When the Saudi’s made their deal with Russia, they ended the exclusive use of U.S. petro-dollars as the means of buying oil…
Author: Gary Beatty
Gary Beatty lives between Florida and Pagosa Springs. He retired after 30 years as a prosecutor for the State of Florida, has a doctorate in law, is Board Certified in Criminal Trial law by the Florida Supreme Court, and is now a law professor.
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Unraveling of U.S. Economic Influence, Part One
By 1927, the planned U.S. inflation was accomplishing its goal of helping England. Two years later that inflation resulted in the 1929 stock market crash…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Quick Refresher on Freedom of Speech in America
As I’ve written before, the United States Supreme Court long ago held “that speakers are protected against all government agencies and officials”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Contemporary American Economics 101… Part Four
My conclusions, and concerns, are based on what I’ve learned over the past few months of intensive study of classic economic theory…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Contemporary American Economics 101… Part Three
Now, here’s the kicker. The Fed can see that ‘commercial loan bubble’ collapse on the horizon…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Contemporary American Economics 101… Part Two
Shouldn’t us commoners be able to cash in on the stock market just like the elites? Sure, we should, but that’s not what usually happens…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Contemporary American Economics 101… Part One
I don’t trust government — particularly the current administration — or the financial industry to look out for my best economic interest. In fact, I think they are colluding against us commoners…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Dry Gulch Reservoir Plan; Good Money After Bad
“Damn, that future-reservoir land purchase we made sure seems to have turned out to be a boondoggle…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The ‘Hoi Aristoi’
A reader strongly disagreed with my characterization of “highly educated people” being “naive”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part Two
It seems the majority of the current Court Justices believe it’s time Orwellian big-government bureaucracy is brought to heel…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Cronus Government, Eating Its Children, Part One
If that is what Congress intended, then that Act is (in effect) corporate welfare on a massive scale…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Supreme Court Rejects the Sackler Family’s Bankruptcy Plan
It’s a natural reaction of those impacted by the evils of drug addiction, to direct their anger at whomever sold drugs to the addict….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: When Supreme Court Justices Agree… or Not
My point of discussion is the lineup of the Justices in the majority, and dissenting, positions…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: To Tell the Truth, Part Two
It now seems politics is substituting for religion as an article of faith among too many in our society…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: To Tell the Truth, Part One
Note, the reference to ‘hell’ as the ultimate fate of liars…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: What Should Be Most Important to Women
Okay, fine. Women have that choice. Where in his comments did Mr. Butker say they didn’t?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Reports of COVID Vaccine Side-effects
The New York Times article documents just a few examples of how that testing was harmful, and how the government refuses to acknowledge that it was wrong…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Bad Consequences of ‘Electronic Health Records’
I was listening to a ‘Dr. Radio’ conversation with Dr. Gerald Harmon, MD, past-President of the American Medical Association…