Several decades ago, Dr. John Gray wrote a book which shot straight to the top of the best-seller lists, “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” I am one of the few people who did not read it because I felt the title was pretty much selfexplanatory. Men and women are different from one another; it is a platitude that requires no further discussion. Back in the 40s Irving Berlin wrote a song for Broadway’s “Annie Get Your Gun” and its title was “Anything You Can Do, (I Can Do Better.)” I best remember the duet as sung by Howard Keel and Betty Hutton in the film version.

To the Editor: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” I appreciate recent letter writers Kerina Kelly and Cindy Rodibaugh and Scott Rodibaugh, you know the difference. Mary Ann Liebscher Winchester.

To the Editor: Last Tuesday, Feb. 2, my daughter, son-in-law, his father, and I drove to the Brenham Expo Center for our COVID-19 vaccine.

To the Editor: I read an outstanding article this week in regard to the “post-Trump identity crisis at FoxNews.” While it focused on their changing viewer demographics and slippage in viewership compared to CNN/MSNBC, one line hit: “[FoxNews viewers] want their ‘news’ to affirm them rather than inform them.” Yes. Exactly.

To the Editor: Kudos to Kerina Kelly for her excellent and informative letter in the Feb. 7 edition of The Fayette County Record regarding Planned Parenthood and the disgusting and reprehensible business of abortion.

To the Editor: I am replying to a letter to the editor dated Jan. 22, 2021.

A friend asked what I had gained during the past year of the pandemic, and my response was immediate: “Weight, that’s what I’ve gained from COVID-19.” And it sucks, as in slurping down food. Certainly other emotional traumas have surfaced in the past 12 months, but more pounds draping my body seem to be the most noticeable.

Andrew Jackson Donelson crossed Feb. 5 off his 1846 calendar and made a mental note that his historic work in the Lone Star Republic would be finished in two more weeks.

Another beautiful day and you are picking up the keys to the truck and your wife asks, “Where are you going?” To get gas for the truck and mower. “Can I come along? I just need a couple of items from the store and I’ll be right out.”

The rate of COVID-19 vaccine administration is slowly increasing in Texas as we enter the second full month of shots going into arms. The Texas Department of State Health Services last weekend reported that about 1.6 million Texans