William A. Galston

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are reflected in the plexiglass protecting a TV camera operator from coronavirus as they participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Is Biden too old to be president? Is Trump?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, May 19, 2023

American flag with hundred dollar bills

What Americans think about the debt ceiling fight

William A. Galston

Monday, May 15, 2023

Supporters celebrate after it was reported that Brandon Johnson had taken a lead against Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election during a Johnson election night gathering at Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM - NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARYNo Use CHICAGO.

What we learned from the Chicago mayoral results

William A. Galston

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

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The gerrymander myth

William A. Galston

Friday, March 17, 2023

United States President-elect Jimmy Carter in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 23, 1976. Photo by Benjamin E. 'Gene' Forte / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

How will we remember Jimmy Carter’s presidential legacy?

William A. Galston and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks with members of the media on Jan. 12, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM - NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARYNo Use CHICAGO.

Understanding what happened in the Chicago mayoral race

William A. Galston

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Feb 7, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. Mandatory Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool-USA TODAY NETWORK

Biden makes his case to Americans in the State of the Union

William A. Galston

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

What to expect from Biden’s second State of the Union address

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time after being elected speaker in a late night 15th round of voting on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

The polarization paradox: Elected officials and voters have shifted in opposite directions

William A. Galston

Friday, January 20, 2023