Church & State, LinkedIn Tips & Extreme Weight Loss: Listening to Local Voices

1. Have you heard about brides tube feeding themselves 800 calories a day so they can lose weight before their wedding?

Apparently, this is a thing that real people do to themselves.

Well, Dr. Barbara Berkeley, the medical director of obesity programs for LakeHealth, has some thoughts on these desperation diets.

More importantly, she has some practical suggestions on weight loss that don't involve possibly ulcerating your esophagus.

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2. Do you actually know what the Constitution says about religion and politics?

Or did you know that Arkansas has a law that doesn't let atheists testify in court?

Was the United States founded by Christians or a group of deists and theists?

Dennis Spirgen -- attorney and blogger -- answers all these questions and more .

3. Do you have a LinkedIn page but don't know what to do with it?

Kelly Blazek -- job search house mother -- .

4. Earth Day is this Sunday; and a recent visit to the Kent State Museum of Fashion caused blogger Jane Skoch to think about clothing's sustainability.

Skoch -- a retired engineer/fashionista upcycler -- suggests different ways in which the life of clothing can be extended.

Printing, dying, even donating -- Skoch has .