Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Polls: New candidates, ideas

17 December 2006 |permalink | email article

The 2008 Iowa caucuses are not until Jan. 14, 2008 but interest in presidential politics is soaring. This will be the first contest since 1952 with no president or vice president running.

Media coverage zeroing in on the… read full story

Rumsfeld’s exit

16 December 2006 |permalink | email article

The Pentagon farewell for Donald Rumsfeld, with full hoopla, military honors and a 19-gun salute, made it appear the White House warriors - W., with an assist from Dick Cheney - had all but christened the departing secretary of… read full story

Colin Powell’s warning

15 December 2006 |permalink | email article

Crucial exchange between Colin Powell and President Bush about the absolute primacy of security in Iraq:

Powell consistently argued to Bush that all the talk about reconstruction and the political process, oil exploration and electric generation, and economic… 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