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Craig Pirrong’s New Paper on OTC Derivative Clearing

written by Jim Johnston

Respect Unearned - American Greatness April 23, 2018
Self-righteousness and self-referencing become fatal when combined with incompetence and malfeasance. James Comey is our touchstone to a morally confused age.
EPA's Pruitt Declares End to Obama’s ‘War on Coal’ - EPA Shouldn't Pick Winners and Losers in Energy Industry | Breitbart April 23, 2018
"To use regulatory power to favor renewables at the expense natural gas, oil and coal is just something that’s not within the regulatory powers of this agency."
U.S. Cuts 'Global Warming' Gases Faster Than Anyone Else, But Media Ignore It | Investor's Business Daily April 23, 2018
When the U.S. announced last year it would withdraw from the job-killing Paris Climate Accords, it was treated by the media as a climate-change disaster.
Return of the feckless Chick-fil-A-phobes April 22, 2018
Move over, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Another unhinged liberal pathology is back: Chick-fil-A-phobia.
Americans Are Migrating In Droves To Low-Tax States April 22, 2018
There has been a vast, largely unheralded migration in the U.S. over the past decade. Not because of weather, or amenities. But because of taxes.
Show Me the (Education) Money! April 22, 2018
With teacher strikes and demonstrations in several states comes the belief that public schooling has been starved for resources. The data says otherwise.
Primary Trump is Making a Comeback April 22, 2018
People forget in the flood of analysis over Trump’s unrehearsed Twitter-fied style that candidate Trump was also unconventional when it came to ideas.
Is Wind Energy a Good Idea? April 22, 2018
You can produce electricity with a wind turbine, but is it good policy to do so? The reality is that wind energy exists solely because of government subsidies.
When the Twitter Mob Came for Me April 22, 2018
Recently hired (then fired) by the Atlantic, conservative writer Kevin D. Williamson discusses the social-media outrage that led to his dismissal.
The War on Standards Reaches Starbucks April 22, 2018
Only a strong sense of entitlement, or bad manners, would lead anyone to think he can occupy the store for an extended period of time without paying.

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