Uncle Jay Explains The News

Uncle Jay Explains the News - May 12, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:57:14 +0000

How does she keep going? Uncle Jay explains everything with this week’s News Word. Well, not everything … nobody can explain the news completely, especially when Madonna is back in it. But it’s Monday, so Uncle Jay’s gotta try!

Uncle Jay Explains the News - May 5, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:21:53 +0000

Wait a minute! Uncle Jay hasn’t sunk to making Miley Cyrus the week’s top story, has he? Don’t worry, that’s at the end, because there was plenty of other news that was even dumber. Check it out … maybe the dumbest story is the one you think is most important!

Uncle Jay Explains the News - April 28, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:56:53 +0000

Deal or Raw Deal? The President of the United States pops up on a game show, and the three people who want his job barge into WWE’s Monday Night Raw. Sadly, this was some of the best behavior by people in the news last week. Uncle Jay explains it all!

Uncle Jay Explains the News - April 21, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:27:51 +0000

Are our presidential candidates “elitists?” Dare we elect anyone who’s smarter, more informed and more experienced than Homer Simpson? In this very special episode, Uncle Jay explains why politicians are sometimes accused of actually being smarter than the people who vote for them.

Uncle Jay Explains the News - April 14, 2008

Uncle Jay — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:01:43 +0000

Tax time! In America there are no exceptions, so let’s hope Pope Benedict is keeping all his receipts. Stories in the news have been sort of like taxes, too, because they just won’t go away: the fighting in Iraq, the sinking economy, the squabbling Democrats, the ailing airlines, the Rolling Stones. Uncle Jay explains it all!

Uncle Jay Explains the News - April 7, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:23:41 +0000

Our economy has entered a, um, well … do we have to go there? Hey, we’re ALREADY there, so Uncle Jay might as well explain it. Get out your calculator! Use it to figure out what you might get for it at the pawn shop, especially if Mom or Dad is in banking.

Uncle Jay Explains the News - March 31, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:22:16 +0000

April Fool! Or is it? So many things in the news right now could turn out like an impractical joke: the election, Iraq, Tibet, Olympic boycotts, global warming, economic collapse … ha ha ha, what a laugh riot. Uncle Jay explains it all!

Uncle Jay Explains the News - March 24, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:27:01 +0000

Three “Love Gov’s” in two states in one week, and hey, that wasn’t even the top story! It was Obama’s big speech about race. No, it was the Big Dance. No, the Big Flood, or maybe the Big Bailout. Or Easter. Tibet. Iraq. The news is harder to follow than J-Lo’s babies, but Uncle Jay explains it all, and a lot cheaper.

Uncle Jay Explains the News - March 17, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:20:31 +0000

Eliot Spitzer must be so proud to be the top story everywhere! Or not. There were, amazingly, other stories in the news this week: the wayward balls of March Madness, the bouncing banks of the economy, and those Superdelegates, who are able to leap coalition building in a single bound! Uncle Jay explains it all.

(Thanks for everybody’s get-well wishes. Uncle Jay’s voice still sounds sick but he’s feeling fine.)

Uncle Jay Explains the News - March 10, 2008

Uncle Jay — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:39:42 +0000

Pick your crisis: real estate, the economy, the Mideast, the Democrats’ supply of Rolaids, or figuring out how the women in “10000 B.C.” managed to score all that Maybelline. Uncle Jay explains it all!