Bill Straub: Paul says money doesn’t grow on trees; so, McConnell, what do you think of El Presidente now?
Parsing the permutations of the COVID-19 relief bill is akin to fiddling with a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded in a…
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Bill Straub: McConnell relents on ‘President-elect Biden’ but his Ky. Senate colleague cause problem
Is there a more appropriate cover boy for the modern Republican Party – that toxic conglomeration of fabulists, conspiracy mongers,…
Bill Straub: Rand Paul continues to attract attention with his curious — and potentially harmful — views
Sen. Rand Paul is laboring furiously these days to attract attention to his consistently curious views. The effort comes at…
Bill Straub: Rand Paul objects to Trump’s Gestapo but then wants Dr. Fauci to be more optimistic
In The Sound of Music, that wholesome hash of low-brow entertainment produced on both stage and screen, a waddle of…
Bill Straub: It’s the autocratic way — using (or threatening) military force against U.S. citizens
The nation dodged a bullet, figuratively and, perhaps, literally, this week when President Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka…
Bill Straub: Be prepared, ‘fanning the flames and condemning the fire’ has just gotten started
There was some strange fruit hanging from a tree on the grounds of the state Capitol in the hours before…
Al Cross: As Trump’s virus work drags them down, Republicans seem frantic
Republicans facing an election amid a century-rank catastrophe made worse by their president are throwing anything they can against the…
Bill Straub: Kentuckians excel at picking racehorses and UK ballgame spreads, not so much DC reps
Kentuckians over the decades have exhibited a great knack for picking the exacta at Keeneland and coming down on the…
Bill Straub: Saying whatever is necessary to assure their legends for a place in history; it’s all in the spin
Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell has dished out some doozies during his time in the District of Columbia and…
Outlier Massie becomes pariah, forcing colleagues to gather against public health advice for stimulus vote
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Thomas Massie, the congressman from Kentucky’s Fourth District, has long been at the limits…
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, of Bowling Green, tests positive for COVID-19, third Congressman with positive test
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, announced on Sunday that he has tested positive for…
Bill Straub: There’s cringe-worthy and there’s cringe-worthy; in fact, these amazing actions are a pandemic
One of the most cringe-inducing moments amidst the chaos surrounding the coronavirus pandemic came last week when, during a meeting…
Covington buying IRS site; goal is to reshape its ‘identity and economics’ long into the future
The City of Covington will soon own 23 acres of land once described by an East Coast commercial developer as…
Bill Straub: Something isn’t exactly clear; layers of wrongdoing were peeled back, facts didn’t matter
When Stephen Stills penned the lyrics to “For What It’s Worth,’’ declaring, “There’s something happening here but what it is…
Bill Straub: Which side are you on? Who you going to believe? Sounds like the start of a sad song
There’s an old labor song emanating out of the Harlan County Wars of the 1930s, popularized by the great Pete…
Bill Straub: Making a hash of impeachment hearings — and of country; thanks McConnell, Barr and Paul
It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has made a hash of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald…
John Schickel: Federal family leave, tucked away in National Defense Authorization Act, is misguided
As a state senator, I try to stay in my lane by not commenting on federal issues in Washington by…
Al Cross: Continuing the tradition of gifts for public officials; hoping for a 2020 in which facts matter most
The tradition of a Christmas-gifts column for public figures in Kentucky was started almost four decades ago by the late…
Bill Straub: Sen. Rand Paul cuddles up to Trumpism using the oldest, lamest excuse — everybody does it
Sen. Rand Paul appears to be joining other members of the flock in an exodus from the once-grand, old Republican…
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul touch on impeachment issue in speeches to Federalist Society in Frankfort
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senators weighed in on the impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump…
Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senators, Paul and McConnell, are recuperating from surgeries
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Kentucky’s U.S. Senators are on the mend following surgeries this week. U.S. Senate Majority Leader…
Bill Straub: Rand Paul’s excuse for voting against 9/11 victim’s compensation bill was deficit. Really?
Sen. Rand Paul wants it both ways. That, as you likely realize, is par for the course with politicians who…