Joe Scott: The Body Politic

GOP plays fear card, Tom Friedman at LAX

04 March 2010 |permalink | email article

POLITICO has obtained a confidential Republican National Committee fundraising presentation for this election cycle which outlines an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President Obama and a promise to save the country from trending toward socialism.

The… read full story

Jerry Brown: ready to lead again

03 March 2010 |permalink | email article

He made it official in a taped video message on his Oakland headquarters website that he has the experience and “the knowledge” to put California back on track again. “What we need is not a scripted plan, cooked up… read full story

Democrats: health care now or never

02 March 2010 |permalink | email article

The majority party is nearing the zero hour to pass a comprehensive reform bill. “Time’s up, yes. So we really have to go forth. What’s the point of talking any longer,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC’s “This Week”… read full story

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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