But what does the writer expect “Abby” to say? All she (he?) can advise is to seek professional help…
Author: Gary Beatty
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?
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….