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Tom Bevan, Phil Wegmann and Carl Cannon discuss Leo XIV, the first American-born Pope in 2,000 years and the news that President Trump has announced a big, beautiful trade deal with the UK. They also ponder why John Fetterman is in the news this week - and not in a good way. Plus, they talk about the new wave of pro-Hamas protests hitting college campuses and the former first couple's appearance on The View. Then finally, Carl chats with Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution about whether this is Trump's economy.
Eine Woche nach der erinnerungswürdigen TV-Debatte werden die Rufe nach einem Rückzug von Joe Biden immer lauter. Darüber sprechen wir heute mit dem ehemaligen Präsidentenberater Bill Galston und dem F.A.Z.-Nachrichtenchef und Amerikakenner Andreas Ross.
Dan DiSalvo, a political scientist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Bill Galston, a senior fellow at Brookings and Wall Street Journal columnist, join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss our two-party system and if a third-party candidate for president can be successful.
With former President Jimmy Carter in hospice care, Bill Galston looks back at Carter's administration and his "exemplary and influential" post-presidential dedication to good works, and reflects on the dynamics that shape how we think about presidents' successes and failures. Show notes and transcript: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/how-will-we-remember-jimmy-carters-presidential-legacy Follow The Current and all Brookings podcasts on Apple or Google podcasts, or on Spotify. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu. The Current is part of the Brookings Podcast Network.
After a hiatus, Another Way is back! In this episode, Larry Lessig speaks with Bill Galson, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Co-Founder of No Labels. The two discuss the origins of No Labels, the rise of political polarization in Congress and whether democracy reform is needed to combat it, and if and how the filibuster should be reformed. Lessig and Galson also tackle the infamous No Label phone call leak and in what ways reform organizations should spend their money in the political process.Context for the No Labels phone call leak: https://theintercept.com/2021/06/16/joe-manchin-leaked-billionaire-donors-no-labels/Additional InformationAnother Way PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group
Context for the No Labels phone call leak: https://theintercept.com/2021/06/16/joe-manchin-leaked-billionaire-donors-no-labels/
The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch joins the group (including Cathy Young) to consider whether a federal judge saying Trump is a likely criminal should spur DOJ? Also, the “Don't Say Gay” law, Ginni Thomas, Biden's popularity, and more. Highlights & Lowlights: Mona's highlight: DCist: Maryland Will No Longer Require Four-Year Degrees For Thousands Of State Jobs (https://dcist.com/story/22/03/15/maryland-college-degree-requirement/) Damon's highlight: NY Times: Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opinion/ukraine-clash-of-civilizations.html) Damon's other highlight: Slow Boring: Ukraine and the end of history (https://www.slowboring.com/p/ukraine-and-the-end-of-history?s=r) Bill Galston and Jonathan Rauch's highlight: Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792325/secretcity) Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w
The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch joins the group (including Cathy Young) to consider whether a federal judge saying Trump is a likely criminal should spur DOJ? Also, the “Don't Say Gay” law, Ginni Thomas, Biden's popularity, and more. Highlights & Lowlights: Mona's highlight: DCist: Maryland Will No Longer Require Four-Year Degrees For Thousands Of State Jobs (https://dcist.com/story/22/03/15/maryland-college-degree-requirement/) Damon's highlight: NY Times: Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/opinion/ukraine-clash-of-civilizations.html) Damon's other highlight: Slow Boring: Ukraine and the end of history (https://www.slowboring.com/p/ukraine-and-the-end-of-history?s=r) Bill Galston and Jonathan Rauch's highlight: Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792325/secretcity) Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive ad-free version of Beg to Differ. Learn more here: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/how-do-i-add-a-bulwark-member-only?s=w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Democratic policy analysts Bill Galston and Elaine Kamarck join Chuck to discuss their latest report, “The New Politics of Evasion: How Ignoring Swing Voters Could Reopen the Door for Donald Trump and Threaten American Democracy.”Read the report here: https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publication/the-new-politics-of-evasion%20%5Bprogressivepolicy-org%5D/
