John Leo is a contributing editor and columnist for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of four books: How the Russians Invented Baseball and Other Essays of Enlightenment (1989), Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police (1998), Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture (2000), and Islam: The Truth Revealed: A Clear Look at the Muslim Religion (2003). Leo has also contributed to numerous publications including Time magazine and the New York Times. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
John Leo announced that he was retiring from writing his opinion column to go on to other projects, including writing another book, in his August 13, 2006 column entitled "Thanks for letting me be part of the conversation".