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Felder's Honeydew

On my flight back from my summer home in England, while semi-dreading dealing with my neglected Mississippi garden, I decided to draft a cheery column on getting heirloom holiday plants to flower. It was all about...

September 18, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Gulf Coast Visit on Emotional Anniversary Brought Renewed Hope

Visiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina proved to be an emotional journey. Highlights were moving commemorative ceremonies and candlelight vigils;riveting documentaries and...

September 18, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Dying to tell the living truth

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette “And the high priest said to Him, ‘I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have said it...

September 18, 2025 · Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette

Phones Versus Play

childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends. Most kids now experience a different childhood. Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book, “The Anxious Generation,” talks about that. He...

September 18, 2025 · John Stossel

Southernisms: Caskets, Coffins and Coffee Cans

By Dwalia South, MD Gazette Contributing Editor I have arrived at three score and ten years, that milestone of age that the Bible says is the full span of life. According to Moses in Psalms 90:10, we live for 70 years...

September 18, 2025 · Dwalia South, MD

Cheeseballs Deserve Equal Billing With Dips

After sharing my favorite dip recipes last week as inspiration for fall football season, I was asked if I had any “new and different” recipes for cheeseballs. If it appeared that I was slighting cheeseballs in any...

September 11, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Are Americans Seeing The End of Print Journalism?

The stunning announcement that the large daily newspaper in Atlanta, the Journal-Constitution, will soon end a printed product and go solely online reminded me I once owned a newspaper printing press and a barrel of...

September 11, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Felder's Planters

Page A6 Thursday, September 4, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Got some time on your hands to do a little easy creative pot-making for the garden? While trying to no slip back into the 1970s, during this season’s lull in garden...

September 4, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Football Season Requires New Dips

Thursday, September 4, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE It’s officially football season – time for tailgating, attending watch parties and relaxing at home in front of the television to cheer on our favorite teams. As...

September 4, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Putin's Russia

Putin’s Russia by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette In the summer of 1999, I traveled to Russia on a “mission trip” working with American and Russian teens in a camp near Volgograd. Before going I wondered...

September 4, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

Moral Panic?

“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, “The Anxious Generation,” is number one on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more than a...

September 4, 2025 · John Stossel

Katrina's Aftermath, Mississippi's Resolve

KATRINA’S AFTERMATH, MISSISSIPPI’S RESOLVE by Mac Gordon, GAZETTE Contributing Editor On the morning after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Mississippi Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, State House Speaker Billy McCoy...

September 4, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Terry's Creek News

Terry’s Creek News It was good to have been in the House of our Lord last Sunday. Bro. Kent Campbell welcomed everyone and made announcements of our services for the coming week. Dennis Lea along with the Praise Team...

August 28, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Felder's Chaos Gardening

Oh boy, time to figure out another hip “new” gardening style many of us have been practicing for decades before seeing it get renamed and trendy. It is just another example of online influencers coming up with chic...

August 28, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Gulf Coast Continues Legacy of Delicious Dining 20 Years After Katrina

Thursday, August 28, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE It can’t possibly be 10 years since I wrote about the revival of Gulf Coast restaurants on the 10th anniversary of the worst natural disaster ever experienced in...

August 28, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Stop the War!

Stop the war! by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The world saw a lot of flash and sizzle inside Washington’s pomp and ceremony for a few days in August. The prospect of ending the brutal war was a miracle of...

August 28, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

Who Will Protect the Kids?

EDITORIAL Some parents abuse their kids. Child welfare workers are supposed to stop that to protect the kids. But bad things often happen while they watch. “Children have a right to safety,” says Tim Keller. “If...

August 28, 2025 · John Stossel

Modern Medicine Meets Rural Reality: Why Local Hospitals Matter

Thanks be for the miracles of modern medicine. The older one gets, more is learned about these monumental scientific research triumphs that have occurred in beating back medical unpleasantnesses that strike the...

August 28, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Felder's Funky Garden

Is Yard of the Month still a thing? If so, what does it take to get the award, and are the costs worth it? There are different approaches to finding self-esteem in the garden, from doing one’s very best at something...

August 21, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Blessings were ours to receive as we gathered at our Lord’s House to worship Him last Sunday. The music led by Dennis Lea was truly a blessing. It was good to be in God’s House...

August 21, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Give Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato Vine a Try

POTATO VINE A TRY If you are a fan of the color and groundcovering abilities of sweet potato vine but find they sometimes get a bit out of hand by late summer, you may need to try Sweet Caroline Medusa Green in your...

August 21, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Musings from the Internet...

Thursday, August 21, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Every now and then, I like to share some of the most interesting food finds from the internet…just things that catch my attention and make me want to create them or...

August 21, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

International Relations Is About Business, Not Politics

International relations is about business, not politics by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Politicians and political movements are only interested in staying in power. President Obama didn’t care about...

August 21, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

A New Addiction!

I am addicted! To my phone. I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ... I look up, and an hour has passed....

August 21, 2025 · John Stossel