In 1989, in the wake of Republican president Ronald Reagan's landslide reelection, political scientists Elaine Kamarck and Bill Galston issued a wake-up call to the Democratic Party. It came in the form of a widely discussed paper entitled “The Politics of Evasion: Democrats and the Presidency,” which called upon Democrats to bring their party back to the political center. “The Politics of Evasion” became the intellectual and political manifesto for the moderate New Democrat movement and its organizational base, the Democratic Leadership Council. In 1992, the DLC's president, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, won the presidency by running on a New Democrat platform. In February of this year, with moderate Democrats worrying anew that the party has drifted too far from the political center, Elaine Kamarck and Bill Galston issued a paper entitled “The New Politics of Evasion: How Ignoring Swing Voters Could Reopen the Door for Donald Trump and Threaten American Democracy.” Once again, Kamarck and Galston warn Democrats that they are evading political reality in ways that may lead to durable Republican majorities. This time around, they write, Democrats have fallen under the sway of three persistent myths: the myth that people of color think and act in the same way, that economics always trumps culture, and that a progressive majority is emerging. But the stakes are much higher than they were 33 years ago. If the new politics of evasion leads to another era of Republican dominance under Donald Trump's populist-authoritarianism, the result this time could be the end of American democracy. In this episode, podcast host Geoff Kabaservice talks with Elaine Kamarck of the Brookings Institution about “The New Politics of Evasion” and what Democrats need to do to regain electoral competitiveness with much of the American working class, including Hispanic voters. The episode also explores Elaine Kamarck's career in the Clinton White House when from 1993 to 1997 she created and managed the National Performance Review, also known as the Reinventing Government Initiative. The conversation surveys the achievements of that initiative and raises the question of what needs to be done to reinvent government under the present circumstances.
Stanford's Francis Fukuyama joins the group to discuss Ukraine and the impact of a new Supreme Court justice on politics and jurisprudence. Highlights/Lowlights: https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Francis Fukuyama, and Linda Chavez.
CATO's Walter Olson brings his libertarian insight to a discussion of voting rights and wrongs — and Biden's first year. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/illiberalism-left-right.html https://www.slowboring.com/p/electoral-count-act https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-reactionary-trap?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxODI2MTM0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NzExNTMyNSwiXyI6IkpGY08yIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyNzA5MTA4LCJleHAiOjE2NDI3MTI3MDgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MTU3OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.dV0Uvgja24vvQziTyNwlYC6lcNMjkdEtheiKfB-ck4Q https://web.archive.org/web/20130124224036/http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2012/06/ttthoushalt.html https://imightbewrong.substack.com/p/lets-honor-mlks-birthday-by-being https://newcriterion.com/issues/2022/1/the-fallacies-of-the-common-good https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2021-12/cpr-v43n6-1.pdf Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Walter Olson.
Is America's democracy failing and putting the U.S. economic system at risk? That's the question in the title of a new report from Governance Studies at Brookings and the States United Democracy Center, co-authored by Brookings senior fellows Bill Galston and Elaine Kamarck. To discuss the report's findings, Kamarck, who is also founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings, joins the Cafeteria on this episode. Show notes and transcript: Follow Brookings podcasts on Apple or Google podcasts, or on Spotify. Send feedback email to , and follow us and tweet us at on Twitter. The Brookings Cafeteria is part of the .
A.B. Stoddard and Ben Parker join the group to discuss Biden's kamikaze voting rights push and Putin's threats to Ukraine. Highlights/Lowlights: https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-needs-four-sister-souljah https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-long-term-care-challenge https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1481709822051500039?s=20 https://reason.com/2022/01/12/the-u-s-immigration-system-needs-to-do-more-to-help-uyghurs/ https://jabberwocking.com/why-is-president-biden-staking-so-much-on-passing-new-voter-laws/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/democrats-botched-public-school-covid-policy/621183/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/oakland-lefty-my-whole-life-school-closures-triggered-an-identity-crisis-526860 Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Ben Parker, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
The centrist wing of the democratic party is making a bit of a comeback. With Joe Manchin calling the shots on BBB — and cultural issues like "defund the police" not winning even among Black and Hispanic voters — is it time for the Democratic leadership to stand up to the progressives? The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein is this week's special guest. Highlights/Lowlights: https://forward.com/culture/437007/why-do-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/19/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/20/peng-shuai-appearance-fails-to-address-concerns-for-tennis-stars-wellbeing-says-wta Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ron Brownstein.
