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Greg Markley Articles

‘A Republic, if you can keep it’: Israel Struggles to Keep Democracy

OPINION — When Vladimir Putin became Russia’s president in 1999, its constitution allowed presidents for two consecutive terms. But wait? After his second term ended in 2008, Putin sat in as prime minister before becoming president again in 2012. And so it goes. Did...
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Amid U.S. House Districting Talks, I Discuss Past, Present Politicos

OPINION — On July 18 at the Alabama State House, Republicans proposed adding African American voters to one of Alabama’s seven congressional districts. That didn’t dissuade critics who argued that falls short of the wish of the U.S. Supreme Court to create another...
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‘Like a Box of Chocolates’: Signing Your Books is Lost Tradition

OPINION — Maybe 10 years ago, I bought an old copy of “Not So Wild a Dream.” I knew about Eric Sevaraid’s 1946 book on his life growing up in North Dakota and Minnesota and his travels as a young journalist. Knowing of his eloquent commentaries on CBS in the 1960s and...
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Politics Among the Book Crowd: Book Reviewers Battle Trolls

OPINION — It doesn’t matter whether the writer has already published or is a novice seeking glory. When a writer sees that new critiques of their work are available on Goodreads, they anticipate that these readers wrote nice things about their book. If the work is...
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