Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Arizona Ruling, Pressure on Obama

29 July 2010 |permalink | email article

A ruling by a federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday basically vindicated the Obama administration’s high-stakes gamble to challenge the state’s tough immigration law and to assert the primary authority of the federal government over the Grand Canyon State… read full story

Boxer vs. Forina: Democratic edge

28 July 2010 |permalink | email article

While the Nov. 2 California showdown between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman for governor is getting the lion’s share of attention political railbirds are taking a closer look at the race between three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer… read full story

Has Brown found his groove?

27 July 2010 |permalink | email article

Does it hurt to be an incumbent running for a higher office? Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor who is being pummeled daily in non-stop commercials by billionaire Meg Whitman, is not one to turn down… read full story

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Mission Statement

Aristotle's Politics (Book 1, Chapter 1) is clear that "man is a political animal in a greater measure than any bee or any gregarious animal. For nature does nothing without purpose, and man alone of the animals possesses speech."

The blogosphere watches as a divided America reexamines its soul. After 35 years as a journalist I have broken a long silence to comment again on critical moral and political issues that impact the U.S. body politic. Reflections on JoeScott3.com, an independent, non-profit blog, are posted frequently, not daily. I hope global readers, accepting Aristotle's definition of a political animal, will find this quick scan both provocative and mindful.

About Joe Scott

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Joe Scott spent many years as a columnist for the Herald-Examiner (1978-1989), and later the Los Angeles Times and other California dailies.He was the critically-acclaimed editor and publisher of the Political Animal and California Eye, newsletters (1973-1992). He worked as a political consultant and ran several successful political campaigns in California. Joe Scott is a third-generation Angeleno. He is working on a novel about public corruption in Los Angeles during the late 1930's.

Joe Scott 3: The Body Politic