Walter Lippman (1889-1974) was an American journalist, political commentator, and author. He served as managing editor of the New York World from 1916 to 1920 and as a columnist for that paper from 1925 to 1950. Lippman is best known for his syndicated newspaper column "Public Opinion," which appeared in more than 500 newspapers during a sixty-year period. During World War II he was a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S
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War Production Board. In addition to "Public Opinion," he wrote a number of books on politics, including The Phantom Public (1946), The Ugly American (1955), and The American Political Tradition (1967). He also wrote about the social sciences, including The World of Nations (1932) and History of Freedom of Thought (1968).
Lippman received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1948 for his book on the Supreme Court.