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September 16, 2026

Magnolia, Mississippi

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  • Oh, The Suffering!

    Have you heard how young people suffer now? Scroll TikTok, Instagram, etc., you see the same message: “Young people today can’t get ahead!” One popular meme says when baby boomers like me were young, “A family...

    Columns Editorial
  • Felder's Leaves

    Easy enough to figure out why Autumn is called Fall - just look around. No sooner do I put up my rake and leaf blower, it looks like I never got started. Luckily, I have a high tolerance for fleeting disorder, even...

    Columns
  • Simple Pasta Dishes: A Love Letter to Italian Cuisine

    Thursday, September 25, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Covered in red sauce (or gravy, as Italians lovingly call it); paired with sauteed vegetables, shrimp and more red sauce for a delicious Shrimp Creole; stirred...

    Columns
  • Why I Left Network TV to Build Stossel TV

    EDITORIAL Eight years ago, I left network TV behind. I worried that moving to social media wouldn’t work -- that not enough people wanted news alongside cat videos. I also worried that not enough of you would donate...

    Columns Editorial
  • Twists & Turns: Is It Time to Clean Out the Garage?

    IS IT TIME TO CLEAN OUT THE GARAGE? BY JUDY CAUSEY LOVE, SOUTHEAST ALABAMA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR YES! I definitely think, as the weather turns cooler, it is time to get in that garage and try to clean it out. I say...

    Columns
  • Felder's Honeydew

    On my flight back from my summer home in England, while semi-dreading dealing with my neglected Mississippi garden, I decided to draft a cheery column on getting heirloom holiday plants to flower. It was all about...

    Columns
  • Gulf Coast Visit on Emotional Anniversary Brought Renewed Hope

    Visiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina proved to be an emotional journey. Highlights were moving commemorative ceremonies and candlelight vigils;riveting documentaries and...

    Columns
  • Dying to tell the living truth

    by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette “And the high priest said to Him, ‘I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.’ Jesus said to him, ‘You have said it...

    Columns Editorial
  • Phones Versus Play

    childhood meant playing on the street, riding my bike, hanging out with friends. Most kids now experience a different childhood. Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book, “The Anxious Generation,” talks about that. He...

    Columns Editorial
  • Southernisms: Caskets, Coffins and Coffee Cans

    By Dwalia South, MD Gazette Contributing Editor I have arrived at three score and ten years, that milestone of age that the Bible says is the full span of life. According to Moses in Psalms 90:10, we live for 70 years...

    Columns Editorial
  • Cheeseballs Deserve Equal Billing With Dips

    After sharing my favorite dip recipes last week as inspiration for fall football season, I was asked if I had any “new and different” recipes for cheeseballs. If it appeared that I was slighting cheeseballs in any...

    Columns
  • Are Americans Seeing The End of Print Journalism?

    The stunning announcement that the large daily newspaper in Atlanta, the Journal-Constitution, will soon end a printed product and go solely online reminded me I once owned a newspaper printing press and a barrel of...

    Columns Editorial
  • Felder's Planters

    Page A6 Thursday, September 4, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Got some time on your hands to do a little easy creative pot-making for the garden? While trying to no slip back into the 1970s, during this season’s lull in garden...

    Columns
  • 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...

    Columns
  • 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...

    Columns Editorial Political
  • 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...

    Columns Editorial
  • 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...

    Columns News
  • 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...

    Columns
  • 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...

    Columns
  • 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...

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  • 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...

    Columns Editorial
  • 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...

    Columns Editorial
  • 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...

    Columns
  • 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...

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