Bill Straub: Planned Parenthood provides important service and Republicans can’t make that go away
WASHINGTON – For years, right-wing lawmakers in Washington and Frankfort have been pursuing Planned Parenthood in the same way Wile…
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Bill Straub: To no one’s surprise, under GOP health plan, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
WASHINGTON – If, as Forrest Gump’s mom was fond of saying, “Stupid is as stupid does,’’ there is a whole…
Bill Straub: Adjustments to Obamacare could have avoided many of the problems GOP now criticize
WASHINGTON – The President of the United States recently allowed that he has proved tardy in offering his long-awaited replacement…
Bill Straub: From dangerous windbag to beauty, Paul’s view of Trump has evolved since primary battle
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul is, as the famous line from Oliver Stone’s JFK put it, “a mystery wrapped in…
Bill Straub: Focusing on results and not the theatrics, McConnell thinks Trump is doing just fine
WASHINGTON – It took that great philosopher, John Matuszak, to sum up in a single thought what makes America great….
Bill Straub: Politicians lining up to eliminate the EPA have strong Kentucky ties in common
WASHINGTON – Kentucky is piecing together a strong contingent of volunteers ready and willing to do battle with raging hordes…
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…
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…