Category Archives: News and opinion

Not all the news is fit to print for some people.

Philadelphia Police deliberately break the law.

Posted on May 21, 2011 by On the North River

Philadelphia Police deliberately break the law with the arrest of a man exercising his rights to open-carry. Should a man be prosecuted for protesting his illegal stop and detention even after the police admit that the initial stop was illegal?

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Twenty statistics about US Real Estate

Posted on May 19, 2011 by On the North River

The following are 20 really wacky statistics about the U.S. real estate crisis….

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Not from the Boston Globe

Posted on May 18, 2011 by On the North River

US Debt Ceiling Breached Today – Pensions Raided…

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Sunday paper

Posted on May 15, 2011 by On the North River

Illness in the family so I’m finding it difficult to get out on the water lately so a lot of non-kayak posts. Union-buster is a pejorative term, Why isn’t company-busting likewise? http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-dreamliner-nightmare/2011/05/12/AFzqFz2G_story.html We need MORE right to work states! Why … Continue reading →

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The Raid on Osama Bin Laden: a Critique A very reasoned critique of the Raid. The desire (and need) for politicians to” grandstand” along with the insatiable pressure from the media makes it almost impossible to maintain any semblance of … Continue reading →

Posted on May 12, 2011 by On the North River | Leave a comment

From Business Week

Posted on May 6, 2011 by On the North River

Why Bin Laden Lost Al Qaeda’s leader died because he was outgunned. He lost because he was wrong Doug Kanter/AFP/Getty Images ByBrendan Greeley The United States has no purpose. That is perhaps its greatest achievement. America’s founding document, its Declaration … Continue reading →

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