The Washington Post's Dan Balz joins the panel to discuss the January 6 committee, whether Biden will/should seek reelection, and how the pandemic has affected work/family balance. Highlights/Lowlights: https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/donald-trumps-megaphone https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-15/the-pro-immigrant-case-against-new-york-city-s-noncitizen-voting?sref=z9I1fo2Y https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/242113/jfk-by-fredrik-logevall/ https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2015/12/18/9360663/is-democracy-in-trouble Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Dan Balz, and Linda Chavez.
Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853 https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/ https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.
Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/ https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.
Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utmcampaign=wpmain&utmmedium=social&utmsource=twitter https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/ https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&utmcampaign=post&utmmedium=web&utm_source= https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&utmcampaign=post&utmmedium=web&utm_source= https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/ https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith.
The Atlantic's David Frum joins to discuss inflation, the economy, immigration, and the call to back Ron De Santis in 2024. _Highlights/Lowlights: https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-fox-news-fallacy (https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-fox-news-fallacy) https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054137225/nearly-1-million-kids-ages-5-11-will-have-their-first-covid-shots-by-the-end-of- (https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054137225/nearly-1-million-kids-ages-5-11-will-have-their-first-covid-shots-by-the-end-of-) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-08/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-08/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced) Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.
The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch helps dissect Tuesday's election results. Are both parties unfit to govern? Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jonathan Rauch, and Linda Chavez.
NY Magazine's Jonathan Chait joins, along with the Bulwark's Amanda Carpenter, to discuss the BBB deal (if there is one) and cancel culture. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-for-taiwan-could-come-soon-china-navy-defense-11635349097 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/opinion/cohousing-mothers-pandemic-community.html Special Guests: Amanda Carpenter, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Jonathan Chait.
Eric Edelman helps unpack China's new missile, Democrats' decline, and McAuliffe's tone deafness. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378 Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.
Protect Democracy's Ian Bassin joins to discuss how he's working to counter threats. Also the VA governor's race. Mentioned articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/our-planet-is-not-doomed-that-means-we-can-must-act/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Ian Bassin, and Linda Chavez.
George F. Will joins B2D panel to discuss his new book, and also whether Facebook should be regulated, and the Democrats' hopes for social welfare. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, George F. Will, and Linda Chavez.
A.B. Stoddard joins to discuss why we can't have nice things in America. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
Sarah Longwell sits in for Linda and Tom Nichols joins to discuss the Democrats' divisions, Haitians at the border, and Biden's foreign policy. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Sarah Longwell, and Tom Nichols.
National Journal's Josh Kraushaar helps analyze the political implications of the California recall, the vaccine mandate, and Mark Milley's revelations. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Josh Kraushaar, and Linda Chavez.
Heath Mayo, founder of Principles First, joins the regular panel to discuss abortion, insurrection, and whether the global war on terror was a mistake. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Heath Mayo, and Linda Chavez.
Greg Sargent joins to talk about vote counting reform, not vote casting reform. The group (including Tim Miller) then discuss refugees and Biden's sinking popularity. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Greg Sargent, and Tim Miller.
David Frum joins to shed light on the Afghanistan withdrawal and Congress's budget fandango. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.
Charlie Sykes joins the group to discuss the infrastructure Rubik's cube, the Republican governors' war on public health, and whether the big strife is past. ————— Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.census.gov/en.html https://www.bradleyfdn.org/prizes/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-proposed-consent-decree-state-new-jersey-resolve-claims-edna-mahan Special Guests: Bill Galston, Charles Sykes, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
The Washington Post's Megan McArdle returns to B2D to discuss Cuomo, the eviction moratorium, and whether the left's power in the Democratic party exceeds its grass roots popularity. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Megan McArdle.
