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May 27, 2026

Magnolia, Mississippi

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Recurring columnists and personality-driven local commentary.

  • Remembering John Gordon Roach, Jr., Late McComb Attorney and His Love of Gas Station Cuisine

    John Gordon Roach, Jr., would be proud Mississippi's 'gas station cuisine' is drawing the raves he believed it deserved. My friend John Gordon, the late McComb lawyer who served our people and institutions with...

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  • Felder's Christmas Cactus

    STOSSEL My Christmas cactus finally came into bloom – right on time, luckily, with no help from me. One of the easiest garden arguments, other than the right folk name for Philadelphus (mock orange or English dogwood)...

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  • Christmas from the Beginning

    by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God...

    Columns Editorial
  • New Year's Resolutions, Predictions & Prayers for 2026

    Resolutions, predictions, hopes and other thoughts as this New Year arrives. May God keep, protect and bless American military personnel standing sentry tonight on posts and ships across the globe, wishing they were...

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  • A Mississippi Christmas Wish List, From Bowl Games to Better Health

    A MISSISSIPPI CHRISTMAS WISH LIST, FROM BOWL GAMES TO BETTER HEALTH by Mac Gordon, GAZETTE Contributing Editor I don’t want or need much for Christmas, but I am carrying around a short list just in case someone asks....

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  • Terry's Creek News

    CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News A wonderful morning of worship as everyone gathered to worship our Lord and Savior last Sunday. After Sunday School, Dennis Lea, our Minister of Music, and the Choir presented the...

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  • Felder's Winter Colors

    Got winter garden color, beyond foliage and December-blooming flowers? Not that we Southerners can’t easily have something blooming every week of the year, including earlyand mid-winter with camellias, early paper...

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  • Father of Lights

    Father of lights by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette I’ve been comforted by God’s Word. Around 835 B.C. Joel wrote the Word God had given him about the end times and judgement. After describing the good and...

    Columns Editorial
  • Wikipedia Evil?

    Wikipedia is “Wokepedia,” complains Elon Musk. That’s because it’s become so left-wing. “It’s designed to push an ideological agenda that you can’t see,” says journalist Ashley Rindsberg in my new video....

    Columns Editorial
  • Twists & Turns: The Real Ebenezer Scrooge and Others

    TWISTS & TURNS: THE REAL EBENEZER SCROOGE AND OTHERS BY JUDY CAUSEY LOVE, SOUTHEAST ALABAMA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TWISTS & TURNS generous man. Many early stories of pain, anger, selfishness and greed had roots in the...

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  • Felder's Handmade Ornaments

    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 Doctrine

    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...

    Columns Editorial Political
  • Disparate Impact

    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...

    Columns Editorial
  • FELDER'S UNWANTED GUESTS

    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 today

    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 Socialism

    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...

    Columns Editorial
  • Rebels Rise, Coach Bolts: KIFFIN LEAVES OLE MISS FOR LSU

    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 Blooms

    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 Us

    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 Speech

    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 Landscapes

    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 Landscapes

    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 Moving

    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 Problems

    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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