Bill Straub: McConnell’s meandering principles reveal his game-playing; Larry Forgy will be missed
In his self-congratulatory treatise, The Long Game, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, of Louisville, goes on at some length explaining…
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Al Cross: Kentucky officeholders use their power, official and unofficial
The use of power in American politics is a subject of much study. In the last week or so, we’ve…
Bill Straub: Let us count the ways; just a question of where to start to name ways people don’t like Mitch
Chris Cillizza, an editor-at-large at CNN, penned a column recently in which he posed the question, “Why do so many…
Al Cross: Is our democracy in danger? Mitch McConnell doesn’t seem to think so
This is the week of Jan. 6, so we’re hearing a lot about democracy. In Kentucky, it ramped up Tuesday,…
Bill Straub: McConnell is joyful this holiday season, as he has Manchin to do all the work for him
‘Tis, indeed, the season of comfort and joy, but the approaching holiday isn’t the reason a smile has erupted on…
Bill Straub: Flip-flopper that Mitch McConnell is, he is not stupid; there is a long-term strategy at work
It isn’t news that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is changing horses in midstream – he historically flip-flops whenever he…
Mitch McConnell: New Kentucky projects highlight the Commonwealth’s clout in Washington
Kentucky and Washington, D.C. may only be separated by a few hundred miles, but the two places sometimes feel wildly…
Bill Straub: Play with fire, get burned; Trump is making that clear when it comes to Mitch McConnell
It would be inaccurate to maintain that former President Donald J. Trump has finally gone off the rails — the…
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…
FEC unanimous in throwing out ’19 complaint by KY GOP against Matt Jones, his publisher, radio station
The FEC has unanimously thrown out a 2019 complaint by the Kentucky GOP chair citing “illegal campaign contributions” against Simon…
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…
Al Cross: Questioning authority has become too much of a good thing, and it’s killing people
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” – Benjamin Franklin Franklin may have said it first,…
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…
McConnell calls result of Biden’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan ‘an unmitigated disaster’
By Mark Maynard and Robin Cornetet Kentucky Today Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the outcome of President Joe…
Bill Straub: Recent efforts to undermine president are especially despicable, even for Mitch McConnell
It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is full of it. What’s stunning is the incredible amount of…
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…
Longtime lawmaker Tom Buford dies at age 72, remembered as a ‘giant in the Kentucky Senate’
Kentucky Today A longtime state lawmaker from central Kentucky passed away Monday at the age of 72. State Senator Tom…
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: 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…