Greg Markley Articles

Why Are Best or Worst State Ratings Like a Box of Chocolate?

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — For years, people have moved to Florida for the sunshine and warm weather. Many others have moved to Texas for its plentiful jobs and hugeness. Yet Florida, in a 2022 Money Inc magazine rating, was listed as the 15th worst state to live in....

Amid ‘Dog Days of Summer,’ a Salute to Our Canine Friends

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — The Statue of Liberty poem, “The New Colossus”, under the slogan “Liberty Enlightening the World”, is now a global icon dealing with immigrants and their opportunities for success in the U.S. The poem ends like this: “…Give me your tired,...

Do Students Make Education Their Major as It’s Easy? Dr. Aarn Thinks So

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– The tale from grammar school of Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searching for a Fountain of Youth is regarded as myth now. But what about our seeking a Fountain of Good Grades in our post-secondary professors? More students than we know pick...

Waiting for Godot, More ‘Honest Brokers’

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– All you see and hear about on most public affairs TV shows, and radio and podcast debates, is partisans yelling at each other. The hypocrisy is as thick as the humidity in an Alabama summer. If a Democrat falters in his personal life,...

Five more tips for 2020 candidates, from a veteran political writer

Five more tips for 2020 candidates, from a veteran political writer

Jul 30, 2020

By Greg Markley G.W. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall in the early 20th century knew what worked in...

…Dear 2020 candidates: Here are my Top 10 tips as a longtime political writer

…Dear 2020 candidates: Here are my Top 10 tips as a longtime political writer

Jul 28, 2020

By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer In 1976, I was a freshman in college and assisting a young lawyer with the campaign of a man challenging the...

…Dear 2020 candidates: Here are my Top 10 tips as a longtime political writer

Jul 20, 2020

By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer In 1976, I was a freshman in college and assisting a young lawyer with the campaign of a man challenging the...

Delving into political slogans: ‘Yes, We Can’ to ‘Keep America Great’

Delving into political slogans: ‘Yes, We Can’ to ‘Keep America Great’

Jul 15, 2020

By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on late-night TV that he was a candidate in a special recall...

Protests are as American as apple pie; but violence is bad news

Protests are as American as apple pie; but violence is bad news

Jul 7, 2020

By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer For the first time since I traveled to Boston as a sixth-grader, I saw again the place in Boston harbor...

No ‘Tub for Gov.’, no ‘Gen. Beauregard’, but 2018-2020 slogans still interesting

No ‘Tub for Gov.’, no ‘Gen. Beauregard’, but 2018-2020 slogans still interesting

Jul 1, 2020

By Greg MarkleyFor the Opelika Observer Political signs were relatively prim and proper when I first noticed them in the mid 1960s. Wealthy...

The death of Western Civilization courses leads to ‘buyers’ remorse’

The death of Western Civilization courses leads to ‘buyers’ remorse’

Jun 10, 2020

The lead article in the current National Review is “Why We Must Teach Western Civilization,” a plea that is late but heartfelt. Andrew Roberts is a...

The death of Western Civilization courses leads to ‘buyers’ remorse’

On Memorial Day, TV reporters again show their shallowness

Jun 2, 2020

For some TV networks and reporters, Memorial Day is just a day off for a walk in the park. The significance of the day gets shadowed by the...

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