The Vital Center

In 1949, historian Arthur Schlesinger published the Vital Center in which he outlined his theory that American politics swung between near-Left and near-Right to assure a moderate progression of reasoned politics over time. When then pendulum moved too far Left, it moved to the Right until it swung back again. Today it seems, we have a new vital center, but instead of near-Left and near-Right we have Wall Street and the Military-Industrial Complex.