Lagerfeld was born in New York City and received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1977.
[1] Before joining the editorial staff of The Wilson Quarterly in 1981, he was assistant managing editor of The Public Interest.
[2] He was named editor of the WQ in 1999, replacing Jay Tolson.
Lagerfeld's articles have been published in the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.
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