Joe Scott: The Body Politic

O44: Fierce Urgency for Real Jobs

19 January 2012 |permalink | email article

PRESIDENT OBAMA, who signed the payroll tax cut bill last month, was given until Feb. 21 to decide on the Keystone XL pipeline. He rejected it on the basis that it is not enough time to complete the required… read full story

‘Romney Rule’

18 January 2012 |permalink | email article

MITT remains closer to releasing his tax returns in the spring, but on Tuesday he confirmed the crown jewel that Democrats have been salivating about—he pays an effective tax rate of about just 15 percent. He remains unclear which… read full story

The End Of All This

17 January 2012 |permalink | email article

Jon Huntsman, his once promising Presidential run in ruins, withdrew from the race Monday asking the five remaining candidates to end their negative ads and speak directly to Americans “about how our conservative ideas will create jobs and reduce… 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