Billy Reed: The Turtle Derby has a nice, slow ring to it — how about another with a political twist?
In my 56 years on the Kentucky Derby trail, I had never heard the Turtle Derby story. It sounds preposterous,…
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Bill Straub: The whole world is watching the ‘dive,’ but that’s the way it goes in McConnell’s world
America hasn’t witnessed a dive like this since Sonny Liston kissed the canvas after that infamous “phantom punch’’ from a…
Bill Straub: Looks like Bevin managed to step on his own tail, but don’t count Mitch McConnell out yet
It was during the Republican National Convention in Houston in 1992 and renowned columnist Molly Ivins was talking about Clayton…
Bill Straub: McConnell dismisses rules of fair play, obstructs progress, to further his own agenda
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate has been converted into a cemetery during the 116th Congress and it should come…
Bill Straub: Following the McConnell footsie game through Russia to an aluminum plant in Greenup
They don’t call him Moscow Mitch for nothing. Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, of Louisville, has earned so many…
Bill Straub: ‘Moscow Mitch’ has a ring (of truth) to it, but what’s one more notch in McConnell’s belt?
One of the items on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s massive to-do list, before he left office in May, was to…
Mitch McConnell makes angry speech on Senate floor in response to critics about election security
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fired back on his critics from the Senate floor Monday,…