Greg Markley Articles

Hartsfield-Jackson Has a Human Trafficking Problem. Let’s Help Reduce It.

OPINION — Hartsfield-Jackson is the largest airport by number of travelers in the world. People feel they must hurry to get to their gate. Many never think of traveling leisurely. They are tied to their smartphones every minute (it seems). They do not think they can...

For Many, Jimmy Carter Has Been a ‘Touchstone’; He Became One for Me

OPINION — In the 1983 movie “Terms of Endearment,” a young woman character is the best friend of another young woman who is succumbing to cancer. The friend said to the hospitalized woman, “You are my touchstone, Emma.” She is telling her ill friend she will be hugely...

Tuberville Spotlights Ruin of Farms Caused by Feral Hogs

OPINION — At a recent meeting of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he was surprised that “in the more than an hour we have been here, none of my colleagues has mentioned feral hogs. When I meet with farmers in...

Carter’s Post-Presidency Will Not Remake His Presidency

OPINION — In his play “The Tempest,” William Shakespeare famously wrote, “What’s past is prologue.” In today’s parlance, the phrase advances the idea that history provides entry for the present. Centuries later, Southern writer William Faulkner wrote, “The past is...
About Jessica Taylor

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...

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