Opinion – Bill Straub: Beshear remains noncommittal, but recent appearances indicate higher ambitions
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has successfully navigated his way through the first circle of the inferno known as the Democratic…
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Opinion – Bill Straub: Barr’s embrace of birthright citizenship vendetta unveils newfound fealty to Trump
President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump’s self-appointed handmaiden, Rep. Andy Barr, being perennially sensitive to the whims of his master, has officially…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Trump puts target on Massie — and Massie is not intimidated
Some years ago, back in the days of black-and-white television, there ran a 30-second commercial depicting an argument between two…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell shows contempt for his own voters with cavalier response to Medicaid cuts
Sen. Mitch McConnell, heading for the last round-up in his seemingly endless upper chamber tenure, is showing his true colors….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Big Beautiful Bill does not improve care for 1.3M Kyians on Medicaid
The Kentucky Hospital Association, insists it is “dedicated to sustaining and improving the health status of the citizens of Kentucky.”…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Trump’s use of National Guard, Marines in LA is far from ‘American exceptionalism’
WASHINGTON – From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Santa Monica, the Marine Corp is now fighting President-cum-Dictator…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Thomas Massie, Rand Paul prove strange bedfellows in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ row
With apologies to the late, great James Agee, let us now praise infamous men. There’s nothing much for Kentuckians to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will do anything but ‘Make America Great Again’
Rep. Andy Barr has, predictably, gone all Sponge Bob Square Pants happy, happy joy, joy over House passage of the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Amid cuts to FEMA, it remains to be seen if Trump will walk his talk on disaster aid
Kentucky, destined by its geographic positioning and global climate change — a verboten subject owing to the Commonwealth’s unyielding devotion…
Opinion – Bill Straub: New book explores Biden’s decline, suggesting a look in the mirror
The legendary Jerry Garcia, founder and lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead, had a side project during his tenure with…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Like a lemming to the sea, Andy Barr blindly follows Trump off trade war cliff
Plummeting cargo shipments, empty ports, declining trucking volumes, major retailers warning about empty shelves. All that and much more is…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Do Rand Paul’s forays outside D.C. mean Oval Office aspirations? Time will tell…
WASHINGTON – Whither Rand Paul. The Republican senator from Bowling Green has attracted considerable attention recently for his objections to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Andy Barr — in a surprise to no one — enters senate race by pandering to Trump
Rep. Andy Barr possesses a political attribute so remarkable he hopes to parlay it into a seat in the U.S….
Opinion – Bill Straub: ‘Nascent climatologist’ Robert Stivers all-in on Trump’s embrace of king coal
WASHINGTON – Meet Robert Stivers, attorney, president of the Kentucky State Senate and nascent climatologist. Stivers, a Republican from Manchester,…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Trump’s ‘perfect strategy’ for the country is America, 1984 version
President-cum-Dictator Donald Trump sent the American economy – more accurately, the world economy – into a tailspin last week by…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Tariffs are taxes — and Trump’s hefty ones are fueling fears of recession
In a weird sort of way, President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump operates like a jazz musician – he keeps making things…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Barr, Comer avoid tough questions, turn tail and run from own constituents
Congressmen Andy Barr and Jamie Comer are pissed off… at their constituents. The lawmakers, Barr, R-Lexington, and Comer, R-TheFrankfortLoop, are…
Opinion – Bill Straub: DEI is about a level playing field — and is a lost cause worth fighting for
It was the great defense attorney Clarence Darrow who was credited with positing that lost causes are the only ones…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Thomas Massie, brushing aside Trump’s threats, stands ground in true ‘Massie’ fashion
Rep. Thomas Massie is the sort of guy who drives the wrong way down a one-way street simply because he…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Wannabes lining up to replace McConnell and advance American un-exceptionalism
As Sen. Mitch McConnell bids adieu to a national scene he has managed to muck up over the past 40…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Guthrie’s dilemma — finding national health care system that serves everyone
Rep. Brett Guthrie is on the spot. As the newly installed chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is stepping down, leaving mixed legacy — and a sad one
Mitch McConnell is hanging it up. Thursday, on the occasion of his 83rd birthday, McConnell, R-Louisville, took to the floor…