Bill Straub: Trump’s volatile first two weeks — a word of advice — better steel yourself and get used to it
WASHINGTON – There comes a time in the affairs of man, as W.C. Fields once put it, when he must…
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Bill Straub: Despite host of critics, Obama will go down as one of our most consequential presidents
LONDON – The man much of Kentucky loves to hate, a Kenyan pretender who openly worships Allah and has waged…
Bill Straub: Limiting debate not their finest hour as Republicans exert new muscle in Frankfort
WASHINGTON – There’s an old story – much too good to fact check – about Earl K. Long, who became…
Bill Straub: Massie’s Second Amendment Caucus may be be out of step with mood of country
WASHINGTON – The Whiz Kid is at it again. Just a little more than a week before the city of…
Bill Straub: Voters in Eastern Kentucky took a gamble on Trump — and may end up paying a steep price
WASHINGTON – It’s beginning to appear that many of the folks residing within the always-stunning hills and hollows of Eastern…
Bill Straub: Kentucky native Pruitt in position to carry out Trump’s environmental dirty work
WASHINGTON – Kentucky has quite admirably endeavored over the past 30 years or so to transform its once moribund system…
Bill Straub: McConnell again placed party above country following election interference by Russia
WASHINGTON – It was some time in early 1987, as I recollect through the haze of almost 30 years, and…
Bill Straub: Bevin’s political future could be behind his late-blooming support of Trump
WASHINGTON – Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin sometimes comes across like Frank Burns in the old, long-running M*A*S*H* television show. He…
Bill Straub: Chao as transportation secretary could place McConnell in a bind over infrastructure
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump’s (Egad!) vow to “drain the swamp’’ that is the nation’s capital was thought to…
Bill Straub: Placing party above country, McConnell will now face the reality of a President Trump
WASHINGTON – So, exactly who was that man with a plastered-on grin trailing Donald J. Trump like a labradoodle as…
Bill Straub: Frustrated Trump supporters weren’t simply angry — they wanted revenge
WASHINGTON – The first presidential election I participated in was 1972, shortly after those aged 18 to 21 were granted…
Bill Straub: Despite Trump’s domination of the white vote, turnout doomed Clinton in the end
WASHINGTON – It might seem an odd time to cite Jesse Jackson at this moment, but I remember covering an…
Bill Straub: Take heart! Sorry race for president finally gliding toward its ignominious conclusion
WASHINGTON – It may seem like Halley’s Comet has circled back three or four times since the beginning of the…
Bill Straub: Under a possible Clinton administration, Beshear’s influence on health care could increase
WASHINGTON – Word is that former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, who was in charge when more than a half million…
Bill Straub: When it comes to Trump’s baseless charges of vote rigging, McConnell is oddly silent
WASHINGTON – If you happen to bump into Judge Crater or Jimmy Hoffa over the next few days you might…
Bill Straub: As bad as Trump has been, GOP is likely to survive and thrive even after potential debacle
WASHINGTON – Kentucky’s elected Republicans are showing why none of their members can expect to be included in any future…
Bill Straub: If you find the present state of American politics deplorable, you have McConnell to thank
WASHINGTON – It’s been 10 years since Mitch McConnell stepped up to become the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate,…
Bill Straub: Close polls show voters holding Clinton to a different standard than Trump
WASHINGTON – It’s once again drawing close to that time when, as Pete Townsend famously wrote, “I’ll get on my…
Bill Straub: In legal dispute with school newspaper, UK’s Capilouto doesn’t have a leg to stand on
WASHINGTON – This is a tale about stonewalling at an institution that, sadly, remains more revered for its basketball prowess…
Bill Straub: Bevin’s bloodshed remarks regarding Clinton make state a national laughingstock
WASHINGTON – It was the sainted President Abraham Lincoln – you know, tall guy, beard, the one who actually quelled…
Bill Straub: McConnell’s effort to put Senate back to work doesn’t include passing clean Zika bill
WASHINGTON – During the waning days of the summer congressional recess, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell could be found doing…
Bill Straub: GOP takes playing the time-honored ‘religion card’ down a much darker road
WASHINGTON – As a rule, Republican politicians in Kentucky and elsewhere go to great lengths to convince members of the…