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BY DON SORCHYCH | NOVEMBER 13, 2013

How about “PUNY WESTERN TOWN?”

Please read Linda Bentley’s article about the council deciding to vote to approve a supposedly original motto for the town, “Where the Wild West lives.” I received an email from a reader about the identical motto in Deadwood, S.D. Linda did research (Vice Mayor Adam Trenk did only a trademark search) and found more than a dozen examples where municipalities use that exact term.

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BY JOHN HOEPPNER | NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Cave Creek may need council re-do over town manager debacle

The new gang at town hall can’t seem to shoot straight regarding the Town Manager position. Consider the three big blunders that have and will cost the Town of Cave Creek hundreds of thousands if not millions of taxpayer dollars over the next three years.

BY RICK MANNING | NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Could Chris Christie Republicans be the biggest losers?

National political pundits are busily fluffing up the narrative that the 2013 gubernatorial election has made New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the front runner for the Republican nod for president in 2016, while the narrow loss by conservative Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor's race spells the beginning of the end for the conservative movement.

BY SHELDON RICHMAN | NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Inflation is the last thing we need

“Some economists say more inflation is just what the American economy needs to escape from a half-decade of sluggish growth and high unemployment,” the New York Times reports.

BY ROBERT ROMANO | NOVEMBER 13, 2013

U.S. lends $35.6 billion through IMF foreign aid slush fund

U.S. lending to foreign governments through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached $35.6 billion, representing more than 25 percent of the agency's $141.8 billion of outstanding loans. Well above its 17.7 percent quota, the U.S. is therefore funding a disproportionate share of IMF loans.