Bill Straub: It’s Santa Claus for the wealthy and Grinch for the kids, if McConnell has his way
Former Congressman Barney Frank, an acerbic Massachusetts Democrat, once chided the anti-abortion crowd for believing that “life begins at conception…
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Bill Straub: Dear, dear Abby, is it really OK to lie just because you want to? Thomas Massie says it is
Dear Abby sadly departed this mortal coil some years back now and no one has stepped up to provide our…
Kyle Keeney: Here’s why Medicare price-setting isn’t the solution to fixing our healthcare problems
Earlier this month, the Northern Kentucky Tribune’s Bill Straub wrote a column supporting his belief that more government intervention in…
Bill Straub: Poor, poor Rand Paul whose feelings are hurt by cold, hard facts which speak for themselves
Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Oh, these boys won’t let me be Lord, have mercy on me…
Bill Straub: Sen. Paul living high on donations to his leadership PAC, money meant to assist others
It’s certainly comforting to learn that our boy, Rand Paul, the Earnest T. Bass of the United States Senate, is…
Bill Straub: Prescription drug prices are soaring into the ozone and Big Pharma is lining its pockets
Back in 2003, with drug prices soaring, placing some pharmaceuticals out of the reach of many retirees, Congress finally got…
Bill Straub: We cannot default on our obligations; McConnell is leading country to brink of disaster
It may seem that writing and, thus, reading about the federal debt limit would be about as interesting as pondering…
Bill Straub: Supreme Court Justice Barrett proclaims the court is ‘not a bunch of partisan hacks’; really?
If Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sincerely trying to convince one and all that the nation’s highest tribunal…
Bill Straub: Kentucky legislature’s half-baked attempt to address COVID-19 puts the state’s children at risk
It would be a laugh riot if it weren’t so tragic. The Kentucky General Assembly’s half-baked attempt to address the…
Bill Straub: Withdrawal from Afghanistan was never to be a walk in the park and it wasn’t, but we’re out
Apparently a lot of Americans thought the withdrawal from Afghanistan was going to be a tiptoe through the tulips, a…
Bill Straub: Easy to spot a disaster playing out right before your eyes, and that would be Afghanistan
Let me be perfectly clear, to borrow a Nixonian phrase, when it comes to military matters I am no Sun…
Bill Straub: Flipping off science, Sen. Rand Paul prattles on, ever defiant and woefully ill-informed
After having witnessed Sen. Rand Paul in action over these past 11 years, listened to his unsettling attempts at oratory…
Bill Straub: Trump keeps popping out emails that repeat, repeat, repeat the Big Lie; do the hokey pokey
Ever since he was ceremoniously dumped from Twitter and Facebook for telling lies that would make Herodotus blanch, Le Grande…
Bill Straub: Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t perfect, but Rand Paul and company’s accusatory antics cross the line
I’m tired of morons. Now, by moron, I don’t mean the Curley of the Three Stooges sort who at least…
Bill Straub: McConnell urges vaccinations against COVID, is ‘perplexed’ they are falling below expectations
Mitch McConnell admits to being “perplexed.” Let’s see if we can straighten things out for him. The Senate Republican leader…
Bill Straub: Hard to imagine a wackier contest with two candidates vying for who’s the biggest gun nut
Where else other than Kentucky can you witness a challenger in a congressional race toiling to out-crazy an incumbent who…
Bill Straub: America must deal with the issue of racism — or where will the future take us?
Did you know at least 186 Black people were lynched in Kentucky between 1877 and 1934 and that it’s more…
Bill Straub: Democracy. To believe or not to believe? That really is the question for Republicans
Senate Republicans have made it official – they don’t believe in democracy. The hints have been there for quite some…
Bill Straub: ‘The era of bipartisanship is over,’ McConnell declared; he should know since he killed it
What is a great nation to do when one of its top elected leaders overtly declares “the era of bipartisanship…
Bill Straub: Dr. Fauci is fall-back target for Republican ire, since they can’t sink Biden’s approval rating
Unable thus far to chip into President Biden’s popularity – the RealClear Politics composite places his approval at just short…
Bill Straub: While celebrating our war dead, let us not forget that they were defending the right to vote
Memorial Day is a curious sort of holiday. On one hand it celebrates the glorious onset of summer, featuring trips…
Bill Straub: Masks, social distancing, vaccines work; it’s just amazing how much Paul, Massie get wrong
Two quick questions: 1. How many Americans have died as a result of the facemask recommendation issued by the Centers…