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Journalism: Objective or Subjective?

As a journalist, I am sharing my subjective perspective, with the intent that it may be of some value to the reader. What value may be derived from my subjective perspective is ultimately up to the reader.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Journalism as a profession is defined institutionally as being devoted to objective truth. Facts. Events. Names, dates, and places.

Government and Media: Pirating the Truth about Seafarers in Somalia?

Status of Seized Vessels and Crews in Somalia and the Indian Ocean

(NAIROBI, Kenya ECOTERRA) - As of today, 05. July 2010, 12h00 UTC, at least 23 foreign vessels plus one barge still remain in the hands of Somali pirates, against the will of their owners, while at least 424 seafarers - including an elderly British yachting couple - plus the lorry drivers from Somaliland, have not been released.

The real truth is that you, the public, are being persistently lied to with impunity by government and their media stewards; the problem is far worse than they are letting on.

Canada in the Twenty-First Century

Daniel Johnson's critical analysis of Canada - as his home country celebrates 143 years.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - For those of you who think I’m only critical of the U.S., here is an unabridged piece I published in Calgary’s FFWD Weekly newspaper on July 1, Canada Day.


On July 1 we celebrated Canada—143 years as a nation. Through those fourteen decades (put that way, it doesn’t sound all that long), much has changed—both inside and outside our borders.

Battle Stress & Over Medicated Combat Soldiers: with Anti-Depressants and Opiates

What is more stressful?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Drugs prescribed to past and present members of the military are literally frying brains and causing addictions, suicides, PTSD, spousal abuse when they get home, murder, alcoholism with death or tobacco addiction with death.

It isn't overly publicized, but many psychotropic drugs are being used in Iraq et cetera, now for “Battle Terrors” and complete exhaustion.

Update on American Legion Post 10 Fire

Anyone with information regarding the fire can call Albany Police detectives at 541-917-7686.

(ALBANY, Ore.) - Albany veterans suffered a terrible loss July 3th when the American Legion Post 10 caught fire and burned after closing. Fortunately there were no injuries.

Albany Fire Spokesman Wanda Omdahl, said crews were able to access the burned building to retrieve several items.

Justice Department Files Lawsuit against Arizona over Racial Profiling Law

Justice Department Files Lawsuit against Arizona over Racial Profiling Law

(SALEM, Ore..) - Today the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of Arizona over their racial profiling law, S.B. 1070.

Munich and the Five 911`s

Why remembering eleven dead makes us all less human.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - As much as Israel tries to remind the world, few remember much of the 1972 Olympics, even the killing of eleven Israeli athletes.

Five of the attackers died, depending on whose news you watch they were either terrorists or freedom fighters. We use those terms so interchangeably nowadays.

Holding Hands and Skipping to Music: the New Israeli Defense Forces

Soldiers' dance in Hebron may mean trouble for some young Israelis.

(HEBRON / SALEM) - Israeli soldiers breaking into a dance routine while patrolling the West Bank city of Hebron in full combat gear? What does it mean?

Abstinence and Fidelity

In the United States, there is ongoing research aimed at finding strategies that may help discourage sexual relations in order to reduce the spread of AIDS to that extent.

(MADRID) - The fight against AIDS is still on. At the global level, 33 million people are estimated to be living with this disease.

Highway Ambush: Mexican Political Assassination Called Worst in Years

Photographs of this terrible scene show a development among cartels that is unprecedented.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The most high profile assassination of a Mexican political official since 1994 happened Monday in Tamaulipas, when the man running for the governor's seat in this state, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was gunned down, along with his entourage, in a highway ambush.

Rodolfo Cantu was the animated and vibrant candidate for the PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which governed Mexico for 71 years until 2000.