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.

Taking thankful stock at the end of the year

Body By the time you read this, the publisher and editor of these newspapers will be bound for the East Coast to spend the holidays with family and friends.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCH Google the barbell housefly Stump Google! That’s the name of the game. The challenge is to think of something that doesn’t appear when you Google it. I’ve won twice recently. Google doesn’t seem to know about a soda fountain drink called a Coke phosphate.

Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

Body A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported. The secretary of state’s office last week declared the propositions approved and now a part of the Texas Constitution, while Gov.

The Christmas Red Zone

Body A Sunday of NFL football means that the phrase “red zone” is within earshot when in and out of the living room. Once a team reaches the opponent’s 20-yard-line, it is within twenty yards of the endzone. Scoring opportunities are within grasp.