it was held today, a shock poll reveals today.

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The anti-Europe and anti-immigration National Front party firebrand would gain more votes than any candidate representing a mainstream party.

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It comes as socialist President Francois Hollande's approval rating plunges to a record low, and opposition UMP politicians such as Nicolas Sarkozy face corruption charges.

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French far-right leader Marine Le-Pen would win a French election if it was held today according to a shock poll .

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The IFOP poll showed Le Pen winning 26 percent of all votes in round one of the two-round election.

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This compares to 17 per cent for either President Hollande, or for his expected successor a Socialist candidate, Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

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Despite his growing problems within the criminal justice system, the poll suggests that Mr Sarkozy would win 25 per cent.

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Marine Le Pen     - Front National -        26% .

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Nicolas Sarkozy          - UMP -                  25% .

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Francois Hollande  - Socialists -             17% .

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out on July 21 and 22, questioned 947 people on behalf political magazine Marianne .

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This would mean a head-to-head between Ms Le Pen and Sarkozy in the second round - meaning no chance of a Socialist becoming president again.

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Ms Le Pen's revitalised National Front gained 25 per cent of the popular vote in European elections in May, sending shockwaves around the political establishment.

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The next presidential election is in 2017, giving Ms Le Pen three years to consolidate her position.

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If France's economic policies - as it has been doing since Mr Hollande came to power, then the Socialists could face electoral wipe-out.

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Mr Sarkozy was this month was placed under formal investigation on suspicion of influence peddling and other corrupt activities.

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Family: Ms Le Pen's with her father, the convicted racist and anti-Semite Jean Marie Le Pen, who came runner-up in the 2002 presidential election .

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The poll showed President Hollande, left,  would get 17 per cent of the vote while former president Nicolas Sarkozy, right, who get 25 per cent .

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poll is published in the political magazine Marianne.

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out on July 21 and 22, with 947 people questioned online.

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Le Pen's father, the convicted racist and anti-Semite Jean Marie Le .

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Pen, came runner-up in the 2002 presidential election in France, losing .

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to the UMP candidate, Jacques Chirac.

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hugely controversial Mr Le Pen remains a National Front MEP, but Ms Le .

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Pen has pledged to make her party more acceptable to moderate voters, .

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consistently show that Mr Hollande is the most unpopular French leader .

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in recent French history, with an approval rating currently at well .

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Elegant in a pistachio and nude dress, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands was every inch the royal style icon as she and husband King Willem-Alexander arrived in South Korea this morning.

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The visit comes after the North, led by Kim Jong Un, stepped up its sabre-rattling over the weekend following the launch of a refurbished Soviet nuclear submarine capable of striking Seoul.

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