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Felder's Handmade OrnamentsColumns
Way before DIY channels were a thing, we made our own holiday ornaments, partly from necessity. Some of us still do just for the fun of it. Pardon the Boomer nostalgia, but back in the day, before becoming enrapt with...
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Invoking the Monroe DoctrineColumns Editorial Political
Invoking the Monroe Doctrine by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe declared his famous foreign policy during his annual message to Congress. In essence the Monroe Doctrine...
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Disparate ImpactColumns Editorial
Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away. “This is ridiculous! Taxpayers should...
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FELDER'S UNWANTED GUESTSColumns
Got caulk? Between lady beetles crawling out of light fixtures and little ants trailing from whoknows-where to my kitchen honey jar, I’m awash in unwanted cabin critters. Plus, there are little silken funnel spider...
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Imaginary friends todayColumns Editorial
Imaginary friends today by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette I’ve heard all the stories, the good and the bad about AI, i.e. Artificial Intelligence. At least I’ve heard a lot of stories about AI, and I’m...
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Thanksgiving SocialismColumns Editorial
People are turning to socialism. Twothirds of Americans ages 18-29 hold a “favorable view” of it. New York just elected a “proud socialist” mayor. My video explains why his ideas would make things worse. Of...
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Rebels Rise, Coach Bolts: KIFFIN LEAVES OLE MISS FOR LSUColumns News
I left the U.S. military on a Friday morning in 1971, departing Naval Air Station-Albany, Georgia, and going to work three days later as a sportswriter for the Jackson Daily News. Some 50-plus years later, I still...
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Felder's Doomed BloomsColumns
Broke my horticultural heart the other day to see a festive display of red amaryllis in full bloom, but with their bulbs tightly swaddled in a ball of thick wax. They looked great, but I feel their suffering. Like a...
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Miracles Among UsColumns Editorial
Miracles among us by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Holidays have a way of making us think about things in different ways. Thanksgiving makes us thankful for even the most mundane things we normally take for...
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Free SpeechColumns Editorial
FREE SPEECH by John Stossel Thursday, November 27, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE after our company. It was brutal!” Whoever is in power likes to use that power to shut the other side up. In America, no government has...
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Container Gardening is a Winner for Fall LandscapesColumns
fall don’t have to stay in the landscape. Cheerful planters brimming with seasonal color can greet family and guests at your front door, porch or patio. Even if you don’t have much time to spend in the garden during...
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Try These Ferns in Shady LandscapesColumns
Who says shade gardens have to fade into the background? Ferns are among the plants that can turn cool, quiet corners into enchanting spaces in the landscape. I recently came across some stunning ferns that use splashes...
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A Season of Thanks for the Folks Who Keep Mississippi MovingColumns
Here’s my list of people and things for which I am extremely grateful on this Thanksgiving. Some thoughts: I’m thankful for religious freedom allowing Americans to choose their church and participate in whatever...
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Felder Fixes Fall ProblemsColumns
Gardening has its challenges, for sure, often beyond our control. How we approach them can bring out the best innovations or worst emotions. One example involves squirrels and cats in flower beds and potted plants....
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Red Bellied LionsColumns Editorial
Red Bellied Lions by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette We teach students how to give speeches. Actually, we teach them a lot more than that, but at the end of the semester each student must give an informative and...
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Southernisms: Garrets and Dust HolesColumns
The Southernism article I am offering this week has been around for quite a while, having appeared in the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association in 2006 and later in my book UNA VOCE in 2011. Perhaps there...
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Politics & Playbooks CollideColumns Political
POLITICS & PLAYBOOKS COLLIDE by Mac Gordon, GAZETTE Contributing Editor The fine line between politics and sports, the most debated subjects in the American South outside of religion and whiskey, has been breached...
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Felder's Autumn UpkeepColumns
Time to refresh the places where my visitors and I put our feet in the dark, rainy months ahead. Make sure we are comfortable and safe in the evening garden. I especially make sure feet and furniture don’t punch...
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Stop Fighting! Nobody Has to Lose AnythingColumns Editorial
Stop fighting! Nobody has to lose anything by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette This year thoughts of Veterans Day reminded me of my father, brother, uncle, both grandfathers, and our son. Of course, I’ve thought...
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Trump the SocialistColumns Editorial
~Opinion/Editorial~ EDITORIAL “ America will never be a socialist country!” says President Donald Trump. I hope not. Trump rightly declared socialism “the wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies.” But I...
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Twists & Turns: A Bit of Year End Tidying UpColumns
TWISTS & TURNS passwords must now include a symbol, an upper-case letter, a number, a hieroglyphic, a gang sign, the date of your grandparents’ marriage and your weight when you were twelve. NOVEMBER: My trip to the...
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School Choice Could Undercut Mississippi's ProgressColumns Editorial Political
Considering the voluminous discourse already expended on school choice, the Mississippi Legislature’s decision on the issue should arrive early in the 2026 session starting Jan. 6. Correct? Hardly. I can see this...
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Felder's Pruning GuideColumns
I love pruning garden plants and its sense of accomplishment and opportunities to express my whims. Funny, for a guy who hasn’t had a haircut in decades, eh? Mostly, beyond getting rid of dead and dying stuff, it...
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Give the American People the WinColumns Editorial Political
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette I’ve been reading Bret Baier’s latest book on American presidents, “To Rescue the American Spirit – Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower.” Among many other...
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