Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Bain Capital: Middle Class Vs. Rich?

22 May 2012 |permalink | email article

President Obama flew into Chicago set on ending the war in Afghanistan—and left his hometown engaged in a new war over Bain Capital with Mitt Romney. “When you’re president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm,… read full story

Parsing Obama-Romney Polling Data

21 May 2012 |permalink | email article

MITT ROMNEY, according to polling by the New York Times and CBS News, is decidedly unpopular with his approval rating floating around 30 percent, according to Andrew Rosenthal, the New York Times editorial page editor since January 2007. Other… read full story

Europe, Obama Favor Growth, Not Austerity

20 May 2012 |permalink | email article

LEADERS of the world’s richest nations joined together on Saturday at Camp David, Md., to back more pr-growth policies to stem the deepening debt crisis in Europe, as President Obama for the first time received wide support that Europe,… 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