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May 29, 2026

Magnolia, Mississippi

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Columns

Recurring columnists and personality-driven local commentary.

  • Terry's Creek News

    Blessings were ours to receive last Sunday as we met to worship our Lord and Savior. The music was a blessing as we sang praises to our Lord and Savior. Bro. Kent Campbell brought a wonderful message Sunday morning....

    Columns
  • Felder's Red, White & Bloom

    I can't even pronounce semiquincentennial but my garden is already sporting a patriotic color triad theme, well before our country's upcoming 250th anniversary hoopla. I'm planting red, white, and blue flowers in pots...

    Columns
  • The Steyer Smear

    Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher. Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

    Columns Editorial Political
  • Will 2026 repeat 2020?

    So far 2026 has begun to look a lot like 2020. President Trump has thoroughly confused democrats and detractors with his actions here at home as well as around the world. He is wickedly unpredictable! None of his...

    Columns Editorial
  • Kiffin and the Fallout That Followed

    It's arguable which party got the worst end of the brouhaha, the University of Mississippi or Lane Kiffin, the Rebels' former head football coach. Almost everybody in the universe knows by now that Kiffin, in an...

    Columns Headline News
  • McComb's Rail Legacy Reborn: Museum Rises from Ashes with Community Resolve

    You can't keep the McComb railroad people down. They operate with the busyness of a locomotive's smokestack, blasting exhaust, grit and grime away from the train engineer's footplate. Soon after a young arsonist burned...

    Columns
  • Felder's Hedge Hybrids

    Something my horticulturist great-grandmother Pearl planted a century ago in her sprawling landscape is now being packaged as an exciting "new" garden feature. She created a distinct garden "room" with a row of...

    Columns
  • The Thing That Works

    Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, "Capitalism ... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all...

    Columns Political
  • Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

    For the past 25 years God has been loudly calling America to repent and return to Him. Actually, God has never ceased calling us to return to Him over the past 250 years. Our founders recognized God as "the Supreme...

    Columns Editorial
  • Twists & Turns: Elroy, The Annoying Yard & Garden Pest

    Please tell me we are not the only people dealing with problems in our yard that involve a very unattractive creature taking delight in digging up the grass and turning the once golf course smooth greenery into a golf...

    Columns Headline
  • PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS STAND FIRM AGAINST VOUCHER PUSH

    School choice programs redirecting public funds to private schools might be popular in K-12 education elsewhere in the U.S., but the movement struggles for a foothold in Mississippi. One of the main reasons for that...

    Columns Editorial
  • A LITTLE FAITH CAN GO A LONG WAY

    It is never too old to take on a project and be successful. Recently Tom Gunther from the Terry's Creek Community went to visit Julius and Ina Tolbird in West Monroe, Louisiana last week. Julius had been wanting to move...

    Columns
  • Terry's Creek News

    Was a wonderful morning of worship as we met at God's House last Sunday on Mother's Day. After Bro. Kent Campbell welcomed everyone and recognized the Mothers then the children presented each Mother with a gift. Then...

    Columns
  • FELDER'S CREATIVE GARDENING

    Success in the garden is usually a matter of perception, which can be overcome with confidence. Unfortunately, indecision over how to get started, frustration by past failure, or the fear of criticism holds a lot of...

    Columns
  • DATA CENTER FREAK-OUT

    Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires even more computing power, so companies are eager to build more data centers. The usual suspects are...

    Columns Political
  • How shall we then live?

    We're all in a mess now. Or, as Hardy often accused Laurel, "This is another fine mess you've gotten us in to." I have been reading Bret Baier's new book, "The Case for America." Early on Baier refers to an initiative...

    Columns Editorial
  • GEORGIA'S FORDICE? BILLIONAIRE RICK JACKSON SHAKES UP GOVERNOR'S RACE

    Kirk Fordice-like Rick Jackson is sounding a whole lot like Daniel Kirkwood Fordice as he tries to be elected Georgia's next governor. Fordice came out of nowhere--actually, Vicksburg is somewhere but you know what I...

    Columns Headline
  • HISTORICAL SOCIETY NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING IN MISSISSIPPI

    The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS), founded in 1858 and headquartered in Jackson, MS, has recognized the Walthall County Historical Society (WCHS) as Most Outstanding Local Historical Society in the state of...

    Columns News
  • Terry's Creek News

    Hello to each of you. Has been a while I have written. Have had trouble with internet and other things but hope things will be better. Last Sunday morning was our Sunday to have our worship service at Percy Quin Park....

    Columns
  • FELDER'S WEED WAR

    Did a little "tarp therapy" the other day, piling weeds atop a heavy-duty sheet to drag to my long, narrow, wildlife-friendly dead hedge. In the process I nearly got swallowed alive, looking something similar to a dog...

    Columns
  • ZYN ISN'T SIN

    Zyns are super popular. They are little pouches people tuck into their lip to get a hit of nicotine. Zyn has competitors, like Velo and On!, but Zyn has most of the market. Young people love the pouches. They are safer...

    Columns Political
  • Communist roots of the woke

    Last week House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) described his party's efforts to draw state districts favoring Democrats, "We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time." Well, so much for toning...

    Columns Editorial
  • A TRIBUTE TO MY GREAT UNCLE LARRY

    I think often about the people in my family who have passed on, but who have left their mark on me and on their community. Among these was my great uncle, Larry Barrett. He left this life to meet his maker five years...

    Columns Headline
  • THE RISE AND FALL OF JITNEY JUNGLE

    There are some business chains that you never see anymore. A grocery store that I can vaguely remember from my early childhood was Jitney Jungle. Jitney Jungle was a relatively short lived grocery store chain, compared...

    Columns