One of the contenders in 2016 presidential election might be Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon best known for his work separating conjoined twins.

Carson hasn't officially announced his candidacy, but even on the NBC show "Meet the Press" on Sunday, he hasn't ruled out that possibility.At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Carson will speak at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe.The Lehighton 9/12 project presents Carson speaking on the topic "One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America's Future."Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance at the Penn's Peak ticket office in person or over the phone by calling 866-605-PEAK (7325).Carson made headlines with his keynote at the National Prayer Breakfast in February 2013. Standing just a few feet from President Obama, the neurosurgeon offered a common-sense critique of liberal government, calling for a return to our historic culture of personal responsibility, free markets and upward mobility. The speech instantly went viral; The Wall Street Journal even ran an editorial, "Ben Carson for president."Now, in this sequel to their No. 1 New York Times best-seller, "America the Beautiful," Dr. and Mrs. Carson offer a plan to stop the country's slide into fiscal and moral decay.Carson is calling for respectful discussion and disagreement, with no subjects off limits. Applying the problem-solving skills he honed as a surgeon, he takes on tough issues such as education, health care, family values, race relations, taxes, charity and the role of faith in public life.Carson has lived the American dream. He rose from poverty in Detroit, where he was born to a single mother, to becoming director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins for almost four years.A fierce opponent of the health care law known as Obamacare, Carson has called for a private health care savings plan and a flat tax.Carson, 62, references his financial security regularly.He is a Fox News contributor. He is an author (he's got a new book out next month, "One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America's Future").He has already achieved the highest level of status in medical practice, profited on the boards of Fortune 500 companies and, perhaps most impressively, had a made-for-TV movie about his life in which he was portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr.He says we can save the American dream for our future generations by restoring a moral, informed citizenry that will support "one nation, under God, indivisible."