Bill Kristol and Bill Galston Team Up on 'Ideas to Re-Center America'

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Michael Krasny

Aug 28, 2018 at

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The sun sets on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Donald Trump on January 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

After the election of Donald Trump, an unlikely fellowship formed between Bill Kristol, editor at large of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine, and former Clinton administration official Bill Galston. Realizing that they shared common ground on some core principles, the two created “The New Center Project” to fight extremism in U.S. politics. Galston and Kristol join us to discuss their collaboration.

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The New Center
In Defense of a Reasonable Patriotism (Brookings Institution)

Guests:

Bill Kristol, editor at large, Weekly Standard; cofounder, The New Center

William Galston, senior fellow in governance studies, Brookings Institution; cofounder, The New Center; author, "Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy"

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