Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Choices and Sacrifices

29 December 2006 |permalink | email article

W. likes to equate victory in Iraq with “difficult choices” and “additional sacrifices” by Americans in 2007.

His argument, that the U.S. would not be “run of of the Middle East” by extremists and radicals is a false… read full story

Political Capital

28 December 2006 |permalink | email article

After his 2004 re-election, W. boasted that he had “political capital” and had intended to spend it.

Well, he used it all with little to show except for the fiasco in Iraq which, unless reversed, will define his place… read full story

Barack Obama Time?

27 December 2006 |permalink | email article

The Democratic Senator from Illinois has burst like a rocket over the American political landscape.

His book, ‘The Audacity of Hope’, has been atop the bestseller list for weeks with a refreshing proposal that Americans move beyond their political… 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