History abounds with examples of government officials making decisions based on bad ideas propounded by “experts”…
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: 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…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: We Don’t Want to Lose Ron DeSantis
The recent election results proved that, here in the free state of Florida, the majority of us consider Governor DeSantis the hero…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Universities Do More Harm Than Good
Contemporary American university professors complaining about “ideological force-feeding” is the ultimate in hypocrisy…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Fall of Byzantium
The vets of that base were the sort who encourage others to join the military. No more!
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part Two
A fundamental principle of criminal law is that a citizen can not even be accused of, let alone convicted of, a crime that does not exist…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part One
There is a joke among criminal law practitioners that an unscrupulous prosecutor can manipulate a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Atheists at a Prayer Vigil
There is something fundamentally wrong with a legal system that would allow such a lawsuit to even be considered in the first place…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Due Process and the Constitution
“We now hold that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused … violates due process…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: In Defense of Florida
But now that the voters have expressed overwhelming support for Republicans, Ms. Roberts howls that it’s the end of the world….