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When Mediocrity is Crowned: A Call to Remember

on September 29th, 2025 by Honore K. Gbedze

In the quiet middle of the night, when everything seems calm and still, a strange unrest stirs within. The world sleeps, but your mind does not. It wrestles with the sharp edges of reality, searching, reaching. Your eyes stay wide open, burning; your ears hum with a ringing silence heavy with meaning. Whispers rise like

Filed under: Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: flattery, performance. forged in applause, the masses., titles, True Leadership

Humanity Drowning in the Absence of Leadership

on August 17th, 2025 by Honore K. Gbedze

Leadership, once a beacon, now flickers faintly in the vast storm of our times. We are at a low point — not just in politics or policy, but in the soul of humanity. And so I ask: What are we teaching the next generation? What example are we setting? Once, as a young man, you could look up

Filed under: Editor’s Note, Opinion/Comment, Point of View Tagged as: inspiration., Integrity, Leadership, policy, politics

The Age of American Leadership is Over 

on June 12th, 2025 by The Afro News

Global trust in U.S. leadership has collapsed, and the free world must now find its own way forward   The miracle that was Pax Americana is past; the century of American stewardship of the free world is collapsing. The question is, what, if anything, will replace it?  Throughout the 20th century, the United States became

Filed under: Business, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge, World Tagged as: American stewardship, global investment, Pax Americana, trading patterns

The Word That Matters Most:  “TRUST “

on April 1st, 2025 by Honore K. Gbedze

There is a word that is fundamental and appears in situations of importance to us – human resources, personal development as individuals and for communities as well as organizations and nations.  Why is this so crucial? Because when trust is broken, everything is crushed and crumbled. Success at any level comes down to this keyword.

Filed under: Editor’s Note, Familly Matters, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, Self Improvement, The Bridge Tagged as: communities, companies, Family, How did we arrive at this stage on the world’s platform of a leading democracy, Leading with trust brings dignity and this is a precious value of life., nations destroyed, Success at any level comes down to this keyword trust, value of life.

Can We Do Anything to Improve the Lives of Care Home Residents?  

on March 20th, 2025 by The Afro News

We need to start addressing the needs of Canada’s growing senior population  Canada’s rapidly changing demographics are daunting. The number of people over 65 increased from 3,888,550 in 2001 to 7,021,430 in 2021, an increase of 81 percent. Over the same 20-year period, the Canadian population increased by 23 percent – from 30,007,090 to 36,991,980.

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Familly Matters, Health & Home, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Care Home Residents, Healthcare System, senior population

Legacy of Fairness and Equality in Building Democratic Society 

on February 18th, 2025 by Honore K. Gbedze

The price for freedom, justice, liberation, advocacy of human rights in an effort to raise a peaceful society over the last 401 years of black people sharpening America’s democracy. Part I  On the morning of 30 July 2020 while watching the remembrance ceremony of the great Civil Right’s Congressman, John Robert Lewis i was taken in by all

Filed under: Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: 401 years of black people sharpening America’s democracy., Black Legacy of Fairness and Equality, Building Democratic Society, The price for freedom

From Far And Wide A Canadian Reflection

on February 1st, 2025 by Honore K. Gbedze
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‘If I had influence over the minds of the people of Canada, any power over their intellect, I would leave them this legacy: ‘Whatever you do, adhere to the Union. We are a great country, and shall become one of the greatest in the universe if we preserve it; we shall sink into insignificance and adversity if we suffer it to be broken.’- Sir John A. MacDonald

Filed under: Canadian News, Features, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canada, Canadian Patriotism, Canadian Reflection, Canadian way of life, colourful, mosaic

Canada’s Crises Call for Leadership Rooted in Proven Principles 

on January 28th, 2025 by The Afro News

Economist Thomas Sowell offers Canada a roadmap to overcome its current economic and political crises  In 2024, the economic and political deterioration of our beleaguered country accelerated. There’s no better reference in searching for solutions than the great American economist Thomas Sowell.  Sowell was born into a family of North Carolina sharecroppers in 1930. He

Filed under: Canadian News, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: economist, education, political crises, welfare state

2025 Will be Another Tough Year for Canada’s Economy  

on January 10th, 2025 by The Afro News

Canada’s economic challenges in 2025 include rising debt, slow investment, falling consumption and trade tensions  The start of a new year always invites us to dust off the old crystal ball and try to peer into it to see what the year has in store. Predicting how an economy will perform, however, is always tricky

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canada’s economic, falling consumption, rising debt, slow investment, trade tensions

Canada Needs to Become Trump Proof, Not Trump Worthy

on January 6th, 2025 by The Afro News

Blind alignment with Trump’s policies will cost Canada dearly. We must chart a course to withstand U.S. political instability  Since Nov. 6, when it became clear that Donald Trump had won the U.S. presidency for a second time, Canadians have been swamped by hot takes about what it could mean for us. The speculation has

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Features, Opinion/Comment, Point of View, The Bridge Tagged as: Canadian exports, digital services tax, education, health care
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