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Celebrate The 4th of July & Stay Cool In The Process

4TH OF JULY CHEESECAKE--- Berry Patriotic Cheesecake Fluff Salad is the easiest possible dessert to make for a Fourth of July gathering, but you wouldn’t know that from the creamy, delicious taste. The Fourth of July...

June 30, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

FELDER'S TIPS FOR WEEDS

Got weeds? Me too, and it’s a Sisyphean chore to keep them in check. I wish folks could see my face when they say ask for and get my honest advice, and proceed to tell me I just don’t understand. I mean, this old...

May 29, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Sites & Bites: 'SECRET'S IN THE SAUCE' THIS SUMMER

I’m stealing this phrase…”Secret’s in the sauce” from an old TV commercial and claiming it as the motto for Summer ‘25. More specifically, I’ll use it anytime I’m serving burgers, steaks, pork chops or...

May 29, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Blessed are the peacemakers

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Our annual pilgrimage to Saulsbury for Memorial Day stirred up familiar memories of people and places, of family and friends who are still here or long departed. We’re...

May 29, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

SOCIALIST UTOPIA

Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a “favorable view” of socialism. How can they be so ignorant? Socialism has been tried by lots of countries. It’s failed. It always fails. China prospered somewhat only after...

May 29, 2025 · John Stossel

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News As we gathered in God’s House to Worship, welcome and announcements were made by Bro. Kent Campbell. Then the Mothers were recognized and the Children presented each Mother a gift....

May 22, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Felder's Beauty Spots

Got spots? After this rainy spring we are seeing a lot of leafspot fungi infections on garden plants; practically speaking, there isn’t much we can do about them. Not talking beauty marks, like the cheek freckle on...

May 22, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Sites & Bites: 'Beach Food' & Vacations Are On My Mind

Counting the days until it’s time to pack the car and head to the beach? Nothing’s quite as therapeutic as a vacation of sun, sand, shimmering water and seafood. As much as I enjoy dining at restaurants while on...

May 22, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Trump seeks peace

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette All President Trump knows is how to win. That’s good for America and ultimately good for the world. But it’s infuriating for those with Trump-Derangement-Syndrome. In the...

May 22, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

School Choice

Now that Texas and South Carolina have passed school choice bills, parents will be able to choose the best school for their kids in 17 states. Why not all states? After all, competition improves services. The Post...

May 22, 2025 · John Stossel

Twists & Turns: Choices We Make

GOOD CHOICES: (USU-ALLY THE HARDEST ROAD) Be nice to people. Even if they aren’t always nice to you. Just remember: What goes around comes around. And sometimes you get to see it happen. Be careful how you spend your...

May 22, 2025 · Judy Causey Love

Felder's Ornamental Edibles

Maybe I’ve been exposed to too many great ideas at flowers shows and botanic gardens around the world, but traditional ways of sorting plants by genre are blurred to me. I don’t see veggies, fruits, and herbs as...

May 15, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Last Sunday morning the Terry’s Creek Church congregation at Percy Quin State Park at the Wayside Chapel to share with the campers and visitors at the Park in a time of singing...

May 15, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Oxford and Starkville

This isn’t a matter to be settled by the Egg Bowl or a spring baseball series. There’s bigger fish to fry on this question than intercollegiate athletics. Oxford v. Starkville. Starkville v. Oxford. Which is the...

May 15, 2025 · Mac Gordon

A Spring Dinner Party (or Family Meal) Is Easier Than You Think

Thursday, May 15, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE It doesn’t take much to impress me. In fact, I’m often inspired by the simplest things. Take a video I watched this week of a cookbook author preparing four simple...

May 15, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Listen to Understand

Listen to Understand by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Jesus said, “Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides.” ---Mark 4:24...

May 15, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

Tariff Folly

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...

May 15, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Bounty

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...

May 8, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Spring and Summer Salads

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...

May 8, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Jesus and People Like Us

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...

May 8, 2025 · Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette

Useless Government

~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...

May 8, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Turf Turn

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...

May 1, 2025 · Felder Rushing

My Crockpot Addiction is Getting Out of Hand

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,...

May 1, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Trump's Second First 100 Days

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%...

May 1, 2025 · Daniel Gardner