Fred Siegel ( ; born 1945) is a senior fellow at the

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, a

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which focuses on urban policy and politics.. He also serves as a professor of history and the humanities at

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and is a contributor to numerous publications, including The ''

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'' (where he has a weekly column), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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, '' Tikkun'', and ''

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''. In the past he has served as the political advisor to several political candidates in

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, including former Mayor

Rudolph Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 19 ...

. He is the author of several books, including ''The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life'' and ''The Future Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A., and the Fate of America's Big Cities''. He is the father of writer and editor Harry Siegel.

Selected publications

* “Is Archie Bunker Fit to Rule? Or: How

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Became One of the Founding Fathers”.
''Telos''
69 (Fall 1986). New York: Telos Press. * “The Godfather of American Liberalism”.
''City-Journal''
(Summer 2009). New York:

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References

External links

Cooper Union Faculty Page
Professional Biography
The Progressive Policy Institute
Brief professional biography.
City Journal
Archive of Fred Siegel essays.
Q&A on Fred Siegel & Rudy Giuliani on National Review Online
Interview with NRO editors.
CitiesonaHill.org
Blog on Urban Affairs co-written by Fred and Harry Siegel.
Contentions
Blog Posts by Siegel for Commentary Magazine.

Siegel's writings.
The Huffington Post
Siegel's writings.

of Siegel in 2002 about the New York Governor's race and education spending
Brookings Institution
Transcript of "Governing Gotham", a discussion on Giuliani's legacy with Siegel,

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, and

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An Ex-Liberal Reluctantly Supports Trump
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