“In this country, it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others…” -Voltaire, ‘Candide’, commenting on the execution of the Admiral John Byng in 1757, with the charge of “failing to do his utmost”. “In the course of human events it sometimes becomes necessary to admonish the READ MORE
Author: Gary Beatty
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me
But I also realize that for a society (and economy) to function, the majority of people have to work simultaneously the majority of the time…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Scientific Delirium Madness
If you lived in the United States through the pandemic, you were apparently twice as likely to die from getting the COVID-19 vaccine than you were from COVID itself…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Retirement??
Being a Florida native, I’ve been around retirees my whole life…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Social Media Land of Make Believe
I challenge anyone to read my collective writings (or talk to me) and then try to pidgeon-hole my “politics”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The COVID Experts Got It All Wrong
Did the ‘experts’ get anything right about COVID? The answer appears to be a resounding ‘NO’…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury…
The regime media perpetuate suppression of truth under the guise of claiming to only be interested in preventing the dissemination of “misinformation” and “disinformation”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Dear Abby, Dear Abby
But what does the writer expect “Abby” to say? All she (he?) can advise is to seek professional help…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Run-in with the High School Principal
As the writer of the ‘Independent Children’ column pointed out, school administrators too often take on the role of petite dictators…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: You Can’t Get Paid for Being Offended
So how did some in the media spin the Supreme Court’s ruling? Here are a few examples…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: How’s Your Lifestyle?
I felt like asking, “What about those of us who have a life — not a lifestyle?”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Every Refuge Has Its Price
Changes in female pheromone receptors resulting from use of oral contraceptives interfere with detection of MHC genes…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My 55th High School Class Reunion
We came of age in the turbulence of the 1960s, graduating high school in possibly the worst year of that decade…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Way Down Upon the Ichtucknee River
There got to be so many tubers on that river, the park officials had to limit the number allowed…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Evils of Patriarchy?
He said, “Notice how long they can remain bent over at the waist. Men can’t do that…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Legal Weed, Part Two
One evening we had a conversation with the husband about how that dream was working out. What he said caught us by surprise…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Legal Weed, Part One
Taxes on weed, like liquor and tobacco, are “sumptuary” taxes… sometimes referred to as “sin tax”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Hurricane Idalia
Is the Gulf of Mexico beginning to reclaim the barrier island beneath man-made Clearwater Beach high-rises?