Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Intelligence War: Vietnam, Iraq and Now

19 July 2010 |permalink | email article

In an echo of the past President Bush soon after 9/11 persuaded Congress to rush to war in Iraq in reliance on discredited intelligence. In 1964, President Johnson followed the same path by persuading Congress to authorize broad military… read full story

Dog Days: Meg and Jerry

18 July 2010 |permalink | email article

CBS, on its Saturday evening news, finally got around to discussing the California gubernatorial race pitting lifetime Democrat Jerry Brown against Meg Whitman who did not bother to register with the Republican Party until 2007. Late to the recent… read full story

The Two Faces of Meg Whitman

16 July 2010 |permalink | email article

The billionaire former eBay chairman has a problem reconciling her various positions on Latinos and llegal immigration. The Republican gubernatorial nominee continues to insist that her positions on the subject are similar to those of Democratic Attorney General Jerry… 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