“Acronym” is Uncle Jay’s word of the week, and he employs them frequently while covering a wide range of topics (below) in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News: NASA blew up the moon; Miley Cyrus decided to dump her Twitter page in order to regain some of her privacy — and then [...]
Uncle Jay Explains the News: Oct. 12, 2009
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments
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Cartoonist Captures Flavor of Top News Topics
July 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I’ve said it before that editorial cartoonist David Donar and I don’t agree on everything when it comes to politics. More often than not, however, I find at least one gem every time I visit his blog, Political Graffiti. Such was the case today as evidenced by the cartoons below: Thanks, David!
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Uncle Jay Explains the News: June 1, 2009
June 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Thanks to Nice Deb, I’ve discovered “Uncle Jay.” Every Monday, he provides a recap of the news in a video segment he calls, “Uncle Jay Explains the News.” This week, Uncle Jay tackles a wide range of subjects, ranging from automakers and the automobiles they make to the Supreme Court, Hot Wheels and John & [...]
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Should Japan Replace ‘Secret Weapon’ with Nukes?
May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Should Japan replace the “secret weapon” that has protected the East Asian nation for more than 60 years with nuclear weapons? That’s the question many people are asking in the wake of North Korea detonating a nuclear weapon and firing missiles earlier this week. In the video above, Charles Krauthammer tells a Fox News Channel [...]
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One Nuclear Option Best for Iran, North Korea
May 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The cartoon above captures perfectly the best nuclear weapons options available to Iran and North Korea as both seek to become nuclear powers. [Hat tip: David Donar at Political Graffiti]
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Three Reasons Not to Bail Out General Motors
November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
After reading an article in today’s edition of The Moscow Times (see graphic at right), I came up with three good reasons why at least one of the “Big Three” automakers — General Motors — should NOT receive any portion of a proposed $50 billion bailout from the federal government: Reason #1: GM is, according [...]
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Predictions: Barack Obama’s First 100 Days
September 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments
This morning, I decided to research and write about what the first 100 days of a Barack Obama presidency might look like if, God Forbid, he wins the presidential election Nov. 4. While finding online predictions about that much-ballyhooed time period proved more challenging than expected, I did find three worth highlighting. In an Aug. [...]
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