Opinion – Andy Beshear: Trump and I agree on lowering gas taxes; Kentucky’s Republican legislators don’t
Americans – including right here in Kentucky – are struggling to pay the bills due to rising prices brought on…
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Opinion – Bill Straub: As McConnell’s time in Congress enters final months, there may still be ‘gas in the tank’
At age 84, Sen. Mitch McConnell is, at times, literally and unfortunately, stumbling through the final months of his storied…
Thomas Massie files to fundraise for 2028 House run but he hasn’t yet decided to run for office again
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has filed to run for his current House seat in 2028…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Gallrein may have topped Massie, but Donald Trump was the ‘craziest SOB in the race’
Sen. Lindey Graham appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press this past Sunday and proved quite prescient when he confidently declared…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Kimmel’s gags get under Trump’s thin skin, yet his own words are not the least funny
Until recently, the only evidence that Rep. James Comer was “a big fan of comedy’’ was his allegiance to the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Ever the wild card, Rand Paul stands firm as he proves willing to rattle the cage
There are loose cannons. Then there is Sen. Rand Paul. By most measures, the Bowling Green Republican would seem to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Congressman Andy Barr reaches new low in pandering to Trump over ICE
There must be a word to describe a person of modest abilities who is willing to shed every layer of…
In Davos, Gov. Andy Beshear calls Trump’s push on Greenland is not ‘who we are’
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear unabashedly showed how his style of governance differs from Republican President…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Kentucky has invested a lot in president/dictator Trump; doesn’t seem to be paying off
This coming Tuesday, Jan. 20, will mark the end of the first year of what is shaping up as the…
U.S. Senate advances Rand Paul-sponsored resolution rebuking Trump on Venezuela
By Ashley Murray Kentucky Lantern In a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a…
Opinion – Bill Straub: There’s much more to Trump’s Greenland obsession than national security
Did you ever, in your wildest dreams, to quote an old Moody Blues song, imagine a time when a United…
Opinion – Bill Straub: How much more of ‘ugly nation’ status can we possibly take?
To say that Rep. Thomas Harold Massie is exasperating is undisputable. He is the rare politician who actually seems to…
Rep. Thomas Massie says Trump ‘finally on side of justice’ as Congress demands Epstein files release
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern After Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie led the charge for months to release federal…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Rand Paul shows backbone in recent efforts to kill Trump’s damaging tariff policy
The human farce, aka President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump, offers up the truth so infrequently that anything passing for accuracy from…
Opinion – Bill Straub: How can Americans stand with leader who considers many of them ‘the enemy’
On March 4, 1865, just 36 days before the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War he sought…
‘I love America’: ‘No Kings’ protesters rally across Kentucky opposing Trump
By McKenna Horsley, Sarah Ladd, Jamie Lucke and Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern Thousands of Kentuckians turned out under the autumn…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Johnson’s ‘sleight of hand’ in Medicaid funding fight just doesn’t hold muster
House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of those devout Christians who believes it’s okay to lie in service to President-cum-Dictator Donald…
Opinion – Constance Alexander: As nation suffers uncertain times, embrace kindness, not partisanship
“You took one, we rise as thousands, we got this Charlie.” Since the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, these words…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Washington’s ‘blame game’ heats up with U.S. government ‘Closed ‘Til Further Notice’
Rep. Jamie Comer has a well-earned reputation for being a nitwit. Having embarrassed himself directing a never-ending series of worthless,…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Never missing an opportunity to shake things up, Massie’s Epstein mission plods on
Whatever you might think of him, it’s indisputable that Rep. Thomas Massie possesses a unique talent for shaking things up….
Opinion – Bill Straub: Violence won’t solve our country’s differences, neither will silencing healthy debate
The term “waving the bloody shirt’’ has its origin in the tense, post-Civil War Reconstruction era, used to denounce the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire — a story already being written
Decades from now, an anonymous historian will dig through the rubble while researching his/her magnum opus, The Rise and Fall…