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A New President in TownColumns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette During his first run for president, Donald Trump promised to build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing our southern border illegally. This time around President Trump vowed...
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The Chainsaw PresidentColumns Editorial
THE CHAINSAW PRESIDENT! by John Stossel A New President in Town by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette During his first run for president, Donald Trump promised to build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing our...
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Nothing but a "dash" between 45 and 47Columns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Not only did Donald J. Trump win the office of President and JD Vance win the office of Vice President, but they and their modest administration have achieved more acclaim from...
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The End of ESGColumns Editorial Political
“ Sustainability” investments became popular a few years back. So-called experts said companies shouldn’t just focus on profit. They should put more effort into being “nice.” Funds pushing ESG (environmental,...
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God Bless the USAColumns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Every semester I lead my students in a discussion about ethnocentrism. The American Heritage Dictionary defines ethnocentrism as, “A tendency to evaluate other people,...
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Anarchists Versus LibertariansColumns Editorial Political
“Donald Trump will be a tyrant!” So my neighbors claim. I live in Manhattan. Feel for me. Yes, Trump says wild things, like riffing about “terminating” parts of the U.S. Constitution. But I don’t think he...
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Truth Always WinsColumns Editorial
Truth always wins by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Have you sensed a change? Remember the lead up to the 2024 election? Everybody was predicting how close it would be. Neck and Neck. Too close to call. Of...
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Victimhood UColumns Editorial
Colleges went mad. They charge students big bucks and then make them feel guilty. My new video looks at a new documentary called “ The Coddling of the American Mind.” It persuasively suggests that today, young...
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Gun Control is RacistColumns Editorial Political
Media scream, "Too many people have guns!" Second Amendment activist Maj Toure says more people should carry guns. "Everybody should be walking around," he says in my new video, "like, 'Oh man, I left my gun in the...
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Truth Always WinsColumns Editorial
End of the year columns summarize the past, project good expectations for the future, or garner a little bit of each. Former President Obama accurately prophesied the future in 2020 when he allegedly warned, “Don’t...
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Give or Take?Columns Editorial
‘Tis the season for giving. For me, that mostly means supporting charities. One organization I donate to is SSP, Student Sponsor Partners, a nonprofit that gives scholarships to kids from low-income families. SSP...
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Winning A Debate Isn’t Exactly Tantamount To Winning An ElectionEditorial Political
In the eyes of many political observers and voters, serious questions over President Biden’s mental sharpness and physical limitations going forward are of epic consequence to America in this election year. But...
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4th of July in MagnoliaColumns Editorial
4th of July is next Thursday. Where are the decorations celebrating our country’s founding and freedoms? Other cities in the area have banners, flags and associated decorations prominently displayed. Magnolia, which...
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Armchair Ponderings What did students do before backpacks?Columns Editorial
We lived a half a block from South Pike High School for 26 years. Many days I would see the evolution of heavy-laden backpacks hanging from students of various sizes; wondering what would happen to the backs of those...
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Armchair Ponderings Try eating at La Mariposa on Mother’s DayColumns Editorial
My wife and I celebrated Mother’s Day for sixty-five out of sixty-six years together. Sadly. last September she passed away. I spent several days planning on what to do, without forgetting her contribution to our...
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Armchair Ponderings The invisible manColumns Editorial
A few months ago, when she was still alive, my wife and I were sitting in the local hospital waiting room. I was scheduled for follow-up tests after an earlier heart attack, but as usual there was going to be quite a...
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Felder’s Fruit TreesColumns Editorial
There is a storm raging in Paradise, with some plants causing real problems, one raindrop at a time. Starting in our own yards. Past week or so, towns and countryside have been awash in a surfeit of beauty, fragrance,...
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Armchair Ponderings Cremation or BurialColumns Editorial
I was listening to the car radio to the conversation bemoaning the fact that by the years 2030 eighty percent of the deceased population would be cremated, instead of being interned due to the lack of space in the...
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The Late Singer Jimmy Buffett was Full Bore Mississippi: His Home State Should Celebrate His Unique TalentEditorial Headline
The Florida Legislature is studying proposals to memorialize the late singer Jimmy Buffet by naming a state highway and a specialty license plate for him. They’ve also held “Jimmy Buffett Day” at their Capitol in...
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Armchair Ponderings To a Happy New YearColumns Editorial
I said something mundane in passing to an individual like, Happy New Year! He replied, “it’s just another holiday.” That sort of got my hackles up. Of course, I didn’t know him, so I could not lecture him, but I...
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Armchair Ponderings The five stages of grief, fact, or fictionColumns Editorial
Several weeks have passed without a Ponderings contribution. One of my friends asked if it was because of the loss of my muse. My wife of sixty-six years and I frequently discussed my column, generally it was after the...
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McComb’s Will Price Taught Hollywood How to Speak Southern (then Married Maureen O’Hara at Chatawa)Editorial Headline
Will Price, we no longer need your services. Price was a native of McComb who taught Hollywood actors and actresses how to speak southern as needed for their films, including “Gone With the Wind.” He must’ve had...
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Terry’s Creek NewsEditorial News
The Praise Team opened our morning worship service as we met to worship our Lord and Savior. At the time for the Children’s Story, Jenna Rutland shared with them as they came to the front. Bro. LaVerne Summerlin’s...
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Does Mississippi Have the Deadliest Roads in America?Editorial Headline
How many more national surveys and ratings can Mississippi take that show us to be outright rapscallions, rogues, scamps and scoundrels? Not to mention wretches, meanies, caitiffs, devils and knaves? All of those words...
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