Fred Siegel [36 titles]

1. Progressives Against Progress
   The rise of environmentalism poisoned liberals’ historical optimism.
   Summer 2010
2. Modernity and the Muslims
   A transcript of a discussion at St. Francis College
   15 July 2010
3. John Lindsay’s Bright, Shining Failure
   Reconsidering the career of New York’s matinee-idol mayor
   10 June 2010
4. Rotten
   Led by New York, big-government blue states sink deeper into corruption.
   26 February 2010
5. An Upheaval to Remember
   2010 is shaping up to be a rare year in American politics.
   6 January 2010
6. 1919: Betrayal and the Birth of Modern Liberalism
   Disillusionment with Woodrow Wilson changed the American Left forever.
   22 November 2009
7. New York’s Two-Party System
   Public-sector unions on one side, billionaires on the other
   7 October 2009
8. The Romance of Evil
   A new film tells the disturbing story of the Baader-Meinhof gang—but overlooks some key points.
   18 September 2009
9. Tory in America
   A timely reissue of the great essayist Henry Fairlie’s work
   24 July 2009
10. Madison’s Nightmare
    Government by a single faction—the unions
    23 July 2009
11. The Godfather of American Liberalism
    H. G. Wells: novelist, historian, authoritarian, anticapitalist, eugenicist, and advisor to presidents
    Spring 2009
12. As The Clans Turn
    New York’s decrepit political culture receives a jolt with the senate appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand.
    23 January 2009
13. Family Ties
    Bernard-Henri Lévy explains his enduring, if troubled, relationship with the Left.
    22 October 2008
14. What Might Have Been
    Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich were making progress on entitlement reform, until . . .
    18 July 2008
15. Audacity’s Children
    The American Left has a long history of utopianism.
    4 April 2008
16. William F. Buckley’s Unmaking of a Mayor
    . . . and the making of a national coalition
    3 March 2008
17. Yes, We Can’t
    From Ralph Waldo Emerson to Deval Patrick, the politics of hope have been a bust.
    25 February 2008
18. Bizarre Bedfellows for Barack
    Conservatives and liberals rally behind an unqualified candidate.
    4 February 2008
19. The Globalization Election
    Voters are showing their anxiety about the economy and immigration.
    10 January 2008
20. A New York-Centric Presidential Election
    Rudy vs. Hillary would nationalize the city’s local political battles.
    7 December 2007
21. Not-So-Macho Mailer
    My showdown with the literary tough guy
    14 November 2007
22. Anti- and Anti-Anti-Islamists
    The West and the challenge of Islamic fanaticism
    19 October 2007
23. Street Cleaning in Philly
    Is reform finally coming to a corrupt city?
    Summer 2007
24. The Againstocrats
    An inside look at the unideological ideologues of today’s Left
    10 August 2007
25. The Anti-Perot
    Michael Bloomberg is no populist.
    26 June 2007
26. Hope for Old Europe?
    At last, some signs of resistance to Islamist radicals.
    19 June 2007
27. A Rising Tide Heals All Rifts?
    For Brink Lindsey, affluence is a uniter, not a divider.
    8 June 2007
28. Subtraction by Subtraction
    Modernist architecture has failed American cities.
    13 April 2007
29. Can Mayor O’Malley Save Ailing Baltimore?
    In a sharp break with the sin and subsidy city’s past, he’s actually trying. The early signs look good.
    Winter 2001
30. Why Did Ed Rendell Fizzle Out?
    Philadelphia’s high-profile mayor started out with a bang in 1992.
    Autumn 1999
31. The Quality of Life—What Should Be Done?
    Winter 1994
32. Deinstitutionalizing the Mentally Ill
    Spring 1993
33. The New York Disease
    What ails New York? Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, discussing the city’s inability to link kennedy Airport to Manhattan by rail, asked recently if New York isn’t suffering from the 'British disease.'
    Winter 1993
34. Reclaiming Our Public Spaces
    Strategies to restore civility to our streets and parks
    Spring 1992
35. Liberalism and the City
    Did the old liberalism fail the city? Can a new liberalism save it?
    Autumn 1991
36. Can Neighborhoods Save the City?
    An NY Roundtable featuring Edward N. Costikyan, Nathan Glazer, George L. Kelling, Charles Murray, Peter D. Salins, Martin Shefter, Fred Siegel, and Richard Vigilante
    Spring 1991