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John Leo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the editor of MindingTheCampus.com, a webmagazine dedicated to chronicling developments within higher education in an effort to restore balance and intellectual pluralism to our American universities. He is also a contributing editor at the Institute's City Journal. His popular column, "On Society," ran in U.S.News & World Report for 17 years, and was syndicated to 140 newspapers through the Universal Press Syndicate.
Leo has worked as a senior writer for Time magazine, and as a staff reporter for the New York Times specializing in intellectual trends and the social sciences. Among other position he has held are assistant administrator of New York City's environmental protection administration, editor of a Catholic newspaper in Iowa, associate editor of Commonweal, book editor of the social science journal Trans-Action (now Society), and "Press Clips" columnist for the Village Voice.
Leo has also served as a member of the ACLU church-state committee and as a member, for ten years, of the Columbia Journalism Review's board of advisers. He has taught a summer course in non-fiction writing at Southampton College. He is the author of three books, most recently "Incorrect Thoughts."
He has three grown daughters and lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jacqueline, an author and editor.
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Arts and LiteratureBrawley Case of the South The New York Sun, 08-13-07And the Award Goes To ... The New York Sun, 06-25-07CaliforniaLet the Segregation Commence City Journal, 13 June 2007Children and FamilyArrested Development Washington Post, 08-21-07Culture and SocietyAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999Invitation Shames UND Grand Forks Herald, 03-26-08Nancy's Nazi Shock: Did She Forget the Bush Years? RealClearPolitics, 08-08-08EducationAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999Lite Wisdom Diarist, Summer 1998Free Inquiry? Not on Campus City Journal, Winter 2007Let the Segregation Commence City Journal, 13 June 2007Anthony Kronman discusses the future of higher education in the U.S. with John Leo Podcast: Interview, February 5, 2009Charles Murray discusses his book, 'Real Education' with John Leo Podcast: Interview, February 6, 2009John Leo interviews Donald Downs about academic freedom and its true meaning Podcast: Interview, May 5, 2009Indoctrination 101 Townhall.com, 01-23-06EnvironmentLeft Trots Out 'Climate of Hate' Canard, Again Washington Examiner, 06-24-09Graduation RatesUCLA's Segregation Problem RealClearPolitics, 06-13-07Higher EducationAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999Lite Wisdom Diarist, Summer 1998Shut Up, Fascist Pig City Journal, Autumn 2006Free Inquiry? Not on Campus City Journal, Winter 2007Let the Segregation Commence City Journal, 13 June 2007Columbia's Cave-In New York Post, 11-17-07ROTC Back in the News Minding the Campus, 09-27-10MIT's 'Emotional' Report on Women The Daily Beast, 03-24-11Clayton Christenson, discusses his new book, The Innovative University, with John Leo. Podcast: Interview, December 14, 2011George Leef, director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, discusses whether college is right for everyone with MindingTheCampus.com editor John Leo. Podcast: Interview, January 11, 2012Peter Sacks, author of Tearing Down the Gates, discusses whether college is right for everyone with MindingTheCampus.com editor John Leo. Podcast: Interview, January 11, 2012Richard Arum, professor of Sociology and Education at New York University, discusses his book, Academically Adrift, with MindingTheCampus.com editor John Leo. Podcast: Interview, January 12, 2012Herb London, John Leo and Anne Neal of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni discuss the role of trustees in light of the recent Penn State scandal. Podcast: Interview, July 26, 2012HistoryBarely Relevant Notes on Bill Buckley Huffington Post, 02-28-08MediaImus's Enablers Wall Street Journal, 04-11-07Brawley Case of the South The New York Sun, 08-13-07Swerving Around Riots The New York Sun, 07-19-07National PoliticsLeft Trots Out 'Climate of Hate' Canard, Again Washington Examiner, 06-24-09NYC SchoolsColumbia's Cave-In New York Post, 11-17-07Political CorrectnessAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999PoliticsWhen Journalists Applaud Obama New York Daily News, 08-01-08Canadian Kangaroos National Review Online, 06-20-08Indoctrination 101 Townhall.com, 01-23-06And the Award Goes To ... The New York Sun, 06-25-07RaceAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999Let the Segregation Commence City Journal, 13 June 2007Race and EthnicityAcademic Freedom Diarist, Winter 1999UCLA's Segregation Problem RealClearPolitics, 06-13-07Race IssuesThe Hate Rally That Wasn't Huffington Post, 10-15-08Race RelationsJournalism's Hoax on Duke The New York Sun, 04-17-07ReligionCatholic-Bashing Huffington Post, 03-22-08Left Trots Out 'Climate of Hate' Canard, Again Washington Examiner, 06-24-09Universities Shouldn't Favor Politically Popular Groups Washington Examiner, 04-21-10School Curriculum and ProgramsIndoctrination 101 Townhall.com, 01-23-06School DisciplineAmong Collegiate Educators, a Disturbing Hegemony Huffington Post, 09-12-07Who Will Stand Up For Campus Free Speech? Townhall.com, 10-03-07College Censorship The New York Sun, 05-02-07Indoctrination 101 Townhall.com, 01-23-06Universities Shouldn't Favor Politically Popular Groups Washington Examiner, 04-21-10School Finance and ManagementAt Columbia, History Is Being Written By The Radicals New York Daily News, 04-10-08Schools and EthnicityThe Hazards of Telling the Truth Wall Street Journal, 04-15-08Holocaust Avoidance Front Page Magazine, 04-06-07UCLA's Segregation Problem RealClearPolitics, 06-13-07UnionsA Limited Love of Liberty Wall Street Journal, 04-24-09
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