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The Common Good: Theoretical Content, Practical Utility

April 26, 2013, William A. Galston

Reforming Medicare: Fiscal Challenges and Policy Solutions

April 22, 2013

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Entering the National Conversation: President Obama’s 2014 Budget

April 11, 2013, William A. Galston

Religion, Values and Immigration Survey Release: What Factors Influence Views on Immigration Policy?

March 21, 2013

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Citizenship, Values and Cultural Concerns: What Americans Want From Immigration Reform

March 21, 2013, Robert P. Jones, Daniel Cox, Juhem Navarro-Rivera, E.J. Dionne, Jr. and William A. Galston

Say Yes to the Pipeline—and New Green Regulations: Why Triangulation is the Answer on Keystone

March 15, 2013, William A. Galston

The State Department report will make it much harder for Obama to justify rejecting the Keystone project. Still, it has become a highly visible and emotionally charged symbol of an often diffuse issue, and it is where many leading environmental organizations have chosen to draw the line.

March 14, 2013, William A. Galston, The New Republic

The Ryan Budget: DOA But Driving Fiscal Debate

March 12, 2013, William A. Galston

The Ongoing and Hugely Risky Bailout of the Housing Market

March 1, 2013, William A. Galston

Inaction on the Budget: The American People Are Partly to Blame

February 25, 2013, William A. Galston

Preparing for Sequestration: What to Expect

February 25, 2013, William A. Galston and Michael E. O'Hanlon

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Obama's Pivot to Europe: Forget China. An EU trade deal would be the real game-changer.

February 20, 2013, William A. Galston

Reaction and Analysis to President Obama's 2013 State of the Union

February 12, 2013, William A. Galston

I think that Obama's second inaugural address will go down in history as the last speech of his election campaign. I think the 2013 State of the Union address will be regarded as the framing speech for his second term. If President Obama wants to be a transformational president and be regarded in history in that way, he's going to have to build on this new vision of government that he's advancing.

February 11, 2013, William A. Galston, AFP

Should President Obama’s SOTU Mirror His Second Inaugural?

February 7, 2013, William A. Galston

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s State of the Union Priorities

February 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins and Thomas E. Mann

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Law’s Virtues: Exploring the Tensions between Law and Values in the United States

January 31, 2013

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Forget Iran—Chuck Hagel's Toughest Fight Will Be the Pentagon's Budget

January 30, 2013, William A. Galston

Crumbling Infrastructure Has Real and Enduring Costs

January 23, 2013, William A. Galston

There's a Civil War in America's Business Community, But Will Obama Notice?

January 22, 2013, William A. Galston

The 2012 Election: What Happened, What Changed, What it Means

January 4, 2013, William A. Galston

How the Fiscal Cliff Deal Cured Washington's Fuzzy Math Epidemic

January 3, 2013, William A. Galston

Soak the Middle Class! In Praise of Higher Taxes on Everybody

December 13, 2012, William A. Galston

The Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

December 13, 2012, William A. Galston and Korin Davis

How to Solve the Fiscal Cliff? Start With a Gag Order

December 6, 2012, William A. Galston