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…
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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…
Opinion – Bill Straub: As Trump deploys military in Washington, the usual suspects line up in praise
President James Madison, the father of the Constitution, was opposed to the creation of a standing army. “A standing military…
Opinion – Col Owens: Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is certainly big, but beautiful?
The recently-passed, so-called “big beautiful bill” is a mammoth piece of budget and tax legislation, that impacts everyone in our…
Opinion – John Schaaf: Massie looks like the future of the Republican Party
As Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie asserts strong positions in opposition to President Donald Trump, he increasingly looks like the future…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Recent SCOTUS rulings lay waste to decades of precedent, along with American identity
The United States of America has consistently proven since its founding 249 years ago that it is, if nothing else,…
Bill Straub: Thomas Massie, further stoking Trump’s palpable ire, doubles down on Epstein file release
It’s no secret President-cum-Dictator Donald J. Trump doesn’t have a whole lotta use for Rep. Thomas Massie, who, truth be…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Trump puts target on Massie — and Massie is not intimidated
Some years ago, back in the days of black-and-white television, there ran a 30-second commercial depicting an argument between two…
Musk enters Massie-Trump fray as two Kentucky Republicans buck president on his ‘beautiful’ bill
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern The plot thickened as billionaire Elon Musk waded into the drama between President Donald Trump…
Opinion – Bill Straub: New book explores Biden’s decline, suggesting a look in the mirror
The legendary Jerry Garcia, founder and lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead, had a side project during his tenure with…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Like a lemming to the sea, Andy Barr blindly follows Trump off trade war cliff
Plummeting cargo shipments, empty ports, declining trucking volumes, major retailers warning about empty shelves. All that and much more is…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Do Rand Paul’s forays outside D.C. mean Oval Office aspirations? Time will tell…
WASHINGTON – Whither Rand Paul. The Republican senator from Bowling Green has attracted considerable attention recently for his objections to…
Opinion – Bill Straub: ‘Nascent climatologist’ Robert Stivers all-in on Trump’s embrace of king coal
WASHINGTON – Meet Robert Stivers, attorney, president of the Kentucky State Senate and nascent climatologist. Stivers, a Republican from Manchester,…