Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Ave Atque Vale

27 November 2004 |permalink | email article

It does not surprise those of us who knew him and his work in Los Angeles that Tom Brokaw would vault to the NBC News summit and earn the sobriquet as “America’s most trusted news anchor.” “Eyewitness to History,”… read full story

Trust but Verify

26 November 2004 |permalink | email article

It’s fascinating to observe George W. Bush suddenly insisting Iran must verify with the world its compliance with a nuclear arms pact. Bush, in his rush to a first strike war in Iraq, ignored Ronald Reagan’s famous “trust but… read full story

Bushworld and the Christian Jihad

26 November 2004 |permalink | email article

How long will it be before freedom of speech and thought and the reality of war, injustice and evil may no longer be acceptable in the fusion of Bushworld and the Christian jihad?

Frank Rich’s November 20th column on… 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