Elliott Abrams joins to discuss Cuba. The gang then address the January 6 committee, vaccine wars, and the infrastructure bill. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Elliott Abrams, and Linda Chavez.
Guest host Sarah Longwell joins the group this week to discuss CPAC, Trump's speech, anti-vaxxers, and Biden's voting rights agenda. Highlights/Lowlights: Book: “The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family” (https://www.amazon.com/Netanyahus-Account-Ultimately-Negligible-Episode/dp/1681376075) https://thebulwark.com/as-cubans-march-for-freedom-democrats-are-split/ https://thebulwark.com/what-the-hell-happened-to-the-claremont-institute/ Mona at CPAC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GVQINHfVM Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
Katherine Gehl, co-author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy” (https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Industry-Political-Innovation-Democracy/dp/1633699234/ref=asc_df_1633699234/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509245866633&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6718661043136676646&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019555&hvtargid=pla-919251616201&psc=1) joins the panel for a meaty discussion of voting reform. Katherine's Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk8d3GQJnQ Mentioned articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/us/politics/voting-rights-law-supreme-court.html?referringSource=articleShare https://echeloninsights.com/in-the-news/june-omnibus-quadrants/ https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/ https://political-innovation.org/advisory-council/ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Katherine Gehl, and Linda Chavez.
Ron Radosh joins the panel (which includes Will Saletan sitting in for Damon) to discuss the Trump Co. indictments, the January 6 committee, and the brain behind Steven Miller. Mentioned articles: https://quillette.com/2021/06/27/the-bias-narrative-versus-the-development-narrative-thinking-about-persistent-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/justice-alitos-majority-opinion-in-brnovich-v-dnc/?utmsource=blog-landing&utmmedium=desktop&utmcampaign=continue-reading_ Special Guests: Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, Ronald Radosh, and Will Saletan.
NY Times columnist Thomas Edsall joins the group to consider voting rights, the infrastructure negotiations, crime, and critical race theory. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Thomas Edsall.
Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins to discuss Biden's European trip, whether Garland is going soft on Trump, and the NY mayoral race. Special Guests: Benjamin Wittes, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
Eric Edelman joins to discuss Biden's trip, the ProPublica tax story, and the Democrats' Manchin mistake. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.
NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.
Jonathan Rauch discusses his new book The Constitution of Knowledge and joins for a discussion of the threat of crime to Democrats' political health. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jonathan Rauch, and Linda Chavez.
Brink Lindsey discusses his essay on the importance of moderation. The group also addresses the January 6 commission and the Gaza conflict. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Brink Lindsey, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.
A.B. Stoddard returns to talk about hope for reducing our political dysfunction. Group also addresses the birth dearth and Liz Cheney's fate. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
David French helps the panel diagnose the GOP's sickness. The group also talks about voter ID and the Biden daycare plan. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David French, and Linda Chavez.
E.J. Dionne helps the panel unpack Biden's first 100 days, plus, racial and class messaging. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, E.J. Dionne, Jr., and Linda Chavez.
Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy) joins to discuss the anti-riot laws in several states, whether libel law should be upended, and the Chauvin verdict. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eugene Volokh, and Linda Chavez.
AEI’s Norm Ornstein joins to discuss police violence, court packing, and Afghanistan. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Norman J. Ornstein.
On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.
The Niskanen Center's Samuel Hammond joins to discuss improving Biden's child allowance and border policies. Plus: eliminate the filibuster? Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Samuel Hammond.
