Ben Williams

By BEN R. WILLIAMS December is here, and that means the Hallmark Channel is unleashing its Christmas movies upon the...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS Hello everyone, it’s your old friend Algar again. Could I borrow the speaking conch for a...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS The other day I followed an older man into the post office. As he went up...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS I realize that these are fraught times and that tensions are running high, yet this week,...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS   PLEASE NOTE: Due to print deadlines, I wrote this column on Monday, Nov. 2, the...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS Note: The following is a true story. The names have been changed to protect the guilty....

By BEN R. WILLIAMS Several years ago, my dear friends Austin and Katie decided to tie the knot, and they...

By Ben R. Williams I had an out-of-town work event early last Saturday. I got to work, hopped in the...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS I think that I’m a pretty laid-back person. I don’t often fly off the handle. When...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS On Sept. 9, the Roanoke Times ran a fantastic piece from the great Dan Casey. It...