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Byline: William Galston Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal By George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 226 pp. $27 - - - Like most books written by patriots [...]

Byline: William Galston A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream By Yuval Levin Basic. [...]

Byline: William Galston From the Senate impeachment trial to the Iowa caucuses fiasco to religious leaders' scandalous behavior, the evidence of institutional malfunction is ubiquitous. Why is this happening? What [...]

Kamala Harris has had a successful three weeks in the 2024 presidential race, while Donald Trump has struggled. Polls show that Democrats are as likely to vote as Republicans, and Harris's supporters are voting for her rather than against Trump. However, the race is still close, with Harris leading by less than 1 point nationally and Pennsylvania being a dead heat. Harris must defend the Biden-Harris administration's record on inflation and immigration and convince swing voters that she no longer holds left-leaning positions. Despite the odds shifting in Harris's favor, she needs to get closer to her potential support to win. [Extracted from the article]

Byline: William A. Galston Center-left political analysts want to believe that economic stagnation and income inequality form the heart of the contemporary populist surge, but the evidence does not bear [...]

Byline: William A. Galston Center-left political analysts want to believe that economic stagnation and income inequality form the heart of the contemporary populist surge, but the evidence does not bear [...]

The article discusses the danger of treating politics as a religion and the decline of confidence in liberal democracy. It argues that the decline in religious belief is not the sole cause of this decline, as there are simpler explanations such as poor governance and societal issues. The article warns against looking to politics as a replacement for religion, as it can lead to dangerous consequences and undermine the diversity of beliefs in free societies. Instead, the focus should be on better governance rather than a politics of meaning. [Extracted from the article]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's recent speech on Israel has sparked contradictory sentiments among Democratic supporters of Israel. While there is fear for Israel's survival, there are also concerns about its conduct in Gaza. Schumer called on Israel to do more to help facilitate international efforts to avoid famine in Gaza, but he was criticized for demanding a new Israeli election and for interfering in Israel's internal affairs. Israeli sentiments about the war in Gaza are challenging for American liberals, with a majority of Jewish Israelis favoring military operations and opposing more humanitarian aid for Gaza. American leaders should try to understand these sentiments, but their advice may not be well-received until after the war ends and an official commission of inquiry issues its report. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the dire situation in Ukraine and the potential consequences of the United States' lack of support. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently met with former President Donald Trump and stated that Trump would not provide any financial assistance to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. The article highlights three main problems facing Ukraine: a shortage of manpower, a lack of strong fortifications, and an ammunition shortage. Without adequate support, Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression may weaken, allowing Putin to achieve his long-term goals. The article concludes by drawing a parallel between Trump's isolationist rhetoric and the Munich Agreement of 1938. [Extracted from the article]

The Obama team's high hopes after its remarkable 2012 election victory are yielding to the realization that the second term will be a long, hard slog. They seem to have [...]

* The president now faces a momentous choice on whether to support the Keystone XL pipeline. But there are other decisions he could make that would have a far greater [...]

* It would be a mistake to dismiss President Obama's decision to pursue a United States-European Union free trade area. The U.S. and EU have it in their power to [...]

Unlike parliamentary systems, James Madison's constitution does not work on the principle of 'winner take all.' The 48 percent of the people who voted for Mitt Romney maintain a bastion [...]