Robert M. Williams, Jr.

Robert M. Williams, Jr.
Robert M. Williams, Jr. publishes newspapers in Blackshear, Alma, Folkston, McRae and Forsyth, Georgia and lives in Blackshear. Email

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    Politics

    Berlin Wall: Lessons learned from the collapse seem lost today

    by Robert M. Williams, Jr. | 5, Add your Comment | Nov 15 09
    Berlin Wall: Lessons learned from the collapse seem lost today
    Twentieth anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall bring back memories of my visit there shortly after that momentous event. Collapse of the wall was not so much a testament to the power of America’s overwhelming military might, but the compelling attraction of life in a free society. Seeing the bondage millions of East Germans had been living under, literally just steps away from the freedoms of West Berlin, was a shock. Seeing how time under communist rule stopped the growth of a society over four decades earlier was a lesson in the importance of individual freedoms I’ll never forget. For ...
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    How to run unopposed — and lose

    by Robert M. Williams, Jr. | 1, Add your Comment | Jul 13 09
    How to run unopposed — and lose
    Genuine two-party politics takes some getting used to around Georgia. For most of our lives, winning the Democratic primary was “tantamount to election,” as all the papers used to say. No more, however. The more things change, the more they stay the same is what some might say, though. In many communities across Georgia, winning the Republican primary — with no Democratic opposition — can now allow candidates to coast to what is likely an easy victory in November. Notice I say ... “likely.” It’s not a certainty. Even though many candidates had no opposition in their primary elections, they still don’t get officially “elected” ...
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