By GREG MARKLEY When I was a high school senior in 1975, we could not just go to Brainy Quote to find a profound or humorous saying. We sought words that would encapsulate our four years at the school. Middle-class families, mine included, did not always have...

By GREG MARKLEY Opelika native Tim James, son of two-time governor Fob, ran for governor unsuccessfully in 2002 and missed the runoff in 2010 by a whisker. Readers may recall an ad that was controversial, but effective, for its target audience. He has an ad out now...

By GREG MARKLEY In the mid-1970s, American Express ran TV ads where someone faced the camera and asked “Do you know me?” Twelve years after U.S. Rep. William E. Miller ran on the losing Republican team for vice president, he was in the ad. It was obvious that many...

By GREG MARKLEY The religious principles at the heart of a controversy in Huntsville involving a parochial school boys’ basketball team remind me of a 1981 movie. Chariots of Fire is based on Olympic runners in 1924. A pious Scottish Christian runs for the glory...