vital center

Echo Theater Company may not have made the cut this year, but it showed why it’s the most vital center for offbeat drama in Los Angeles.

In fact, Schlesinger's best-known book, "The Vital Center," defended New Deal-style liberal democracy against both communism and fascism, and the fact that he's mentioned only in passing is indicative of Moyn's selective method.

This is currently the vital center of the Party of Lincoln.

It remains a politically marginalized community of Black Puerto Ricans, Afrodescendientes — Lind-Ramos is one — and a vital center of Afro-Caribbean culture on the island.

He reminds free societies that there can still be a vital center in politics, at least when it comes to things that matter.