Joe Scott: The Body Politic

“Family” Values, Baseball’s New Drug Policy and Politics

15 January 2005 |permalink | email article

In baseball, while the stirring “take me out to the ball game” lyric has been a must “family” value since 1876, player use of steroids and stimulants has distorted the game for decades. Commissioner Bud Selig’s announcement about a… read full story

The Iraqi Election: Can’t We All Get Along?

14 January 2005 |permalink | email article

Less than three weeks before the vote, the situation becomes increasingly unstable. Prime Minister Allawi admits “pockets” of the nation will be too dangerous for voters to cast ballots. Gen. Muhammad Shahwani, chief of Iraq’s intelligence services, says that… read full story

The Vetting Process: A “Now” Phrase

14 January 2005 |permalink | email article

The embarrassing failure of White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales to successfully vet ex-NYC Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, Bush’s buddy, as his nominee for homeland security secretary, festers. Gonzales, who skipped FBI vetting protocols, could have nailed Kerik on… 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