Was there racial bias in the past? Of course. I was a child in the segregated South. I know what de jure racism looks like…
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: Criminal Justice Reform? Part One
So if someone advocates “reform” of the criminal justice system, they must first be able to define “justice”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Spectator of Human Folly
I’m just a couple of years behind Mr. Koehler chronologically. But I’m not quite ready to “give up”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Recent Conversations About Political Parties
The second episode occurred in a rural convenience store. At the checkout counter the clerk told me the price of the item I’d purchased — and I questioned the surprisingly high cost…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Congress, Big Tech, and Section 230, Part Two
If ‘big tech’ sees the handwriting on the wall that Section 230 will be repealed, don’t be surprised if they pivot to welcome a federal digital platform regulatory agency…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Congress, Big Tech, and Section 230, Part One
Those family members were justifiably angry. The stories of how their relatives were harmed by social media are tragic…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Meaningful Juxtaposition
Sports Illustrated laid off all it’s ‘white collar’ employees. The LA Times just laid off 115 of its ‘white collar’ staff…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Come On, All You Big Strong Men…
I’m sure those who think this is a good idea will assure us this time it’s “different” — that they’ve learned from the mistakes of Vietnam, all evidence to the contrary…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Monster on the Loose, Part Three
Politicization of the ABA is no doubt a factor in why law schools have become so politicized…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Monster on the Loose, Part Two
If regulations are in fact detrimental to the welfare of the society they are meant to serve, who then benefits from the regs?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Monster on the Loose, Part One
The FBI director, a long time political ally of Clinton, decided “the law” did not apply to her…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Experiments Conducted on the U.S. Military
“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
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”…