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Will Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite Militias Defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq?

Will Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite Militias Defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq?

Lame duck US president is MIA on Syria and Iraq Vladimir Putin made his move on Syria a couple of weeks ago in a well-planned deliberate fashion, seizing the strange political vacuum in the White House. Washington is already in a full-blown election cycle and  scrambling to keep the appearance of competency in foreign affairs. […]

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New Orleans a Decade after Katrina: ‘Waiting for Godot’ Courtesy of Disaster Capitalism

New Orleans a Decade after Katrina: ‘Waiting for Godot’ Courtesy of Disaster Capitalism

When journalists report on a story — providing that they embrace a pseudo-neutral  AP style — they are not supposed to get emotionally involved with their subjects. The unreachable goal is to provide readers, listeners or viewers with copies or segments that appear to be objective, impartial and loaded with facts and data. This is […]

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NJP Press Launched With Dady Chery’s Book ‘We Have Dared to Be Free’

NJP Press Launched With Dady Chery’s Book ‘We Have Dared to Be Free’

News Junkie Post turned six years old on June 6, 2015. It was always our intention to branch out to other media such as books, radio and, even down the line, television. A few months ago we decided to launch News Junkie Post Press, aka NJP Press. Dady Chery will be the first author published […]

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US Empire: American Exceptionalism Is No Shining City On a Hill

US Empire: American Exceptionalism Is No Shining City On a Hill

The concept of American exceptionalism is as old as the United States, and it implies that the country has a qualitative difference from other nations. This notion of being special gives Americans the sense that playing a lead role in world affair is part of their natural historic calling. However there is nothing historically exceptional […]

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Bush-Clinton Mafia Dynasties Merry-Go-Round

Bush-Clinton Mafia Dynasties Merry-Go-Round

If a space or a time traveler would set his time ship’s dial to 2015, with the United States as its destination, one could think that a mandatory preparation for the journey to understand the US’ political system would be an attentive study of the Constitution. After all, the document, drafted in 1787 by the […]

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