Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Newt as Mao? Florida GOP War

29 January 2012 |permalink | email article

Ron Brownstein’s insightful NationalJournal column, the Return of a Revolutionary, discussed Newt Gingrich as simply not learning on the fly how to play an insurgent. His 2012 revival draws on the skills he honed 30 years ago on Congress’s… read full story

No Debate Winner: Romney Rising

27 January 2012 |permalink | email article

THE last Republican debate in Jacksonville, Fla. before Tuesday’s primary on CNN produced no knockout. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney tangled on Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac investments but the former Massachusetts governor won the applause game, relentlessly pushing Newt for… read full story

State of the Union 2012

26 January 2012 |permalink | email article

THREE of the nation’s leading newspapers had similar reactions to President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night—good but still a long way to go with a blue-collar speech aimed at winning over swing voters in November—New… 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