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Greg Markley Articles

Jimmy Carter’s Mother Went from Plains, Georgia, to Auburn’s Plains

OPINION — While former President Jimmy Carter gets hospice care at his Plains, Georgia, home, we segue to a famous family member: his late mother. Needing a job after her husband died from cancer, Lillian Carter secured a position as housemother for a fraternity of...
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A Sportswriter, the “Ghoul Pool” and Betting on Trial Verdicts

BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — I was a copyboy at the Providence Journal-Bulletin in Rhode Island from 1978 to 1981. Every December, quirky editors invited employees to participate in the “ghoul pool.” That was a competition to see who could predict the closest day to when...
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Top Secret Documents, Delays, Biden, Pence, a Hidden M16 — Part 2

OPINION — In a perfect world, OpSec (operational security) would work in every time and place. It is a common term in the military, and more and more among businesses. It facilitates risk management through procedural processes. This encourages managers to view...
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Top Secret Documents and Delays: Trump’s Troubles — Part One

OPINION — Columnist Molly Ivins told the story of a man seeking a seat on the Public Utilities Commission of Texas. In filling out an ethics form, he did fine when he wrote that he had a few minor traffic violations. But he added that he had shot a whooping crane,...
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