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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

Playing Anyway: The Heroes Who Changed Southern Sports

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology calls for earlier diagnosis and treatment of hypertension to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease,...

August 21, 2025 · Mac Gordon

Felder's Garden: Beat the Heat with Late Summer Planting

Page A6 Thursday, August 14, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Seems counterintuitive, but it is transition time for flowers and veggies. These Dog Days, when we can barely gasp for breath outside, are when proactive old-hand...

August 14, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Quick and Easy Grab-and-Go Breakfast Ideas

Thursday, August 14, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Whether you’re getting kids off to school, hurrying out the door to work or simply not in the mood to spend a lot of time cooking in the morning, finding easyto-make,...

August 14, 2025

The Great Wasp Invasion

Recently, I felt a bit rundown, so I had been grabbing any chance to rest and sleep in. I looked up the cause of my seemingly perpetual exhaustion and found that there is a name for it. It’s called ADULTHOOD. I have...

August 14, 2025 · Judy

Felder's Garden Fixtures

than a house, it is part of a true garden in the Medieval sense of the word. From the unique entry arbor and custommade gates to the back fence, the entire property is space set apart from the outside workaday world....

August 7, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Time to Start Planning for Labor Day

It’s August, which means Labor Day weekend can’t be far behind. “Summer” as we know it is officially over for those who are either in school or have children/grandchildren in attendance, but a long Labor Day...

August 7, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Trump's leadership is exemplary so far

It’s August. Surely the world and the government can take a break before everything falls apart again. During the 2024 campaign for president, “experts” predicted an avalanche of bad news for a Trump 2.0...

August 7, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

My Socialist Mayor

I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other...

August 7, 2025 · John Stossel