Folks, when did America’s greatest treasure, United States citizenship, become a bartering commodity for votes with the Hispanic/Latino community as per Sen. John McCain? When did America’s greatest treasure, United States citizenship, become a bartering commodity with the Hispanic/Latino Community for converts to the Mormon religion or the recapturing “fallen away” parishioners of the Catholic church or more donations in the Sunday Mass collection basket or monthly tithes.

State lawmakers are close to declaring privately minted gold and silver coins to be legal tender in Arizona.

State senators voted Wednesday to make gold and silver legal tender in Arizona -- but not copper, cattle, cotton, citrus or climate.

The Barter Group, looking to help one of its members, has made barter available to pay a debt.

The holiday season is here, the question of what gifts would be most meaningful looms large. We usually think in terms of “things” when focusing on the perfect present. Yet more “things,” added to the other things that overflow from drawers and shelves, may not always be the best choices.

Edible Exchange will host a “FarmTable Brunch” 11:30 a.m. Oct. 14 at Superstition Farm, 3440 S. Hawes Road in Mesa. The event will feature a four-course brunch from three local celebrity chefs: Matt Carter, Beau MacMillan and Aaron May.

Edible Exchange, a local company that connects communities to locally grown food through barter, is having its second educational series — “Moos, Booze & Schmoose” — from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 19 at Superstition Farm, 440 S. Hawes Road.

"People Like Us" is that increasingly rare kind of film: an adult drama. The filmmakers seem so nervous about this prospect that they fill the movie with action-film editing and a camera that moves so restlessly through domestic life that you'd think it lost its keys.

More than a dozen years on "Dallas" still wasn't enough to help Linda Gray go back.

Bartering, one of the oldest forms of business, seems to be finding its way back in the East Valley as local businesses use the time-worn exchange of goods and services for locally grown food.

C.W. Griffin drools over so much baloney in his "class warfare" rant.

C.W. Griffin drools over so much baloney in his "class warfare" rant.

Arizona Trade Exchange is growing. A business-to-business barter network, the Mesa-based company offers hundreds of businesses and individuals an advantage in the weathered economy.

Arizona Trade Exchange is growing. A business-to-business barter network, the Mesa-based company offers hundreds of businesses and individuals an advantage in the weathered economy.

When Andy Lane's baseball career ended after a tryout with the Colorado Rockies went nowhere, he began on-the-job training for the major leagues.

After Phoenix Public Market receives a shipment of produce, the wood and plastic pallets that carried the fruits and vegetables are carefully locked in a fenced enclosure behind the store. The market loses a $75 deposit for each pallet that isn't returned, and there is a black market for pallets these days.

After Phoenix Public Market receives a shipment of produce, the wood and plastic pallets that carried the fruits and vegetables are carefully locked in a fenced enclosure behind the store. The market loses a $75 deposit for each pallet that isn’t returned, and there is a black market for pallets these days.

Jon Stewart, host of cable television's "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, announced he intends to lead a "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 30. Of course, the announcement is a parody of Fox News commentator Glenn Beck, whose followers demonstrated on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, even though Beck's ideas fit within King's ideals like those of an arsonist in a dry forest.

Planning a trip to Mexico? Forget it.

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Thousands of Christmas gifts will be available at a Mesa trade fair this month, and no money will be needed to purchase them.