Opinion
Baseball and politics should not mix
I have a more-than-passing interest in politics. I can’t remember when I didn’t know who held just about all of the important elected and appointed ...
W Gregory Ward, Author at Valley Times-News
Opinion
Slow down and see the America that used to be is the America that still is
I came across an old photograph of my parents and older brother. They had taken what used to be called a motor trip, and the ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:28 pm
Opinion
Let’s talk trash
I held off on writing about this topic for a while out of concern that this had become nothing more than yet another personal pet ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:06 am
Opinion
Don’t miss your blessing of common grace
Sunday afternoons lend themselves to spells of laziness, and last Sunday was no exception. I’d spent the morning with visiting family. When they left, I ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 6:40 am
Opinion
Let’s be careful out there
I know I sound like I’m jockeying for the Captain Obvious 2021 award, but things are kind of odd these days. We’ve been playing tag ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:42 pm
Opinion
The end of the first COVID winter
Before I begin, let me acknowledge—especially for the rule-followers among us, those who are strapped to calendars, tied to dates, and bound by the positions ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:49 am
Opinion
Leadership and the Andon-Reid Bed and Breakfast
As I’m writing this column, I’m warming my feet by a roaring stone-clad fireplace at the Andon-Reid Bed and Breakfast in Waynesville, North Carolina. The ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 11:37 am
Opinion
Breaking down The Weeknd’s halftime show
The first Super Bowl came along in 1967 after the American Football League and the National Football league merged. Alabama was well-represented in that inaugural ...
by W Gregory Ward, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7:03 am
Opinion
We weren’t opposed to fishing
You can’t spend as much time spinning words as I do without also finding fun in listening to the language. And if you listen closely, ...
by W Gregory Ward, Tuesday, February 2, 2021 2:44 pm
Opinion
Our future hinges on our responses
When the other day someone said “We live in uncertain times,” the person beside them burst out laughing and said “Thanks, Captain Obvious.” There is ...