By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — By spring 1972, the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy were four years in the past....
50 Years On, Wallace Shooting Brings Discussions
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Greg Markley Articles
Herschel Walker Could Benefit From Mike Hubbard’s Advice
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — When running back Herschel Walker became a strong candidate for the 1982 Heisman trophy, a student...
In the U.S. Senate, silence is not always golden
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In Moonstruck (1987), Cher’s character is at the opera and dating her fiance’s brother. She sees her father Cosmo with his...
Why Not You? Lessons to Learn About Running for Office
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In 1976, I helped elect a political neophyte, a pharmacist, become Rhode Island treasurer. His opponent was in office 30...
A Mayor, a Mentor and the “First Food Truck in America”
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– With the advent of popular Food Truck Fridays in Opelika, and with Auburn also having such events, I think about my...
A blizzard, Two Wallaces’ and Georgia’s Flag: Surprises in Elections (Part 2 of 2)
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — This is a follow-up to the April 8 column about changes in lives and election predictions that either wreck one’s plans or...
Do You Win or Lose? Surprises Loom Large Over Elections – Part 1
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — As a political writer or as a student of politics, I have observed political candidates in the last few weeks of a...
Allen Would Bring Elections Knowledge as Alabama Secretary of State
By GREG MARKLEY Opinion — At age 19, young Tuscaloosa resident Wes Allen “walked-on” at the fabled University of Alabama stadium. It takes stamina...
Comity to Chaos: The Dumbing Down of Political Debates
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION - The first debates of the 2016 presidential campaign were held on August 6, 2015. They foreshadowed that debates would...
