Is the Gulf of Mexico beginning to reclaim the barrier island beneath man-made Clearwater Beach high-rises?
Author: Gary Beatty
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Breakdown of Societal Norms
A jury convicted her after hearing evidence that she intentionally crashed the car to kill her boyfriend…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Defiance of Joan Meyer
Meyer’s words, “Get out of my house, you assholes!” weren’t as poetic as those Whittier attributed to Fritchie…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Doctor, Doctor, Mr. MD…
After hearing the evidence, he said something “off the record” that I still recall, exactly as he said it…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Property Lines
As with all properties we buy, when we negotiated the purchase of our Aspen Springs land we required a survey at the seller’s expense as a condition of the contract…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Battling the Foliage
So before you buy a house in Florida, ask yourself this question: Do you want to spend time fighting a jungle to have real native Florida landscaping…?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Connecting the Dots of the Fourth Turning
We are now in a “fourth turning” — a perilous time of “crisis”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘I Was Misinformed’
According to the American Film Institute, there are five lines of dialogue from ‘Casablanca’ in the Top 100 movie quotes of all time….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Some Thoughts About ‘Eugenics’
History abounds with examples of government officials making decisions based on bad ideas propounded by “experts”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Gold is a Devilish Sort of Thing, Part Two
The one thing you still can’t do, though, is present U.S. paper currency to the government in exchange for gold…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Gold is a Devilish Sort of Thing, Part One
Citizens were compensated, with paper currency – at the government-determined rate of $22 per ounce of gold…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Neil Gorsuch Speaks Up for Native Americans
There is no longer any legal basis to deny them the right to be included in consideration of water rights as they have been in the past…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: New Florida Law Addresses the Housing Crisis
“The overwhelming purpose of the Live Local Act is to build more homes, period. You know, that’s what we need in Florida…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My Problem with Current Public Education
“Thank you for the question!” I obviously don’t “hate” education or teachers… since (as you so astutely point out)… I am both educated, and a teacher…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Memorial Day, 2023
Because some of the lies are about those who died in our war in Southeast Asia… this being a Memorial Day column… I’ll comment on those…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: An Educational Failure
America’s military of 2021 has echoes of the heavily politicized French military that was routed by the Nazi Germans in 1940…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Toxic Femininity
“Compared to our knowledge of men’s aggression, relatively little is known about women’s aggression. Indeed, aggression and violence are usually considered male problems…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: My Appreciation for the Pagosa Daily Post
In addition to coverage of local government, the Daily Post affords the opportunity for us columnists to pontificate to its readers…