Anne Applebaum joins to discuss options for reconciliation. Also, brave Navalny and cowardly Republicans. Special Guests: Anne Applebaum, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
In this episode, we hear from leaders of No Labels and others as they discuss what is next for Congress. We’re joined by: Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, former Congressman Tom Davis, Steve Pearlstein, a business and economics columnist with the Washington Post, and AB Stoddard, columnist and associate editor at RealClear Politics. In a broad consensus that this is No Labels’ moment. Because the new House and Senate will be governed by such small margins, bipartisan groups like the Problem Solvers Caucus will be essential. As Dr. Galston points out, few presidents have come into office with the kinds of challenges facing Joe Biden and he’ll need all the help he can get from congressional Democrats and Republicans committed to working with him to solve problems. Go to NoLabels.org to learn more about how we are bringing together a bipartisan group of public and private leaders working to solve America’s toughest problems.
A.B. Stoddard joins the group on New Year's Eve to discuss the lows (many) and highs (there were some) of 2020. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
Matt Yglesias of Vox joins Mona Charen, Bill Galston, and Sarah Longwell to talk about whether the US should grow—a lot! The group also tackles the Hunter non-story and the why 2020 is not 2016. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Matthew Yglesias, and Sarah Longwell.
On this edition, Bill Galston, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Kathay Feng, National Redistricting Director at Common Cause, explain the significance of the constitutionally mandated decennial US census and discuss with host Carol Castiel the implications of the Trump administration attempts to cut short the deadline for counting by one month and to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers.
By his own admission, Donald Trump knew as far back as early February how deadly the novel coronavirus was but chose not to tell the American public. Will this severely impact his bid for reelection? And what does it say about the U.S. President, that he thought it would be a good idea to admit this to Bob Woodward for his new book? Guest: William A. Galston, A former policy advisor to President Clinton and presidential candidates, Bill Galston is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns, and elections. His current research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.
On this week's Bulwark Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker discuss the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the RNC and DNC conventions, and what happens when parties abandon ideas. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes describes his disturbing experience with DHS. The group also discusses the Swan/Trump interview and the lessons of Beirut. Special Guests: Benjamin Wittes, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ, A.B. Stoddard joins the usual crew to discuss mail-in voting in the 2020 election, Trump floating delaying it, Louie Gohmert, Herman Cain, and COVID-19, and a discussion about the Veepstakes and Congress skewering Big Tech. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's edition of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Adam J. White joins the usual crew to discuss the John Bolton revelations, the Supreme Court and Textualism, and gutting of Voice of America. Special Guests: Adam J. White, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Anne Applebaum joins the usual cast to discuss how history will judge those complicit with Trumpism, the protests and unrest as a result of the death of George Floyd, and the criticism of President Trump by former military leaders. Special Guests: Anne Applebaum, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week’s Beg to Differ podcast, AEI’s Adam White joins the panel to ponder Bill Barr’s bona fides, untangle the Flynn case, analyze the Supreme Court’s oral arguments, and chew over the right's demonization of Anthony Fauci. Special Guests: Adam J. White, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, A.B. Stoddard joins regulars Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss the next phase of COVID-19 bumbling from the White House, the #ReOpen protests, the 2020 race and down ballot elections, and whether the Trump coalition is eroding. Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ with host Mona Charen, Steven Teles joins regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss the history and future of the #NeverTrump movement, Immigration and COVID-19, executive authority, and reopening the economy and testing. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Steven Teles.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, Rachel Kleinfeld and Jim Swift join regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss remote voting, COVID-19, the conservative protests about the precautions, and how President Trump carried water for China for 50 days. Also, how to save the November election. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jim Swift, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Kleinfeld.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Peter Wehner from the Ethics and Public Policy Center joins regular panelists Linda Chavez, Damon Linker, and Bill Galston to discuss Coronavirus, the firing of Captain Crozier and Inspectors General, and the 2020 election. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, historian and author Tevi Troy joins regular panelists Linda Chavez, Damon Linker, and Bill Galston to discuss his new book Fight House (https://www.amazon.com/Fight-House-Rivalries-White-Truman/dp/1621578364). The panel also discusses COVID-19, the response by the Trump White House and the governors, the conflict between both, and why nationalists are seizing on Coronavirus to push their worldview. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Tevi Troy.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, E.J. Dionne joins regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss his new book Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country (https://www.amazon.com/Code-Red-Progressives-Moderates-Country-ebook/dp/B07S8K7JZQ) , and the President and Congress's response to Coronavirus. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, E.J. Dionne, Jr., and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen Podcast, Vox's Jane Coaston joins Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of trust in American institutions, and the bright side of working from home. (Editor's note: since this was an entirely remote podcast, there may be slight audio discrepancies.) Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jane Coaston, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, special guest Bill Kristol joins regular panelists Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker to discuss President Trump's response to Coronavirus, the resurgence of Joe Biden in the Democratic Primary, plus the uncertain political future of Jeff Sessions. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen Podcast, Will Saletan from Slate joins panelists Linda Chavez and Bill Galston to discuss the Biden South Carolina surge, his big Super Tuesday, and Coronavirus and its impacts. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Will Saletan.
