Bill Straub: There’s cringe-worthy and there’s cringe-worthy; in fact, these amazing actions are a pandemic
One of the most cringe-inducing moments amidst the chaos surrounding the coronavirus pandemic came last week when, during a meeting…
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Bill Straub: Good ideas come and go — but for the Equal Rights Amendment, it’s an idea long past due
It was Victor Hugo who claimed “nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come,’’ yet here we…
Bill Straub: When enough is really enough, whenever that may be, there’s always the November ballot box
When is enough, finally, enough. That essentially is the question that will be posed to voters of Kentucky’s Fourth Congressional…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell has been called out, however gently; the permanent stain is failure
Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell has spent 36 long years in the nation’s capital splitting asunder a once great…
Bill Straub: A look at Kentucky’s presidential primary May 19; R choice sure; D in the air, picking Sanders
As usual, this year’s presidential primary in Kentucky could be another case of closing the corral gate after the horse…
Bill Straub: Does the Trump cult even remember when they first sold out? Does Rob Portman?
This is a column written more in sorrow than anger, stealing a reference from Shakespeare, about a man who once…
Bill Straub: Something isn’t exactly clear; layers of wrongdoing were peeled back, facts didn’t matter
When Stephen Stills penned the lyrics to “For What It’s Worth,’’ declaring, “There’s something happening here but what it is…
Bill Straub: Which side are you on? Who you going to believe? Sounds like the start of a sad song
There’s an old labor song emanating out of the Harlan County Wars of the 1930s, popularized by the great Pete…
Bill Straub: Making a hash of impeachment hearings — and of country; thanks McConnell, Barr and Paul
It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has made a hash of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald…
Bill Straub: The whole world is watching the ‘dive,’ but that’s the way it goes in McConnell’s world
America hasn’t witnessed a dive like this since Sonny Liston kissed the canvas after that infamous “phantom punch’’ from a…
Bill Straub: Sanctuary Cities — now, is this really the No. 1 problem facing a state like Kentucky?
It’s no secret that Kentucky, sadly, has been a bottom feeder among the states for so long that it swims…
Bill Straub: ‘Spoils system’ on full display as judges with questionable qualifications get appointments
It was Sen. William L Marcy, assessing some of the questionable appointments rendered by President Andrew Jackson back in the…
Bill Straub: Prisons bursting at the seams, nonviolent prisoners deserve pardons; devil in the details
Let me put my cards on the table: I am one of those people who would rather see 100 guilty…
Bill Straub: What’s the definition of word ‘honor,’ and doesn’t an oath to act with ‘impartial justice’ matter?
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has attracted plenty of notorious titles over the years, ranging from Moscow Mitch to the…
Bill Straub: The Grim Reaper holds fast, then blames the other side; count the bills just sitting on his desk
The best way to describe the legislative acumen of Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell is to resurrect the three-card…
Bill Straub: A great political enigma of our times is why evangelicals continue to be devoted to Trump?
It has developed over the past few years into one of the great political enigmas: Why have evangelicals, those Bible-quoting,…
Bill Straub: Lone holdout in vote in U.S. House to support Hong Kong freedom fighters was — Massie
It was Aesop who first noted that a man is known by the company he keeps. With that in mind,…
Bill Straub: Where is the line drawn on reprehensible conduct? After Sondland testimony, where is honor?
It’s kind of like the old joke, “Well, besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?” For many…
Bill Straub: Sen. Rand Paul cuddles up to Trumpism using the oldest, lamest excuse — everybody does it
Sen. Rand Paul appears to be joining other members of the flock in an exodus from the once-grand, old Republican…
Bill Straub: Looks like Bevin managed to step on his own tail, but don’t count Mitch McConnell out yet
It was during the Republican National Convention in Houston in 1992 and renowned columnist Molly Ivins was talking about Clayton…
Letter to the editor: Bill Butler objects to Bill Straub’s ‘low blow’ on segregation related to Bevin, Cameron
I strongly object to Bill Straub’s column today in the NKY Tribune and I suppose other Kentucky media outlets. To…
Bill Straub: Ah, the memories of George Wallace’s yesteryear revisit KY in Bevin, Cameron campaign
Return with us now, for a moment, to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Alabama Gov. George Corley Wallace, whose…