By GREG MARKLEY While teaching undergrad history at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 2014, I wanted to find out how many fort buildings the soldiers’ were...
AU’s Black Enrollment Dips, While Race Issues Rise In Nation
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Greg Markley Articles
Remembering My First Job and Telling How You Can Shine in Yours
By GREG MARKLEY Next September marks 50 years since I put on slacks (not blue jeans!) and a tie (remember what that is?) and ventured across state...
‘America First’— What the Heck Does That Mean These Days?
By GREG MARKLEY “Freedom is not free,” “My country right or wrong” and especially “America First” are famous patriotic phrases in the U.S. They are...
TV’s ‘Lou Grant’ Hated Spunk, but People Can Use it to Get a Job
By GREG MARKLEY Versatile actor Ed Asner died on Aug. 29 at age 91. He won seven Emmy Awards for playing the same character — a crusty boss named...
Is There a Rumor Mill on Goat Hill? Yes. But AL’s Secretary of State has a Remedy
By GREG MARKLEY Gossip and conspiracy theories are part of human nature when it comes to campaigns and elections. This can lead to misinformation...
More Words in the News: ‘Antebellum’ to ‘BIPOC’ to Zoom Fatigue’ (Part 2 of 2)
By GREG MARKLEY In The Deathly Hallows, a book in the Harry Potter series, a character explains something many people may not see as all that...
From ‘Covid’ to ‘Defund’ to ‘Krakens,’ Words in the News (Part 1 of 2)
By GREG MARKLEY One candidate for Word of the Year in December 2020 was odd, it was the year itself — 2020. The idea was well-meant as it...
We Dare Defend Our Rights. OK, but What About Our Health?
By GREG MARKLEY An old maxim is “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.” That may be what the 34% of Alabamians not vaccinated for COVID virus...
Could a Building Named for a Beloved Admiral be Renamed Someday?
By GREG MARKLEY While visiting Naval Station Great Lakes, near Chicago, recently I noticed a building was named after Admiral Mike Boorda. He went...