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What's Going On in the World TodayColumns Editorial Political
On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, like a plurality of other Americans I woke up exceedingly relieved that Donald Trump had demonstrably won a second term in the White House. Frankly, I cannot imagine the state of our...
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From McComb to the Grammy Center: Mississippi's Musical Roots Take Stage at DSUColumns
There are good reasons why Mississippi can rightly claim it's the "Birthplace of America's Music." That sobriquet will surely be cited on March 7 when the Grammy Museum celebrates 10 years on the campus of Delta State...
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Twists & Turns Takes a Turn at WritingColumns Headline
My husband, Teddy Love, reads and proofs every one of my columns. I have been writing 'Twists and Turns' for over 15 years so he is very familiar with my style. It is not his style. Sometimes he laughs,...
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Why Mississippi Keeps Making HeadlinesColumns
"What is going on with you people in Mississippi?" this smarty-looking person asked. "Y'all are rural and backward as all get out, but y'all have all these famous authors and musicians like nobody else's business, and...
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Felder's Pruning TruthColumns
It is pruning time for shrub roses, hydrangeas, gardenias, and other summer-blooming shrubs. And yes, even crape myrtles and vitex, for those who choose to do so. In fact, last week somebody beat me to a crape myrtle...
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Fraud and AbuseColumns Editorial Political
Americans want to help people in need, but when government does that, about 500 billion taxpayer dollars get stolen. It's how the system is designed, says the United Council on Welfare Fraud's Andrew McClenahan in this...
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Thoughts About CalebColumns Editorial Political
Last week a son died too soon and unexpectedly. Friends and family continue to mourn the loss. The deepest and most sorrowful pain anyone can ever know comes through losing what can never be recovered in this life. Hope...
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Twists & Turns Takes a Turn at WritingColumns Headline
My husband, Teddy Love, reads and proofs every one of my columns. I have been writing 'Twists and Turns' for over 15 years so he is very familiar with my style. It is not his style. Sometimes he laughs, sometimes he...
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Stoneville's Scientific Roots Fuel America's Crop SuccessColumns
Before near-record crop yields were harvested by U.S. farmers, the seed, plants and soil had received major scientific attention in laboratories located on an obscure country road in rural Washington County,...
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Felder's Continental BloomsColumns
In spite of the trendy push for using mostly native plants in our gardens, our backyards remain among the few places where few people pay much attention to country of origin; we happily grow plants from all over the...
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Girls vs BoysColumns Editorial Political
Am I sexist? I think there are differences between men and women -- traits beyond obvious physical ones. But when I was young, feminist leaders said there were no differences. The only reason men ran most things was...
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Law and Order Are Fighting WordsColumns Editorial Political
Unrestrained mass migration of undocumented immigrants into the United States of America during President Biden's administration was neither a mistake, nor was it incompetence that pervaded his administration. It was a...
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Remembering Jerry Wilburn: A Singular Voice From Mississippi's Hills and HollersColumns
You didn't have to know Jerry Wilburn to know of him. Anybody in Mississippi who's ever paid one scintilla of attention to the State Legislature would recognize his name. Of course, you must be of a certain age. Younger...
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Felder's Silver LiningsColumns
Hold on to your jasmine, because in spite of the frozen havoc in the northern half of the state, not all is lost in this year's cold-ravaged Mississippi gardens. Many of us are in the midst of a real disaster, and will...
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Politicians Make Things WorseColumns Editorial Political
Home prices keep rising. One reason is that today's houses are bigger. Buyers now want more rooms, washers and dryers and air-conditioning. But even if you adjust for the improvements, houses cost more today. Why?...
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Immigration WarsColumns Editorial Political
Progressives really are trying to fundamentally transform America from our foundation in the Constitution. They want us to be just like every other socialist nation on earth ruled by a totalitarian government. So far,...
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Felder's Soil SenseColumns
A plant is no better than what it grows in. Got good dirt...er, potting soil? Had a dream the other night, vivid enough to wake me to text myself a morning reminder; however, the next morning I had this message on my...
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Police TheftColumns Editorial Political
Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong? They don't have to charge you with a crime. They don't have to take you to court. They can just say they suspect you of...
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Pronoun WarsColumns Editorial Political
It's us against them. Another pronoun war. At least, that's the way "us" always describes a conflict. "Them" is always everybody else. And, if you're never "us" nor "them," then you have to pick a side because there are...
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Wishin' and Hopin' America Avoids Another 1960's ReckoningColumns
With apologies to Dusty Springfield (1939-1999), I was "wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'" that America could escape a repeat of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, but now I'm not so sure. There's too...
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Felder's BalanceColumns
How much of a down-to-earth garden variety gardener are you? Do you do things horticulturally by the efficiency-oriented book, or follow a meandering path of gardening mostly for pleasure? I do a bit of both, being...
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The Warmth of CollectivismColumns Editorial Political
"Replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the rich warmth of collectivism!" says my new socialist mayor. Sounds so nice... No more greedy capitalists hoarding wealth. People share. It's the socialist dream....
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My Dad's TearsColumns Editorial Political
I only saw my Dad cry once. Seeing tears running down his face bothered and confused me. We were watching television. I was just an elementary school kid and hadn't understood all that had gone on the week before. On...
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Southernisms: Sink Soup and Other Frugal ThingsColumns Headline
I am a child of the Great Depression. While technically I didn't exist during the "Hard Times" of the 1930's, my parents certainly did, having gotten married in 1935. Folks in the American South had been mostly...
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