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Brian Riedl from the Manhattan Institute joins host panelists Linda Chavez, Damon Linker, and Bill Galston to discuss the Democratic debates, the 2020 Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders's spending plans, why Single Payer and Medicare For All pose budgetary problems, and Coronavirus. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Brian Riedl, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Yuval Levin from the American Enterprise Institute joins host panelists Linda Chavez, Damon Linker, and Bill Galston to discuss his new book: A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream, and the panel breaks down the Nevada Democratic debate and discusses Trump's recent spate of pardons. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Yuval Levin.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, special guest Ramesh Ponnuru joins regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss the 2020 Democratic primaries, the 2016-2020 primary parallels, and the future of healthcare. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Ramesh Ponnuru.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker are joined by AEI's Michael Strain to discuss his essay (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-american-dream-is-alive-and-well-11580486386)on the American dream being alive and well, the State of the Union, Impeachment, and Iowa and the 2020 Democratic primaries. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Michael Strain.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Bill Galston and Damon Linker are joined by Sarah Longwell and Maya MacGuineas from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget to discuss a decade of trillion dollar deficits, the economy, the 2020 elections, and the impeachment of President Trump. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Maya MacGuineas , and Sarah Longwell.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker discuss the opening days of the impeachment trial of President Trump and how Republicans and Democrats are reacting to the trial as it pertains to 2020. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Bill Galston and Damon Linker are joined by special guest Jonathan Rauch to discuss the impeachment of President Trump, the 2020 elections, and the importance of institutions. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Jonathan Rauch.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest Kori Schake to discuss Iran's response to the killing of Suleimani, the U.S. posture in the Middle East, how the strike is playing domestically, Mike Lee's brief shining moment, plus the latest with impeachment and on the 2020 democratic primary. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Kori Schake, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest David Frum to discuss Iran and President Trump's "maximum pressure" foreign policy, the role of oil in the Middle East, the trade war with China, global warming, and what to do to combat anti-Semitism. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Bill Galston and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest Will Saletan to discuss the impeachment of President Trump, the debate leading up to the vote, and Trump's hellish insults during his impeachment / Merry Christmas rally. Plus, a look at the 2020 democratic primaries. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Will Saletan.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Megan McArdle joins Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez to discuss the fate of the impeachment of Donald Trump. Editor's note: There are audio issues with the first half of this podcast. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Megan McArdle.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ, host Mona Charen is joined by Josh Kraushaar, and regular panelists Bill Galston and Damon Linker to discuss the implosion of Kamala Harris, the latest with the impeachment inquiry, and the politics of the Georgia Senate appointment. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Josh Kraushaar.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ, host Mona Charen is joined by regular panelists Bill Galston and Damon Linker, and by special guest Sarah Longwell, to discuss the first two impeachment inquiry hearings. Are there persuadables watching, if they even really exist? Plus, a discussion about the 2020 Democratic primaries, with new entrants Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Sarah Longwell.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ, host Mona Charen is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez and Damon Linker, and stepping in for Bill Galston is Lawfare COO David Priess. The group discusses the off-year election in Virginia and Kentucky, the polarization factor in the 2020 election, and the latest on the impeachment inquiry and the GOP efforts to discredit the whistleblower. Special Guests: Damon Linker, David Priess, and Linda Chavez.
