John Phillips Avlon is an American journalist, political commentator, and Democratic political candidate. He is a senior political analyst and anchor at CNN and was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast from 2013 to 2018.
Avlon in 2012
Radical centrism, also called the radical center, the radical centre, and the radical middle, is a concept that arose in Western nations in the late 20th century. The radical in the term refers to a willingness on the part of most radical centrists to call for fundamental reform of institutions. The centrism refers to a belief that genuine solutions require realism and pragmatism, not just idealism and emotion.
Urban theorist and activist Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), who has been described as "proto-radical middle"
Joe Klein, who wrote the Newsweek cover story "Stalking the Radical Middle"
Michael Lind, co-author of The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics
2015 panel discussion at the New America think tank in Washington, D.C.