Ben Williams

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     (Author’s note: This column is dedicated to my friends in the Roanoke Times newsroom, which...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     As I write this, it’s been three days since I got my second COVID vaccine...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Dear playwright,     Thank you so much for submitting your wonderful adaptation! Our theatre simply...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Last week, the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards featured a performance of the song “WAP” by...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     I recently got a request to write a column about the latest outrage: the streaming...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Welcome to this week’s episode of “Why the current outrage du jour is based on...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Last week I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw that a local news channel...

            By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Hello, it’s me, the mayor of your small Texas...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Last week, Gina Carano, one of the stars of the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” made...

By BEN R. WILLIAMS     Last week, I lost a close family member to COVID.     It was inevitable, in...