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Pride in America is becoming the latest focus as simple-minded politicians and mindless flag wavers try to pretend that everything in America is always great. Michelle Obama has recently come under fire by Tennessee Republicans for stating that she was “proud of America for the first time in her life” in election coverage from Madison, [...]

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Leon Walker is a TNTalk! contributing writer. You can look for his columns at least every Saturday “write here on TNTalk!” To find out more about Leon, check out our writers page.
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We are in the midst of observing something incred- ibly thrilling and of mammoth historic significance in this country. I predict that future generations [...]

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When I was growing up, I was told that everything had to be a certain way. Everything was supposed to be uniform and nothing that was good varied. Life was predictable and dependable. Over the years, I learned that I had lived inside of a lie; a carefully concocted idea that all was well because [...]

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Recently, the words “predator” and “predatory” have been reserved for mortgage lenders and the finance industry. Predatory practices are as old as the world’s oldest profession, if any of us know what that really is.
Many politicians easily fit into the definition of predator in the minds of many. Perhaps you think of predatory politics when [...]

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Perhaps one the most profound statements made in recent election history was made by Condoleezza Rice yesterday. “Black Americans were a founding population. Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together: Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That’s not a very pretty reality of our founding. Descendants of slaves did not get [...]

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Overdraft fees have increased. ATM fees are up. Credit card rates are expected to rise, followed by late fees as the market tightens. ABC News 1/27/08 “Today, customers want more than a bank. They want a financial ally who makes itself available to them on their terms.” This is how a bank in India paints [...]

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The hurt of race and bigotry erupted in the U.S. primary elections. On the Martin Luther King holiday, a group of “white separatists” conducted a rally in Jena, Louisiana, now a hot spot for racial contest. The church that presidential candidate Obama attends has been spotlighted for “black pride”. The drowsy monster of bigotry is [...]

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If you have been tuned in to the news, you are aware of the recent dispute in the election coverage. The ugly issue of race has come to the surface yet again. When you carefully look at the comments of the American people, you can see that America is a wounded country that has never [...]

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