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"A satirist in the tradition of Mark Twain and H.L. Mencken, John Leo has been long entertaining his readers by pillorying the worst excesses of the Political Correctness movement while lifting high the standard of common sense. This collection of editorials is Leo at his best-bitingly funny and with a keen moral edge."

-Relgion and Liberty

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076580400X
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April 30, 1998
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 2nd edition (April 30, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 076580400X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765804006
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.79 x 9.02 inches

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Tom

Thought provoking.

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013

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I don't agree with all Leo has to say, but it is definitely worth reading. It is a collection of essays.

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Penguin Pete

Important for its time

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While I don't always agree with John Leo's decidedly conservative slant and even think his humor is a little overrated, I still consider this work important because it documents the 1990s "politically correct" movement. And did so when political-correctness was at the height of its counter-logical hysteria! Yes, grandkids, it was all true, there really was an era where nouns were more important than what they stood for. This book made an impression on me when it first came out, so I sought out a copy now on Amazon for reference.

In all, he's kind of a milder, gentler P.J. O'Rourke. But also a reminder that conservatives can match liberals for hand-wringing any day.

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The Orange Duke

Disinformation From big Brother

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2002

Why is it that conservatives imagine that their politically correct ramblings are somehow `controversial'? Needless to say, Leo is a reprehensible Republican robot, right in the dead center pf the political mainstream. He espouses knee jerk homophobia, unregenerate misogyny and a weepy scorn for the cult of the victim, not exactly the views of a radical. All the while, he himself claims victim status based on being a `middle aged white male', again the hypocrisy is not exactly daring. One after another, he addresses every favorite topic of the dopey right, from anti-abortion to anti-intellectualism, always sure to keep his objections within the limits proscribed by conservative orthodoxy. A fan of the backward looking Anton Scalia, Leo's screeds are as brief as they are simplistic. He does not really try to address the issues that he writes about, he simply mouths Republican clichés and moves on. Worse than the tedious familiarity of his ideas is the unimaginative nature of his prose. The writing is so poor that it's hard to finish the book, in spite of the fact that most of the tiresome `screeds' are so short. No new Buckley here. There is a reason Leo hasn't burst out on the National scene; he is far to pedestrian a writer and a thinker to have any impact. Indeed, how can one make an impact by following the trends?
PS Be advised, if you buy this book, you may be stuck with it, I have yet to find a used bookstore that will take my copy!

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David J. Gannon

Social & political commentary delivered sans screed & bile.

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2002

Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police is a compilation of 5 years of John Leo's US News & World Report columns.
While it would be fair to describe Mr. Leo as a curmudgeonly columnist it must be pointed out he is one with a sense of perspective almost as developed as his sense of humor. Basically conservative in outlook, he nonetheless is quite capable of skewering conservative viewpoints and policy right along with liberal viewpoints and policy. And so Mr. Leo can criticize the left's propensity to foster "the victimization of America" propensity while also criticize the rights propensity to want to censor everything under the sun.
While this is in a way a wide ranging collection in terms of presentation and writing style, it is fairly narrowly focus in terms of subject matter, allowing for a fairly thorough look at the topics at hand from a variety of aspects. This also gives the work more coherence and a better, more novelistic pacing than is usual for works of this sort.
I don't always agree with Leo, but he seldom fails to raise good, thoughtful points in his commentary and he never fails to entertain. Who says you can't have it all?
This book represents a really refreshing breath of very fresh air in a genre that seems to have devolved into a morass of invective, hostility and bile as substitutes for commentary and debate.
A great read!

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Kevin L. Humphreys

A breath of fresh air!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 1999

I had enjoyed Mr. Leo's remarkably clear-eyed, rational, and "enough already" columns in U.S. News for years when I ran across this gem that collected several years worth of his sterling efforts.
Yes, Leo does skewer some people but I found that he was always right on the mark when he did so. Basically, John Leo puts almost any other columnist to shame. What I really want to know is this: Mr. Leo, where, oh where is Volume II?

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Zachary Shrier (shrier@fas.harvard.edu)

A funny, insightful collection of neo-conservative essays

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 1998

Every social commentator has their opinion on the justice system, welfare, gender feminism, affirmative action, etc. However, John Leo truly towers over most of his competitors (& dwarfs his opposition) with his humor, sense of balance, and simple common sense. The book still holds up in '98, though many of the essays deal with the events of 1991-1994. A wonderful read, and a compass for searching minds.

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Thomas Sheerin

The Best

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2000

John Leo is the best commentator on the culture wars and the best critic of political correctness, and I have read them all. I buy US News & World Report solely for his column. If you loath political correctness, like I do, you will love this book.

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