Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell, 81, has served long and truly, but shouldn’t he come clean about his health?
It’s time for Mitch McConnell to come clean. At 81, the Senate Republican leader is obviously slowing down and is,…
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Bill Straub: Sure, KY Congressional delegation, just let future generations deal with pesky climate issues
Believe it or don’t, Mitch McConnell that longtime champion of the coal industry, has emerged as the John Muir of…
Bill Straub: Even though he has nothing, Comer keeps on keeping on about Hunter Biden and father
For reasons we needn’t dwell on here, it’s obvious that Tail-Gunner Jamie Comer isn’t naturally suited to fill the role…
Bill Straub: Time marches on for everyone; has it finally passed Mitch McConnell by — after 38 years?
Could it be that after 16 years as the Senate Republican boss man Mitch McConnell is losing his fastball? Time…
Bill Straub: Rep. Andy Barr is just looking for the right ‘threats’ to give himself looney creds
Like Chicken Little, Rep. Andy Barr thinks the sky is falling and he knows exactly who to blame for the…
Bill Straub: McConnell defends ethics-challenged Supreme Court as it denies time-honored precedent
Sen. Mitch McConnell has fathered an ugly baby. Now he’s trying to convince everyone that his homely little bundle of…
Bill Straub: Another thrilling episode of the Adventures of Tail-Gunner Jamie; it’s a Hee-Haw
It’s that time again, ladies and gentlemen. Join us now for another thrilling episode of The Adventures of Tail-Gunner Jamie,…
Bill Straub: Today’s Joe McCarthy is Rep. Jamie Comer — but just call him ‘Tail-Gunner Jamie’
For those of you who thought Joe McCarthy is dead, it’s time for you to meet Rep. Jamie Comer, a…
Bill Straub: Like Old Man River, Mitch McConnell just keeps rolling along while building a big war chest
That perpetual fundraising machine better known as Addison Mitchell McConnell, like Old Man River, just keeps rolling along, probably dashing…
Bill Straub: For Rep. Jamie Comer, please take note — it’s time to end the wild goose chase
Observing Rep. Jamie Comer as he feverishly maneuvers to create a blockbuster scandal from a mere bagatelle (or, as Ralph…
Bill Straub: You know a lot about a guy by company he keeps; Republicans like the ‘whataboutism’ kind
Rep. Andy Barr, apparently fretting he might get crossways with the MAGA crowd, wants the world to know he’s standing…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer ‘keeps diggin’ but gettin’ no taters’ and is an embarrassment to his state
Dr. Grady Stumbo, the Hindman populist who twice unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Kentucky, became embroiled in…
Bill Straub: If you only see bad guys in public service, then, like Paul, you see bad guys despite evidence
Let’s see…Adolph Hitler, Uncle Joe Stalin, Tony Fauci, Pol Pot, Mao Tse… Whoa. Wait just a doggone minute. Something wrong…
Bill Straub: Massie’s messy rise to GOP mainstream leaves questions about his role in party’s future
Rep. Thomas Massie, the renowned Kentucky Whiz Kid, is proving that the mountain can, indeed, come to Muhammed. It wasn’t…
Bill Straub: Comer has no evidence, no records, no witness; is he being used or has he gone to dark side
Rep. Jamie Comer, the congressman most likely to be mistaken for a member of the “Hee Haw’’ cast, has rather…
Bill Straub: Given all Beshear has faced as governor, he has done admirable job; except on climate change
Considering the disasters he has been forced to confront in his official capacity as governor – COVID-19, the Mayfield tornado,…
Bill Straub: That loud noise you are hearing from McConnell about Trump is the ‘Sound of Silence’
That’s not Simon &Garfunkel you hear singing “Sounds of Silence” somewhere back in the echoes of your mind, that’s Senate…
Bill Straub: In classic game of ‘Who’s playing politics,’ three top finalists; a tribute to Dick Wilson
You may have heard — it’s been all over the news — that some rich, orange-tinted dude, formerly from the…
Bill Straub: Einstein was right about insanity, and we’ve allowed the same thing for far too long
Audrey Hale was a law-abiding citizen. Until she wasn’t. Hale, apparently a transgender person who reportedly went by the name…
Bill Straub: What the Kentucky legislature lacked was a heart and soul and a ‘true champion of the people’
Paul Mason was one of the more conscientious members of the Kentucky General Assembly back in the 1980s and ‘90s….
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is no prize as party leader but what can we expect in his successor?
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the earth mother of the new, mean-spirited Republican Party, was attending some sort of right-wing confab…
Bill Straub: Jamie Comer is on a misguided, multifaceted roll indeed — and he’s in over his head
From his ham-handed mangling of congressional probes that makes Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes, to his stupefying lack of…