Remember wallpaper? For many of us, the word evokes prim florals draping Grandma’s boudoir or a parade of dancing vegetables across the kitchen wall.

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Seen enough candles lately? If you still think candles inspire romance, you’ve had a better week than most of us! Still, candles lend a festive air when we choose to use them, and they also raise the ambient temperature of a room when we must use them. Just in case you needed to know.

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Here are some things you can do to slash your energy bill the remainder of this winter. Some take only a minute and don’t require any upfront investment:

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You’ve heard of the layoff. You’ve heard of the furlough, a somewhat less painful way for a company to cut costs in these hard times. You’ve heard of companies’ requests for voluntary reductions in hours (some not quite as voluntary as some companies have described them, we are now being told locally). Now add the unpaid "sabbatical" as [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Recipients of public assistance through the state Department of Human Services would be required to undergo random drug testing under a bill filed Friday.

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In what may prove to be a very poor decision, The Los Angeles Times has killed the “California” section and will fold it into the front page section which includes national and international news. It doesn’t appear that the LA Times is a very fun place to work right now. Notes LA Observed blogger Kevin Roderick, [...]

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As expected, the U.S. Senate passed the $.61 increase in the federal tobacco tax to be used for the State Children’s Health insurance program.  Opponents will no doubt use this as another excuse to oppose our state tobacco tax increase.  A partial run-down of other red herrings can be found here.     First, this increase will apply to every [...]

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Here is the radio broadcast for the week ending January 30, 2009. Post from: Robbie Wills

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See the pro-life ad that NBC thought was to controversial to air during the Super Bowl. Why? Simply because it had a pro-life message. Unbelievable!

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