Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Arnold: Bring GOP ‘Big Tent’ Back

06 May 2012 |permalink | email article

Former Gov. Schwarzenegger, in a Sunday Los Angeles Times op.ed, said it’s time for California Republicans to abandon their “small tent” mentality and embrace the true Reagan, who believed in solutions and compromise. He recalls that it was… read full story

Romney, Bork and Extreme Legal Views

04 May 2012 |permalink | email article

ROBERT BORK has been one of the most divisive figures in American law and a right-wing standard bearer in Republican politics for nearly 40 years as a New York Times editorial recently pointed out. In 1973, when he was… read full story

Obama Turns Page; Krugman Opines

03 May 2012 |permalink | email article

The President, speaking from Bagram Air Base on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing, squandered an opportunity to fully explain his exit strategy from a war in Afghanistan that Americans are desperate to see brought to an end.… 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