BY GREG MARKLEYFOR THE OBSERVER OPINION — A common sight at university history departments for 25-30 years has been students wearing T-shirts that read: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” I recently recalled that I saw those often at Auburn University...

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — By spring 1972, the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy were four years in the past. JFK’s murder was nine years back. So as I edged to my birthday in May, I was pleased that the 1972 election did not have...

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION —     When running back Herschel Walker became a strong candidate for the 1982 Heisman trophy, a student on a journalism scholarship was assigned as his roommate at University of Georgia (UGA). That sophomore, Mike Hubbard,...

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION — In Moonstruck (1987), Cher’s character is at the opera and dating her fiance’s brother. She sees her father Cosmo with his mistress. Cosmo tells Johnny, “I have my eyes open.” Cosmo: “Oh yeah? Well, stick around.” Johnny: “I don’t know what...