Don’t get crumpled

Body Believe in yourself, and presto — somebody will figure out a way to prey on your ego. Hold that thought. Meanwhile, if you live with a critic and don’t believe in yourself, you could crumple. Don’t crumple.

Will the real journalist please stand up?

Body Ida Tarbell. Tucker Carlson. Elon Musk. • The child of an independent oil worker in Pennsylvania, this person went on to make a name in investigative journalism. • Another, after a mediocre media career, began a conservative commentary website in 2010.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Overthinking overthinking Over thinker. Should it be one word? Spellcheck says no. Over-thinker. Spellcheck likes the hyphen. Prediction: Overthinker will soon become a bona fide no-hyphen word. Or is it bona-fide? A lot of us overthink.

The 501

Body COMMENTARY Nothing beats shopping at a garage sale on your birthday and finding a Rolex for a dollar. Advertising on Facebook Marketplace for the everything’s-a-dollar sale included a line from the sponsoring family that said “You may find a treasure.

Sunny Days

Body It’s tempting during the sweltering summer months to despise the sun. Ah,butcomewinter,aday of sunshine that follows overcast and foggy days is pure gold with a Vitamin D boost.

Record number of Texans enroll in ACA

Body More Texans than ever have signed up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2024, according to federal health data released last week and reported by the Texas Tribune.

The 501

Body COMMENTARY What’sittaketobeanews reporter? A good high school English teacher. You also need to know how to gather information, and you may have to pass a drug test to get hired. The drug test is extraneous. My opinion.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Gawrsh! Why not Faulkner? Some parents tamper with the truth. Mine gave me the straight scoop — nearly always. My mother generally told me more than I wanted to know. She was all about teaching me stuff.

The 501

Body Unjust desserts in the fundraising racket If you’re gonna tell people what you think, it helps to really know. I don’t always. Some of us see both sides of an issue, and we vacillate.

The 501

Body COMMENTARY You won’t have to come into work every day. That’s what my editor said when I took the job. Somehow, he forgot that promise.