Impeachment has dominated the news for more than a month, but the flurry of headlines often leads to more confusion than clarity. Where exactly are we in the process? How does public opinion influence the shape and the ultimate outcome of that process? What will the role of the courts be in the coming months? On Monday, November 4, Darrell West, vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings, moderated a panel of Brookings experts discussing impeachment developments and giving helpful context. Joining West were Lawfare's editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes and three additional Brookings senior fellows: Molly Reynolds, Bill Galston, and Elaine Kamarck. Thanks to Grammarly for supporting The Lawfare Podcast. For 20% off a Grammarly premium account, go to Grammarly.com/lawfare.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the House impeachment inquiry vote, the World Series, the slowing economy and growing debt, and the 2020 elections. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the latest on the impeachment inquiry, what House and Senate Republicans are doing to cover for President Trump, a wide-ranging discussion about interventionist U.S. foreign policy from Iraq to Syria, and why "endless truces" are a good thing. Plus, a look at the 2020 elections and the Democratic primary. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake joins regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss Trump's abandonment of the Kurds, and the difference between small presence as force multiplier and "endless war", the growing problem of the U.S. being perceived as an unreliable ally, the latest on the impeachment inquiry, the 2020 elections, and Rudy Giuliani's curious Ukraine connection. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eli Lake, and Linda Chavez.
On the very first episode of The Bulwark's Beg to Differ Podcast, host Mona Charen is joined by Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss developments in the House impeachment inquiry. Is impeachment a winning strategy, or is censure a better option? Will any Republicans find religion and join in the effort? Plus, an examination of the problems of populism, from conspiratorial thinking to perpetual victimhood. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
Bill Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and domestic policy advisor in the Clinton White House, wrote his column this week in the Wall Street Journal arguing against impeachment in a fashion that sharply diverges from arguments made by others on Lawfare. He argues that polling data shows that an impeachment inquiry would be an irresponsible direction for anyone hoping to remove Trump from office. Benjamin Wittes sat down with Bill to discuss his column, as well as his recent book, "Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy." They talked about populism as an international and domestic phenomenon, the role of economics and identity in driving populism internationally, and whether populisms of the left and right are symmetric issues or whether they present different ones.
Will postponing the date for Brexit change anything? Host Gregory Feifer and Transatlantic Democracy Working Group Director Susan Corke discuss the latest developments along with Sunday's elections results in Moldova, when the pro-Moscow Socialist Party won the most votes but not enough for a majority. Then the Brookings Institution's Bill Galston joins Greg to talk about the nature of populism. Populist nationalist parties in Europe on the left and right have more than tripled their support in the last two decades, winning enough votes to put their leaders into the governments of 11 countries and challenging the established political order. But does that mean liberal democracy is really facing a crisis or simply experiencing part of a regular cycle?
On this special year-end edition of Press Conference USA, host Carol Castiel brings you excerpts from conversations with some of her most distinguished guests in 2018: Republican Congressman Will Hurd and Democratic Congressman Brad Schneider; former veteran and Democratic candidate for Congress, Elaine Luria; Doris Meissner, former senior US immigration official; political analyst and author, Bill Galston, and more.
Interview With Bill Galston 2018 09 20 by Dave Spencer
For the past 25 years, Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard and Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution have been debating the meaning of presidential elections. But in 2016, they found themselves agreeing much more frequently on issues such as immigration, the tech industry, and tax reform. These men, on opposite sides of center, decided to develop a plan to recenter American politics. Galston and Kristol’s new project is the New Center. In the Spiel, a librarian rejected books donated by Melania Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the past 25 years, Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard and Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution have been debating the meaning of presidential elections. But in 2016, they found themselves agreeing much more frequently on issues such as immigration, the tech industry, and tax reform. These men, on opposite sides of center, decided to develop a plan to recenter American politics. Galston and Kristol’s new project is the New Center. In the Spiel, a librarian rejected books donated by Melania Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices