How to effectively organize subpages!

I run the blog http://www.joblesslawyer.com, in my “musing” and “venting” sections I have a lot of sub-pages. However these entries get lost in the sidebar and nothing notifies users that a new post has been made on the main page.

Is there a way to effectively organize these sections so that they are both easy for users to manage and also functionally visible on the page?

In the alternative is there anyway to have a page that isn’t the main page display posts one after another, if this can be done I can convert all my sub-pages to posts under their respective pages?

Thanks in advance for your help.