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Keep It Simple When Celebrating SpringColumns
The official start of spring is this week... this fact alone should be cause for celebration. After all, what’s not to love about spring? We’re in all-too-short balmy window before summer’s oppressive heat...
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Kenny Hodges' Spirit-filled lifeColumns Editorial
by John Stossel Kenny Hodges’ Spirit-filled life by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette I attended a revival last week. Well actually it was a funeral for my long-time friend Kenny Hodges. I met Kenny at...
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The Good, The Bad, The UndocumentedColumns Editorial
President Donald Trump is deporting immigrants -- 11,000 last month. Some people are unhappy about that. Last week a judge ordered a stop to Trump’s removal of Venezuelan nationals. (Deportation happened anyway.) I...
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Felder's Garden GuardiansColumns
Who welcomes, amuses, and inspires you and visitors to your garden, and looks over it while you are not around? Most folks have garden-planting juices gushing in this month’s over-alluring balmy weather and garden...
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New Cooking Show Yielded Inspiration for One Pot MealColumns
Disclaimer: I haven’t watched Meghan Markle’s Netflix cooking show, “With Love, Meghan.” I admired Princess Diana and have similar feelings for Prince William, as well as his wife, Princess Kate. Stodgy King...
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Cool or common senseColumns Editorial
sense by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Remember when cool was cool? High school and Hollywood were cool. Substance had nothing to do with cool. Popularity is the key to cool. It’s not necessarily what...
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Tax the Past?Columns Editorial
EDITORIAL Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity by taxing the past. New York’s new law...
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Felder's Framework of VinesColumns
Page A6 Thursday, March 6, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Not to put too fine a point on this, but vines need sunshine. They are simply plants with long, thin stems, and in nature they wrap or cling tightly to trees as they...
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Stay in Mississippi to Enjoy March's Main EventsColumns
Thursday, March 6, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE I’m calling it now…March is going to a great month! Why would I make such a bold statement? For starters, it contains two of my favorite occurrences of the year:...
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Nothing Has Really ChangedColumns Editorial
THE DEATH OF EUROPE by John Stossel Nothing has really changed by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette You know that war over there that nobody talks about over here? Yeah, the second war Biden botched during his...
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The Death of EuropeColumns Editorial
~Opinion/Editorial~ EDITORIAL America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties. Sen. Josh Hawley wants more rules empowering unions. Barack Obama’s Labor Secretary says there’s “no fairness,...
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Felder's Haircuts for PlantsColumns
What's the difference between grooming our hair and landscape pruning? Outside style, not much, in actual principle. It's a matter of, to quote Paul Harvey, "subjective indignation." I choose what,...
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Dumb Things Socialists PromiseColumns Editorial Political
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery -- first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua,...
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A Deal to Save LivesColumns Editorial Political
The White House has indicated negotiations with Russia and Ukraine are beginning to come to a head, and may be resolved as soon as this week. Democrats and progressive media are stuck reviving a Russian Hoax. It seems...
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2025 Municipal Elections Beginning to Take Shape for the City of MagnoliaColumns Political
One thing is clear when talking to the residents and business owners of Magnolia: Why does the "downtown center" appear to be dying and why are some of the businesses vacating the city? And can this trend of a...
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Southernisms: A Penny For Your ThoughtsColumns Headline
Of all the times for Trump to pull another one of his ill-conceived shenanigans, he chose the week of Abraham Lincoln's birthday to announce that he was ordering the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting our...
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Mississippi Senate Moves to Muzzle the PressColumns Political
Some Mississippi legislators since time immemorial have wanted the news media off their minds and out of their eyes and ears. Many, but not all, lawmakers don’t understand the media’s connection with basic everyday...
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Felder's Frosty PhilosophyColumns
Winter weather's effects on the garden getting to you? Not this jaded horticulturist, who has been here before. It's another mess alright. I had to explain to shocked new neighbors from a northern state about how our...
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Winter Has Some Good Points, Especially Its FoodColumns
Call me strange, but I don’t despair during the short period of time in which we experience a rare phenomenon: winter. Chilly temperatures and early nightfall provide permission to take our lives down a notch and...
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Politics Firmly Rooted in the Fifth EstateColumns Editorial Political
Politics firmly rooted in the fifth estated by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette According to the White House website, in his first few weeks of office President Trump has begun to make America safe again “ending...
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What's on Your Plate?Columns Editorial
I tried meat grown in a lab. It tastes like ... well ... meat. I guess it is meat, but it's not grown the normal way. Scientists extract meat cells from an animal and then grow them in a bioreactor, much like ones you...
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Felder's Third-in-Row RuleColumns
Ever have one single shrub in an otherwise uniform hedge, foundation planting, or tree allée that refuses to play well with the others? After decades of watching this happen, I’ve coined a maxim along the lines of...
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Take a Simple & Fresh Route to a Valentine's Day TreatColumns
Valentine’s Day is almost here and we can’t let the day go by without making a heartshaped treat of some kind. I know… store shelves are filled with chocolates of all shapes and flavors, but something you make...
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It's the Only ThingColumns Editorial
It’s the only thing by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Legendary NFL Coach Vince Lombardi famously quipped, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” In the long run, how do people measure...
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