Joe Scott: The Body Politic

AB 32: Climate Change Fight Begins

26 July 2010 |permalink | email article

A multimillion dollar effort to save AB32, California’s groundbreaking climate change law, has caught fire. The San Francisco Chronicle reportedly exclusively that major Democratic donor Tom Steyer will put in $5 million and hook up with Ronald Reagan’s former… read full story

Daniel Schorr’s Death, New Media Issues

25 July 2010 |permalink | email article

The legendary broadcast reporter and commentator died on Friday at 93. He was for over 70 years a respected and hard-driving broadcast and print journalist whose work brought him into conflict with censors, network superiors and the Nixon administration.

… read full story

Pot: Key Democrats Punt on Prop. 19

23 July 2010 |permalink | email article

Proposition 19, the Nov. 2 ballot measure which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana, is developing some significant opposition from surprising quarters, notably leading Democrats, including liberals and state Democratic Party officials.

Jerry Brown, the state attorney general… 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