Seymour Martin Lipset is primarily known as a student of democracy. Although much of his work focuses on the United States, he also studies democracy in its many manifestations around the globe. Lipset often makes comparisons between government...

Seymour Martin Lipset devoted his life to explaining why America is different ONE of the most memorable scenes in "The Good Shepherd", Robert de Niro's excellent new film about the early years of the CIA, involves a conversation between a Mafia don...

Political Man remarks how American intellectuals, not sheltered by what Bagehot called the deferential society, could not expect unquestioning acceptance of their wares. Being part of the conversation had to be earned. Few ever earned their place with as much grace and energy,...