While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Glen Pearson.
Everywhere we turn there is doubt, a sense of diminishment, even despair. Everywhere we turn there is doubt, a sense of diminishment, even despair. The world we knew only a decade ago now seems under threat. The 2023 edition of Freedom of the World seems to confirm our sense that, while people everywhere long for freedom, they are permitting conditions...
Call it defiant democracy or honourable humanity, perhaps the time has come for those who believe in the kind of public life that is both respectful and civil to speak up and reclaim our collective existence together. And maybe the arrival of 2024 is the time to make a start.
For any society to be successful, it must allow for its contradictions, lots of them. In a confluence of cultures, opinions, economic capacities, ethics, causes, weaknesses, strengths, and everything in between, flexibility in our public and private lives is essential for our future. But to survive as a nation requires the presence of certain non-negotiables to which all must adhere...
