By GREG MARKLEY Mary L. Trump, a niece of former president Donald Trump, exemplifies a relative who doesn’t agree with her famous relative on most...
Greg Markley Articles
An Identity in a Word — Air Force Now Allows Gender Pronouns
By GREG MARKLEY Last week, I stayed at Lackland Air Force Base, where AF recruits go for basic training. The newspaper JBSA Legacy had a curious...
Top words of the year 2021: From ‘Vax’ to ‘Breadcrumbing’ to ‘Cisgender’
By GREG MARKLEY The Name of the Wind (2007) is a novel by Patrick Rothfuss. It’s focus is wizardry and a young man’s coming of age. Rothfuss is a...
Barely Read By Students, The Poor, Neglected Syllabus Deserves Better
By GREG MARKLEY It was the first day of class at a public university, and the professor duly handed out copies of the syllabus, informally called...
Mo Brooks Seeks a Loftier Political Perch: the U.S. Senate
By GREG MARKLEY At 7:09 EST on June 14, 2017, shots rang out at a baseball stadium in Alexandria, Virginia, in a case of domestic terrorism. That...
Jessica Taylor aims right at U.S. Senate
By GREG MARKLEY In 2007, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gained attention and votes thru a commercial with actor and gun enthusiast Chuck Norris....
About Jessica Taylor
BY GREG MARKLEYFOR THE OBSERVER Grounded in Alabama values of faith and patriotism, Jessica Taylor is a proud conservative, small business owner and...
Bob Dole One of the Great Political Leaders of the Last Century
By GREG MARKLEY Robert Joseph Dole passed away in his sleep at the age of 98. He leaves a powerful legacy as a war hero, congressman and senator who...
Holy Cow! One-fourth of Governors Weren’t Born in the State They Govern
By GREG MARKLEY In spring 2005, I taught 11th grade history at Wetumpka High School. This was part of my student teaching to get a Masters in...