If that is what Congress intended, then that Act is (in effect) corporate welfare on a massive scale…
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: 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…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Everything I Don’t Know About Women
But, of course, someone in academia has spent time (and a government grant, no doubt) to answer the age-old question, “What do women want?”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Reasonable Person
There is an entire body of law explaining which searches and seizures are, and are not, “reasonable”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Squatters, Just Breaking the Law
That was the question Sen Fetterman asked when he queried, “How can you even pretend anything other than you’re just breaking the law…?”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: By Inclination, a Researcher
I am becoming ever more convinced that I began my education after learning not to take anything, or anybody, too seriously…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Failure of DEI in the U.S. Military
The consensus is that DEI is destroying our military, and we can no longer rely on it to protect us…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Freedom of Speech, Part Two
Disregard of “unalienable rights” doesn’t become lawful during what the government decides for itself are “important times…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Freedom of Speech, Part One
Before going further, it’s useful to understand how the case came to the Supreme Court…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Criminal Justice Reform? Part Two
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…
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…