TODAY staff | Jim Bob and Michelle reveal secrets to managing more and more with less.  Readers have a lot of questions about how Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar manage to raise their 17 kids without going broke. Here, the busy couple fields questions about living debt-free, preparing for grandkids and...

By Francis Marion | I don’t care much for spam and recognize that most of those cute e-mails or warning e-mails that people send to all their friends list are created just for spammers to identify more addresses but every once in a while I do get a real gem like this one. Enjoy the read: Mr. Obama, Given...

Imagine you’re Annie Bradley, a married stay-at-home mother of eight. Two weeks before your 43rd birthday, its 9:00 pm and you’re sitting down with your husband and two house guests discussing a very difficult topic—the sale of your home.  Uncharacteristically, your seventeen year-old daughter...

HIGHLAND, UT | 1 September 2008 |Labor Day is a typically socialist holiday. It was founded in the 1880s by labor union leaders who wanted to advance the cause of those unions. At first, it was to be merely a picnic for union members and their families with moving speeches included in the festivities....

HIGHLAND, UT | 6 August 2008 | One hundred-fifty years ago, nearly everyone worked from home. Not much of a surprise; it was an agrarian society. People worked in their own fields or they had shops (such as a blacksmith or mercantiler) attached to their homes. Following decades found more people move...

TAYLORSVILLE, UT | 25 July 2008 | When we buy gas at the pump, we see an obvious connection between the amount we get and the amount we pay. At times, the price goes up and we all recognize that filling up our tank will cost us more. At times, the reverse is true. Either way, it is easy for us to...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT | 12 July 2008 | Ten years ago, a good friend was diagnosed with highly advanced brain cancer. The doctors told the family that there were some tough choices to be made. The tumors had grown to the point that standard treatments wouldn’t slow their growth. Their placement within...

HIGHLAND, UT | 4 July 2008 | Ah! The Fourth of July! That great mid-summer holiday. Full of parades and beauty pageants, fireworks, barbecues, 10k races, pancake breakfasts in the park, and flag raising ceremonies. This is what this holiday is all about, right? Oh, and thinking about the signing of the...

HIGHLAND, UT | 1 July 2008 | It took the opponents of firearms ownership less than a week to come up with their next attempt to ban handguns. Last week the Supreme Court struck down the 32-year old D.C. handgun ban in a 5-4 decision. Yesterday, AP “medical writer”, Mike Stobbe revealed a...

HIGHLAND, UT | 21 April 2008 | Productivity and prosperity can often come in the most obscure and unexpected places. Many people have talents and strengths that lie hidden from themselves but are apparent to others. Many call these strengths and talents unique abilities. Everyone has at least one unique...