Thomas Howes is the editor-in-chief of The Vital Center. He is also a Research Fellow at the Austrian Institute and is a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University, where he is also a Lecturer. Thomas received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Catholic University of America and an S.T.B. in theology from the Pontifical University of Santa Croce. He is currently working on a book titled Natural Law & Constitutional Democracy, and he has a contract to co-write a book with the title Why Postliberalism Failed.