With Trump, “ignorance is (not) bliss”
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the USA, has now been called every name in the book. And it’s only just …
I can’t be a pessimist
By Antonia Williams-Gary In the words of James Baldwin: “I can’t be a pessimist; I am alive. “ Therefore, I will survive how American got …
I’m a nasty woman
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY “I’m a nasty woman … I’m nasty like the battles my grandmothers fought to get me into that voting booth.” The poem, …
Driven by fear, or driven by love
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY I’m feeling fenced in, and my heart had been broken! I don’t know about you, but I have been checking the news …
Final chapter? Hardly. Ask my grandchildren
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Its official! Donald J. Trump is now the 45th President-elect of the United States of America, and we can begin the countdown. …
There’s a change a coming
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY For one instance, we now use the words propaganda, racism, misogyny, sexual assault, and President-elect in the same breath. And those are …
Be suspicious of ‘Make America Great Again’
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Back in August, 2011, I wrote an opinion piece for this paper in which I commented on the tension between the Congressional …
The morning after
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY So, we have a new President of the United States of America. Congratulations to the winner. Congratulations to a new America. Divided …
Vote with unclogged ears, wide-open eyes
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY Early voting has begun and I’m still hearing comments like “I really don’t like either candidate, so I’ll just hold my nose …
Where to begin?
ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY I shudder to think that the thought process, language, and behavior that Donald Trump was caught on tape displaying, is quite common. I …