Opinion – Bill Straub: Johnson’s ‘sleight of hand’ in Medicaid funding fight just doesn’t hold muster
House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of those devout Christians who believes it’s okay to lie in service to President-cum-Dictator Donald…
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Opinion – Bill Straub: As shutdown drags on, GOP refuses to let truth get in the way of good story
Let’s talk about lying of the political kind. Fabrications, if you’re being fancy, have long held a prominent role in…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Washington’s ‘blame game’ heats up with U.S. government ‘Closed ‘Til Further Notice’
Rep. Jamie Comer has a well-earned reputation for being a nitwit. Having embarrassed himself directing a never-ending series of worthless,…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Never missing an opportunity to shake things up, Massie’s Epstein mission plods on
Whatever you might think of him, it’s indisputable that Rep. Thomas Massie possesses a unique talent for shaking things up….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Violence won’t solve our country’s differences, neither will silencing healthy debate
The term “waving the bloody shirt’’ has its origin in the tense, post-Civil War Reconstruction era, used to denounce the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire — a story already being written
Decades from now, an anonymous historian will dig through the rubble while researching his/her magnum opus, The Rise and Fall…
Opinion – Bill Straub: As nation’s public health system crumbles, Kennedy, Paul spew nonsense
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s top public health agency, is crumbling like the walls of Jericho…
Opinion — Bill Straub: Is it really possible? Hal Rogers, 87, may face a real race for his long-held seat?
The race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell next year is understandably grabbing the headlines both statewide and nationally, but…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Erstwhile County Clerk Kim Davis may finally have bigoted prayers answered
Kim Davis, once again hiding behind the cloak of Jesus, is stepping up from the bush leagues of bigotry to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Recent SCOTUS rulings lay waste to decades of precedent, along with American identity
The United States of America has consistently proven since its founding 249 years ago that it is, if nothing else,…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Bucking climate data, Barr joins Trump, Zeldin touting debunked benefits of coal
It appears there is no disaster seeping from the addled mind of President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump that our boy Andy…
Bill Straub: Thomas Massie, further stoking Trump’s palpable ire, doubles down on Epstein file release
It’s no secret President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump doesn’t have a whole lotta use for Rep. Thomas Massie, who, truth be…
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…
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…