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The Vital Center
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The Vital Center
@VitalCenterMag
A journal dedicated to restoring the liberal-democratic consensus.
Editor-in-Chief: @ThomasDHowes
Managing Editor: @kiraivy8
Founding Editor: @tylersyck
Joined January 2023
- We are thrilled to introduce The Vital Center. A new journal dedicated to defending and reforming the liberal tradition that will be launching this June. We will publish essays on a host of political and cultural topics from both center-left and center-right perspectives.
- "If you had asked in me in 2016 if Donald Trump was a fascist, I’d have said no. I’d have said no in October of 2020 too; authoritarian tendencies, perhaps, but not a fascist. Donald Trump’s rhetoric has changed." @BretDevereaux thevitalcenter.com/blog/is-trump-…
- The Vital Center is very proud to announce that a couple of weeks ago our economics editor @micah_erfan was elected to the steering committee of @CNLiberalism Please join us in giving our warmest congratulations to Micah!
- We're excited to announce that our Winter issue is available to download! "Expanding the Liberal Center" thevitalcenter.com/winter-2024
- This article by @BretDevereaux has gotten quite a few clicks. If you haven't already, please check it out."If you had asked in me in 2016 if Donald Trump was a fascist, I’d have said no. I’d have said no in October of 2020 too; authoritarian tendencies, perhaps, but not a fascist. Donald Trump’s rhetoric has changed." @BretDevereaux
- "When [radicals] do not get what they want, they abandon the cause of constitutional democracy altogether. But if America is to have a long future, we need more patience and a renewed faith in persuasion." thevitalcenter.com/winter-2024/on…
- Our new issue is available to download! thevitalcenter.com/fall-2023 (Website versions of the individual articles will be published gradually)
- “A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.” - F.A. Hayek
- A fundamental principle of political prudence is that you should always judge political arrangements and policies in comparison to viable alternatives, not to abstract ideals.
- We encourage you to download our first issue! thevitalcenter.com/currentissue
- The Vital Center is thrilled to announce that @ThomasDHowes will be moving from the position of Senior Contributing Editor to Managing Editor. Thomas is currently a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Princeton University and a specialist in natural law theory.
- Here's a preview:
Check back this afternoon. Our first issue will be available to download!
