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Tariff FollyColumns Editorial
Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, “Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!” Reborn because of his tariffs, which he called, “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” This...
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Felder's BountyColumns
Pardon my sticky fingers as I write this week’s column, but I’ve been eating a fresh fried apple pie I got from a family that grew the apples themselves and made the sweet treat in their own kitchen. With no...
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Spring and Summer SaladsColumns
When I say “salads are spring/summer survival food,” I’m not referring to pale leaves of iceberg lettuce topped with a few shakes of tasteless low or no-fat dressing. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think a...
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Jesus and People Like UsColumns Editorial
Jesus and people like us by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette We were talking the other day and he said, “I have to say, our society has changed dramatically since the first decade of this century. It is a very...
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Useless GovernmentColumns Editorial
~Opinion/Editorial~ EDITORIAL I have a conflict. I don’t much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s new Education Secretary. I sued her once. She and her sleazy husband, Vince, owned a circus called World...
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Felder's Turf TurnColumns
The pendulum is swinging back towards lawn moderation. Our national obsessional experiment with lawn perfection, fueled by horticultural, social, and marketing blitzes, is slowing down. During the advent of herbicides...
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My Crockpot Addiction is Getting Out of HandColumns
Just when I thought I had more than enough Crockpots, I was drawn back in. I’m blaming it on an ad proclaiming the GreenPot, a fancy name for a multiuse Crockpot, could perform 8 miraculous tasks: slow cook, sauté,...
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Trump's Second First 100 DaysColumns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette President Trump’s first 100 days of his second term ends on April 29, 2025. How has he fared? The RealClearPolitics Poll Average of 16 polls rates President Trump 45.4%...
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Good Intentions: Bad ResultsColumns Editorial
EDITORIAL G o v e r n m e n t makes most things worse. Lyndon Johnson launched a War on Poverty; Richard Nixon a War on Drugs. Both had good intentions, but their “wars” do more harm than good. I believed the War on...
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NIL Changed the Game, But Not Everyone's Cheering in the Stands Down SouthColumns Headline News
“The” Ohio State University, with a star running back first nurtured at Ole Miss, won the most recent college football national championship. It seems eons ago. Recruiting is mostly over for the moment, but it never...
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Granny's Swinging Baskets Beat BabylonColumns
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may have kept King Nebuchadnezzar’s wife happy but couldn’t hold a candle to my grandmother’s home-made “swinging baskets.” Suspended containers, whether hung with wire, set...
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Dip (I Don't Mean Swimming) Season is Almost HereColumns
It’s spring, which means summer is on the horizon. As soon as warm weather arrives, pool parties, cookouts and other social events offer the perfect opportunity to serve chips, crackers, sliced vegetables – well,...
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Who is standing for life?Columns Editorial
Who is standing for life? by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Celebrating the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in remembrance of God’s amazing love for us inevitably draws my thoughts to...
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Living Hell?Columns Editorial
by John Stossel Who is standing for life? by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Celebrating the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in remembrance of God’s amazing love for us inevitably draws...
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Remembering Artist L.V. Hull: A Legend in Her Own TimeColumns
In a guidebook for German tourists visiting Mississippi, her white frame house on Allen Street in Kosciusko was listed #2 just below Elvis’ birthplace. And for tourists and locals alike, she unashamedly relished her...
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Felder's JourneyColumns
Gardening doesn’t have to be a horticultural challenge; it can be as much the trip as a Sisyphean list of chores. This seasoned gardener was raised by older women, all of whom had “been there, done that” and by...
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Terry's Creek NewsColumns
CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Blessings were ours to receive as we met to worship our Lord last Sunday. Bro. Kent Campbell welcomed everyone and shared the announcements for the coming week. Then the children...
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Making Chicken Cutlets Great AgainColumns
Chicken cutlets have taken over my life or at least, my kitchen. It started with my usual selection at Mario’s in Hattiesburg chicken parmesan, of course. Then I began seeing recipes for chicken cutlets everywhere....
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Holy Days of Jews and ChristiansColumns Editorial
and Christians by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Palm Sunday is the first day of Christians’ Holy Week. Resurrection Sunday, or Easter, is the last day of Holy Week. During this week Christians around the...
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Climate MythsColumns Editorial
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn’t think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, “The era of global boiling has arrived!” Global boiling? Give me...
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Mississippi Women: Strongest in the Hardest PlaceColumns News
Mississippi women, you still cook the best fried chicken in the world. Most of you will never match my late maternal grandmother, Bessie Anders McDowell, in that regard. But, keep plugging. Our women have always cared...
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Felder's Summer PrepColumns
No sense in trying to convince old timers that waiting to plant summer stuff on Good Friday isn’t set in stone. It’s time now, and garden centers are as geared up as they ever will be. Statewide, we pretty much out...
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General Tso Lives On Through His Namesake DishColumns
Thursday, April 10, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE I’ve shared my favorite cuisines in the past as well as those that I can do without. Specifically, I prefer to skip over the multitude of Mexican restaurants that seem...
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Trump Taking Care of BusinessColumns Editorial
by John Stossel Trump taking care of business by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Governments are in the business of making and spending money just like everybody else. That’s where tariffs come in. Nations...
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