Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Read ‘em and weep

27 October 2006 |permalink | email article

President Bush assuring the body politic that he is inflexible in his willingness to be flexible on the Iraq war: “Our goals are unchanging. We are flexible in our methods of achieving those goals.”

Former President Clinton: “’Stop… read full story

Domino theory?

26 October 2006 |permalink | email article

Long off the political radar, Mario Cuomo offered an interesting perspective on W.’s news conference yesterday where the president repeatedly used the word “benchmarks” to define progress in Iraq.

“I think the war is virtually over,” the former New… read full story

Obama rallies for Angelides

24 October 2006 |permalink | email article

If timing is everything in politics then underdog gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides will get a huge boost when Senator Barak Obama, suddenly the hottest name in national Democratic politics, headlines a major Friday afternoon rally for him at USC.… 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