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Bill Straub: Who’s on first or second or third? Don’t ask Moe, Larry or Curley, facts befuddle them

July 12, 2018July 11, 20182

I experienced an educational moment at the ripe, old age of 65 the other day, actually it was significantly more…

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Bill Straub: It takes a certain talent to spew gibberish on a consistent basis, and McConnell is talented

July 5, 2018July 4, 20181

Looks can, indeed be deceiving. Take Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, for example. McConnell, of Louisville, comes across as your…

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Bill Straub: Take Carrollton KY, a good, safe place to live (as it should be) but diverse with ‘darker’ people

June 28, 2018June 27, 20180

Some years back, at least a quarter century ago when the burley economy was still thriving, I spent a couple…

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Bill Straub: No ‘Profiles in Courage’ found perusing political landscape in Trump-McConnell land

June 21, 2018June 20, 20181

In February 1944, after seven years of guiding President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s agenda through the upper chamber, Senate Democratic Leader…

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Bill Straub: McConnell to become longest-serving GOP boss, takes home-run trot as ‘Rome’ burns

June 7, 2018June 6, 20180

WASHINGTON – Back in January 2007, when Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell was just beginning what will become his historic…

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Bill Straub: It’s Trump, Trump and more Trump in KY, where he is in pretty high cotton no matter what

May 31, 2018May 31, 20182

Whither President Donald J. Trump? Well into his second year in office, Trump continues to divide the nation in a…

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Bill Straub: White House turned into ATM machine and other ugly stuff; McConnell’s getting fleas

May 24, 2018May 23, 20181

Any attempt to pinpoint President Trump’s most grievous sin against the body politic is rather like picking out one particular…

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Bill Straub: What’s in store for our duly sworn governor after his one term? Senate? Presidency?

May 10, 2018May 9, 20181

Since the job of Pope is currently filled, there exists speculation aplenty over what position St. Matt the Divine, the…

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Bill Straub: ‘Possum’ Pruitt is a money-changer in the Temple; why oh why can’t he just be tossed out?

May 3, 2018May 2, 20180

Should those suffering from asthma find breathing more difficult because the air has turned gray, if the water we all…

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Bill Straub: Bevin’s actions, while reprehensible, were not surprising and his ‘apology’ didn’t help

April 19, 2018April 19, 20182

But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood. — Kentucky Gov….

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Bill Straub: Kentucky is the Jack Benny of the states; tries to run the government on the cheap

April 12, 2018April 11, 20180

Kentucky is forever trying to get by on the cheap, making it the Jack Benny of the 50 states. You…

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Bill Straub: Worst member of a historically rotten cabinet — drum roll, please — Yes, it’s Scott Pruitt

April 5, 2018April 4, 20184

Identifying the worst member of President Trump’s historically rotten cabinet is akin to picking out the most malodorous skunk at…

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Bill Straub: Key word is ‘Enough,’ though Congress is unlikely to act, only solution is at the ballot box

March 29, 2018March 28, 20181

As noted in the past, I stopped hoping for any serious effort to end the slaughter created by guns not…

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Bill Straub: Giving the devil his due, McConnell has given the President notice about firing Mueller

March 22, 2018March 21, 20180

It could be said, if one were petulant, that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell’s strongly worded support…

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Bill Straub: A billion here, a billion there adds up, but even KY House tax plan doesn’t go far enough

March 15, 2018March 14, 20180

Legend has it that Winston Churchill, trying to draw the United States into WWII, famously said you can always count…

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Bill Straub: McConnell has some explaining to do for inaction on knowledge about Russians and election

March 8, 2018March 7, 20181

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has some explaining to do. And if he isn’t up front about the rationale regarding…

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Bill Straub: The biblical world view as seen by certain folks may not square with Bible — or the rest of us

March 1, 2018February 28, 20180

Even in these trying days of division and bitter partisanship most everyone can agree that God, who has been on…

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Bill Straub: Guns are the problem; to say otherwise is ridiculous — as well as dangerous. Stop.

February 22, 2018February 21, 20183

The Republican Party oftentimes appears to have been overtaken by zealots who have succumbed to what can only be described…

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Bill Straub: How does Rand really feel? He was for it before he was against it — is that right?

February 15, 2018February 14, 20180

Harken back for just a moment to the 2004 political season when John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, rather clumsily…

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Bill Straub: The Napoleon of coal ( good, beautiful, clean) coal is just playing along and enjoying the joke

February 1, 2018January 31, 20180

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

January 25, 2018January 24, 20181

The immediate, knee-jerk reaction many people have when asked if they have faith in someone on the opposite side of…

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Bill Straub: You can look it up or take a stand, but words do speak for themselves. Figure it out.

January 18, 2018January 17, 20181

You may have heard, it’s been in all the papers, that the president of these United States, one Donald J….

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