Bill Straub: Reagan once said ‘there is no room for intolerance,’ but Trump didn’t get the message
WASHINGTON – I can’t say with absolute certainty that the filth that gushes from the mouth of President “Tiny’’ Trump-like…
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Bill Straub: Kentucky commands nation’s attention as Andy Barr-Amy McGrath race goes down to the wire
WASHINGTON – Kentucky doesn’t often command the nation’s attention unless it happens to be the first Saturday in May or…
Bill Butler: Mitch McConnell is accomplished public servant who deserves applause from Kentuckians
Bill Straub, a Washingtonian and former Kentuckian, offered a commentator’s scathing column about Senator McConnell that is embarrassing for Kentuckians,…
Bill Straub: Trying to figure out Mitch McConnell and an apology for being too soft on him over the years
What happened to Mitch McConnell? It’s a question that has been bugging me and many others for years now. What…
Bill Straub: Through the Valley of Death, Republicans (and McConnell) ‘plowing (Kavanaugh) right through
WASHINGTON – I experienced an epiphany over the past few weeks that may seem counter-intuitive but nonetheless is the only…
Bill Straub: Taking bets on McConnell’s choice of doing what’s best for (1) the nation or (2) his party?
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell is facing a dilemma. McConnell, of Louisville, has, on numerous occasions, been…
Bill Straub: While McConnell is ‘shaking the treat box’ for money, Republicans will likely keep the Senate
Anyone who has cats (we have four, which, at times, is five too many) can tell you they can be…
Bill Straub: Certainly no witch hunt as Mueller moves right along; and a word about ‘great guy’ Art Schmidt
With the November election now less than two months away, Republicans are ratcheting up their calls for a quick and…
Bill Straub: The view from Trump’s DC hotel is ruined by an ‘ugly’ FBI building — and therein is a story
Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell has emerged in the past few months as such a snuggling lapdog for “President’’…
Bill Straub: McConnell is Trump’s primary enabler as the walls come trumbling down around the President
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is so smitten with the idea that he’s playing “the long game” in politics that…
Bill Straub: ‘Knock ’em out, drag ’em in’ Bevin shows how divisions just get wider and more bitter
So, just what is it with this Bevin guy? It used to be during the long, sultry, Kentucky summers, with…
Bill Straub: Enough is enough is enough, it’s time for press corps to take the gloves off — and tell the truth
For better or worse, I spent six years back in the early 2000s as the White House correspondent for Scripps-Howard…
Bill Straub: Humpty-Trumpty bullies way through NATO, insults May on home turf, loves Putin more. . .
President Trump’s (OMG!) recently concluded European excursion was, by all estimates, a disaster, not to mention a public humiliation that…
Bill Straub: Who’s on first or second or third? Don’t ask Moe, Larry or Curley, facts befuddle them
I experienced an educational moment at the ripe, old age of 65 the other day, actually it was significantly more…
Bill Straub: It takes a certain talent to spew gibberish on a consistent basis, and McConnell is talented
Looks can, indeed be deceiving. Take Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, for example. McConnell, of Louisville, comes across as your…
Bill Straub: Take Carrollton KY, a good, safe place to live (as it should be) but diverse with ‘darker’ people
Some years back, at least a quarter century ago when the burley economy was still thriving, I spent a couple…
Bill Straub: No ‘Profiles in Courage’ found perusing political landscape in Trump-McConnell land
In February 1944, after seven years of guiding President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s agenda through the upper chamber, Senate Democratic Leader…
Bill Straub: McConnell to become longest-serving GOP boss, takes home-run trot as ‘Rome’ burns
WASHINGTON – Back in January 2007, when Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell was just beginning what will become his historic…
Bill Straub: It’s Trump, Trump and more Trump in KY, where he is in pretty high cotton no matter what
Whither President Donald J. Trump? Well into his second year in office, Trump continues to divide the nation in a…
Bill Straub: White House turned into ATM machine and other ugly stuff; McConnell’s getting fleas
Any attempt to pinpoint President Trump’s most grievous sin against the body politic is rather like picking out one particular…
Bill Straub: What’s in store for our duly sworn governor after his one term? Senate? Presidency?
Since the job of Pope is currently filled, there exists speculation aplenty over what position St. Matt the Divine, the…
Bill Straub: ‘Possum’ Pruitt is a money-changer in the Temple; why oh why can’t he just be tossed out?
Should those suffering from asthma find breathing more difficult because the air has turned gray, if the water we all…