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Bill Straub: McConnell relents on ‘President-elect Biden’ but his Ky. Senate colleague cause problem

December 17, 2020December 16, 20203

Is there a more appropriate cover boy for the modern Republican Party – that toxic conglomeration of fabulists, conspiracy mongers,…

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Bill Straub: Rand Paul continues to attract attention with his curious — and potentially harmful — views

December 3, 2020December 2, 20200

Sen. Rand Paul is laboring furiously these days to attract attention to his consistently curious views. The effort comes at…

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Bill Straub: The Donny Show is a four-star laugh riot, and the funny thing is Republicans can’t count

November 26, 2020November 25, 20200

Abbott and Costello – a grand remedy for the COVID-19 blues, by the way – used to perform a routine…

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Bill Straub: Mitch is in for another term and setting a record, but ‘lovable’ as a warm puppy he really isn’t

November 19, 2020November 18, 20201

As if running up the score on an overfunded and overrated Democratic opponent wasn’t sufficient, supporters of Senate Majority Leader…

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Bill Straub: Listen closely to Beethoven’s Eroica, Mitch; recall he ripped away dedication to Napoleon

November 12, 2020November 11, 20200

The world this year is justly celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. One of the pieces one is likely…

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Bill Straub: Disappointments enough in the election but a big bright spot — Trump will soon be gone

November 5, 2020November 4, 20201

To quote former President Gerald Ford, “our long, national nightmare is over.” Well, almost. With the vote totals dwindling down…

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Bill Straub: Only one three-digit number matters when all is said and done, 270 Electoral College votes

October 29, 2020October 28, 20201

It’s time, ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, to delve into the fascinating world of numbers, one digit…

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Bill Straub: Duplicity, duplicity, duplicity, thy name is Mitch — and all for party over country

October 22, 2020October 21, 20202

Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell has been playing the voters of the Commonwealth for suckers for most of the…

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Bill Straub: McConnell was punched out in the debate with clear-winner McGrath; will it make a difference?

October 15, 2020October 14, 202010

The most provocative, and therefore most interesting, moment in Monday’s televised debate pitting Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell against…

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Bill Straub: Kentucky, like many other states, needs stimulus package from the Feds but it’s not in sight

October 8, 2020October 14, 20200

It’s fair to say, seven months in and counting, that the COVID-19 pandemic has not been at all kind to…

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Bill Straub: On the way to discovering who we really are and want our country to be, stumble onto Nov. 3

October 1, 2020September 30, 20202

The time has come to give the devil his due. President Donald J. Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka…

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Bill Straub: A pox on the Republic, rest in peace RBG, but word and honor don’t count in this game

September 24, 2020September 23, 20204

Okay, let’s agree that President Donald J. Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka President Great and Unmatched Wisdom,  has…

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Bill Straub: Who to believe? New stimulus package (choose one: does, does not) look promising

September 17, 2020September 16, 20204

It was Sen. George Aiken, a Republican from Vermont, who suggested in the fall of 1966 that the United States…

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Bill Straub: Overseeing destruction of the planet, president declares he is great environmentalist

September 10, 2020September 9, 20205

With all the attention being afforded his derisive comments aimed at military personnel, his abject failure to address the COVID-19…

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Bill Straub: ‘The time for change is now,’ and yes the fine young men of UK are talking about racism

September 3, 2020September 2, 20200

Kentucky has a problem. It’s a problem that devastates the entire nation, for sure, and the Bluegrass is no exception….

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Bill Straub: Don’t assume, don’t assume, don’t assume; presidential race undecided in very bad year

August 27, 2020August 26, 20206

I was a 15-year-old high school student in 1968, the year often cited as the worst in modern history, if…

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Bill Straub: Truth or lie? Well, it’s probably a lie if the President says it — and James Comer believes

August 20, 2020August 19, 20201

President Donald J. Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka President Great and Unmatched Wisdom, is notorious for anyone of…

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Bill Straub: Where is the Senate traditionalist now? Could he be the Emperor with no Clothes?

August 13, 2020August 12, 20203

After what seems like centuries masquerading as the grand wizard of the U.S. Senate, a man whose ingenious strategies and…

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Bill Straub: Jobless wait nervously while McConnell dawdles on the unemployment supplement they need

August 6, 2020August 8, 20206

More than 30 million jobless workers – including about 140,000 in Kentucky – will soon find that their unemployment checks…

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Bill Straub: Rand Paul objects to Trump’s Gestapo but then wants Dr. Fauci to be more optimistic

July 23, 2020July 22, 20201

In The Sound of Music, that wholesome hash of low-brow entertainment produced on both stage and screen, a waddle of…

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Bill Straub: Leave it to Mitch to make terrible situation unbearable, and welcome to McConnell World

July 16, 2020July 15, 20201

With the Covid-19 juggernaut sweeping across the nation, sidestepping the federal government’s thus-far paltry efforts to rein it in, you…

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Bill Straub: Art and history, statues and reality — removing any offending art does not change the past

July 9, 2020July 8, 20203

A few years ago I had the privilege of visiting the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid to view Picasso’s Guernica,…

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