By GREG MARKLEY In the classic 1942 movie Casablanca, the protagonist Rick (Humphrey Bogart) owns a café in the Moroccan city, in December 1941. He...
Not Only a World Crisis Human Trafficking Happens in Lee County, Too
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Greg Markley Articles
On Pets, Not Politics
By GREG MARKLEY ‘To all the rescue cats I have loved before’ July 10 marked my second anniversary of having this weekly column. It is mainly about...
Critical Race Theory is Both Controversial and Misunderstood
By GREG MARKLEY Three months ago, I visited Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Late one afternoon, I saw 15 to 20 cadets relaxing...
No Place Like Home: U.S. Still Needs Local Political News Coverage
By By Greg Markley People ask me why it seems national and state politicians are arrested more than local officials such as mayors and county...
Go Ahead: Take a Vacation. But Don’t Be an ‘Ugly American.’
By Greg Markley The term Ugly American has been around since the late 1940s, perhaps earlier. It doesn’t refer to American tourists’ physical...
Let’s Face It: You are Either a ‘Tourist’ or a ‘Traveler’. Which one is it?
By Greg Markley U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse wrote “The Vanishing American Adult” in 2017 as a warning to Millennials and the generations to come. A fifth...
Chicago’s Mayor Adopts Discriminatory Posture Against White Journalists
By Greg Markley When an official naming of a new federal courthouse in Albany, Georgia, was being planned in November 2000, an organizer called The...
Wannabe workers unite! Or at least make out a job application
By Greg Markley When my Uncle Frank’s son was one month away from graduating high school, he sat Junior down for “The Talk.” This was not about...
Double voting is double-cross. Many instances unintentional, but look out for the rest
By Greg Markley In 1978, Foreigner had a massive hit with the song Double Vision. Vocalist Lou Gramm explained how the title came to him:...
