Bill Straub: The Napoleon of coal ( good, beautiful, clean) coal is just playing along and enjoying the joke
There are many good things that can be said about coal. For decades, even centuries, in the United States it…
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Bill Straub: Count the ways Sen. Mitch McConnell can’t be trusted; another stopgap measure looms
The immediate, knee-jerk reaction many people have when asked if they have faith in someone on the opposite side of…
Bill Straub: You can look it up or take a stand, but words do speak for themselves. Figure it out.
You may have heard, it’s been in all the papers, that the president of these United States, one Donald J….
Bill Straub: ‘St. Matt the Divine’s’ jokes about Trump and global warming no laughing matter
WASHINGTON – St. Matt the Divine dropped his parson’s collar a few days back to engage in the one thing…
Bill Straub: With Ryan stuck on entitlements, is McConnell ready to work with Dems on infrastructure
WASHINGTON – One thing that can be said about Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root and Branch’’ McConnell, to paraphrase the…
Bill Straub: We have to hope ‘arc of moral universe’ bends toward justice, despite Trump nominees
WASHINGTON – It may be hard to believe in this age of hyper-partisanship but President Trump has somehow managed to…
Bill Straub: ‘The hour of reckoning is coming,’ and it should, for the imposter at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Steve Schmidt, the Republican strategist who grew up a stone’s throw from my New Jersey hometown and has broken with…
Bill Straub: Focusing on a bad tax reform bill meant Congress had no time for kids, thus, no CHIP funding
The Republican Congress has proved so busy handing the keys of the kingdom over to its corporate bosses through its…
Bill Straub: Republicans are on verge of adopting bad tax cut measure; they’ll lie — and get away with it
Senate Republicans are on the verge of adopting a tax cut measure that will make the old Fresh Kills landfill…
Bill Straub: It’s about time to talk about sexual harassment; but not all instances are the same
WASHINGTON – I just informed my glorious wife that, with Thanksgiving upon us, I would rather suffer through a barium…
Bill Straub: So far, GOP has little to show for control, so killing health care bill may be best they can do
Once again we are sadly reminded that there isn’t anything so terrible in this world that Sen. Rand Paul and…
Bill Straub: Go figure (if you can) the double-talk that doesn’t want to add to deficit except for ‘tax cut’
Our old friend, the Wonder Boy, Rep. Thomas Massie, has built a well-earned reputation as a budget hawk, voting, for…
Bill Straub: Scott Pruitt and the EPA he leads are no longer protecting the environment for long term
Anyone clinging to the notion that Belle Brezing is the most notorious prostitute ever produced by Lexington isn’t paying attention…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell’s dilemma is simple pursue tax cuts and keep job — and worry later
Here comes Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell, riding into town in the lead wagon of the Snake…
Bill Straub: Disaster debate another example of how Kentucky lawmakers in D.C. have lost their way
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell took some time off last week to – quite appropriately…
Bill Straub: With Senate unable to get anything done, McConnell is facing opposition from all sides
It’s becoming obvious that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell needs to embrace the advice of the late…
Bill Straub: In wake of deadly Las Vegas shooting, expect Congress to do absolutely nothing
WASHINGTON – It was Ethel Lina White in her novel The Wheel Spins who first maintained that “Lost causes are…
Bill Straub: McConnell, Trump appear headed for a showdown — and it could come sooner than later
WASHINGTON – If you are among those who felt the nuptial of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was something…
Bill Straub: Latest effort to repeal and replace ACA not about improving health care … it’s about winning
WASHINGTON – To quote Michael Corleone, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.’’ Efforts a…
Bill Straub: EPA chief Pruitt playing games with nation’s health, safety to gain energy industry favor
WASHINGTON – Scott Pruitt, the Kentuckian in charge of what little is left of the Environmental Protection Agency since the…
Bill Straub: Massie’s vote against hurricane relief for Texas shows unsettling lack of compassion
WASHINGTON – It appears our Wonder Boy, Rep. Thomas Massie, is making up for lost time, to the nation’s detriment….
Bill Straub: In the debate about Confederate statues, the real issue is who deserves to be honored
WASHINGTON – Remove if you must the hoary statues found in our public squares dedicated to those who perpetuated treason…