Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Obama on Iraq: Long-Term War Impact?

31 August 2010 |permalink | email article

The President speaks tonight about Iraq. With almost 50,000 troops still in the country he’ll trumpet “the end of combat operations” but steer clear of George Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” gaffe.

His comments will focus on Iraq: the state of… read full story

Dream Speech: King, Beck & Landrieu

30 August 2010 |permalink | email article

Chris Wallace, host of “Fox News Sunday,” asked Glenn Beck some penetrating questions and got a few revealing answers in the wake of his infomercial rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.… read full story

Poll Questions; Glenn Beck as Clown

27 August 2010 |permalink | email article

A new poll by Rasmussen Reports shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, in a statistical tie with Democrat Jerry Brown in early August, has pulled ahead, and now leads the former governor by eight points.
The numbers… 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