Wednesday, April 30, 2025

ARTICLES BY WES HIGGINS

Did Obamacare really cut Medicare?

I guess, if you repeat a lie over and over, you expect it to become true. This is not the case in Lester Still’s letter of Nov. 2, when he cites the supposed $716 billion cut from Medicare in the Affordable Care Act. I challenge Mr. Still, or anyone else …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

One last blast against Fox News

I want to thank Jerry Molen for his (lengthy) letter of Aug. 24 and Robert Smith for his letter of August 22. You made my point about “Fox followers” — long on rhetoric and short on the truth!
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Not a problem with Fox News, but with Fox followers

So, I will respond to Louis Wacker’s letter of July 27th about “Bashing Fox News.” I really don’t have a problem with Fox, since our Constitution affords us the right to free speech. My argument is that the “blind followers” repeat the falsehoods and hate rhetoric and present them as …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

President has not been a problem

So, the pundits and pawns (those who would tell us how to live and think) continue with the same hate and fear buzzwords. Words like freedoms, rights, oppressive dictator, redistribution of wealth — geez, that’s enough to make you hate your mother.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Benghazi committee just latest aspect of GOP witch hunt

Speaking of “lies and obfuscation” (the editor’s words in his May 4 “two cents” column), when the editor states that “it’s about time,” I can’t help but wonder about time for what.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

To get the idea, read 'It's Even Worse Than It Looks'

Have you noticed how the pontificators of the Republican persuasion refer to anyone who disagrees with them as liberals? I have never been one to place labels on others, though the terms prevaricator, obfuscator, even liar have recently been added to my vocabulary. I must admit that I also liked …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Don't follow blindly, or you may go over a political cliff

I want to thank Linda Johnson for mentioning my name in her April 4 letter, accusing me of being a “Democratic follower” concerning my stance on Republican’s opposing Medicaid expansion.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Congress gets paid for what?

Wow! I must say that I am impressed with the creativity of those who hate or dislike the president. The labels such as socialist-dictator-Marxist-unAmerican-rigger-racist, to name a few, and the blame for everything imaginable.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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