The Vital Center Blog
The Truth About Unions
The Hollywood Actor’s Strike proves that Unions serve an important function in a free society.
The French Right’s Green Turn?
The French far-right has managed to successfully navigate the delicate balance of winning green voters without needing to change their positions on climate issues.
In An Honor Fight, DeSantis Loses
If anyone in the current political field can successfully beat Trump at his own honor-based game, it is probably Ron DeSantis. But if the Right truly wants to move beyond Trump, beating him will not be enough.
The Crimean Dilemma
America needs to be ready to take advantage of a real Russian defeat, but also ready to encourage prudent negotiations should the need arise, or the danger grow too great. Whether the war ends with a Russian Crimea or with no Russia at all, we must be prepared to use Crimea as a tool to reach that end.
Washington Must Resist Impulsive AI Regulation
There is more potential harm than benefit if the government takes an activist role in creating new AI.
Keeping The Republic
Through education, religion, and culture we must inspire the American people and ourselves to rise above the all-consuming passion for ourselves. To infuse our democratic society with republican virtue, and live up, even if just a little, to the challenge Benjamin Franklin gave us so many Septembers ago.
Friendship In A Time of Hate
It is time we choose them, the individuals, our communities, families, the little platoons instead of bureaucrats and big government, those we trust instead of distant politicians.
What Is Liberalism?
At times it seems as if the term liberal has as many definitions as it does detractors and advocates. To help make sense of the confusion we asked some of our editors and advisors to provide their own definition of liberalism.