To the Editor: As Sgt, Joe Friday said (GOOGLE IT) “Just the facts ma’am”. This is good advice for Ms.

To the Editor: The Christmas program presented by Fayetteville Elementary students and faculty on the evening of December 19 was delightful. Students from each grade level, prekindergarten through 6th grade, performed an age-appropriate song, complete with costumes, props and choreography.

To the Editor: According to a White House statement, “Those chosen for the honor (the Medal of Freedom) are people “who have made extraordinary contributions to their country and the world.” Without Hillary Clinton, there might not have been Benghazi, or the Russian Hoax against Trump. There is much in her political history that has not contributed beneficially to America, the world, or freedom.

To the Editor: Fayette County no longer has a hospital. It does however have Fayette County Emergency Medical Services (FCEMS).

Why do we do it? Is it just “peer pressure”? Is it a genuine desire to make a fresh start in our lives, to correct our perceived defects? Maybe it’s just a marketing tactic by the cosmetics and garment-manufacturing industries and health spas and fitness centers? Or is it just guilt for over-indulgence at Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Happy New Year! I hope that your New Year has started off like you have hoped. There is something about the turning of the calendar that brings a sense of hope and excitement to me - new year, new opportunities, and a chance to start anew. Honestly, nothing is really different from December 31 to January 1, except maybe being a little tired from staying up too late to watch a ball drop.

C APITAL Highlights The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

T EXAS History Although everything was in their favor, the Kickapoos, who were only passing through West Texas en route to Mexico, went out of their way to avoid a fight on Jan. 8, 1865.

To the Editor: The report that Trump won the popular vote is false. The report that Trump won a mandate is false.

To the Editor: In his last weeks as President, Joe Biden is a man with spiteful plans. He is dishing out money left and right, or at least trying to, for the green new deal, for Ukraine, for federal employees to get raises, many who have worked at home for the past four years since Covid.