Joe Scott: The Body Politic

An apology-too-cute-by-half

12 May 2012 |permalink | email article

A Bullying Story about how Mitt Romney harassed a prep school classmate nearly 50 years ago and who later came out as gay, first reported by The Washington Post, has created a perception problem for the presumptive Republican presidential… read full story

Gay Marriage: The 2004 Election

11 May 2012 |permalink | email article

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S decision Wednesday to support gay marriage has raised intense questions about the political impact it might have on the outcome of the November election. In 2004 Matthew Dowd, chief strategist for President George W. Bush’s campaign, was… read full story

Obama: Make Same-Sex Marriage Legal

10 May 2012 |permalink | email article

O44, after “evolving” for almost two years on the issue of same-sex marriage publicly endorsed it on ABC News, taking an historic stand on one of the most politically contentious social issues in American history. “I’ve always been adamant… 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