the center line

Old joke.

There's a special place reserved in Hell for salespeople who use the phrase "new and improved".

If only because while that seems to want to entice you with promises of heretofore unparalleled levels of gloss and/or excellence, it can also be spun to imply that what you've been heretofore offered is old and not so hot.

So, I won't be using that phrase as I share the following with you.

The Center Line is no more.

More to the point, The Center Line will now be known as...

"politics in plain english"....

...and can be found by either clicking this link

http://politicsinplainenglishsep.blogspot.com

or the link at the masthead of this page.

The obvious question.

Why the change?

It occurred to me as I wrote pieces for The Center Line that I wanted to...

1) broaden the range of discussion and debate, something that trying to always find "the center" made more difficult...

2) try to be of some use to everyday folks who profess a disdain for politics, but who are, often, simply unclear as to what the hell politicans are talking about at any given time.

So, to paraphrase an old beer commercial, I hope you'll find "politics in plain english" to..."taste great...and be more filling....".

It will still, I hope, be insightful, thoughtful and, ideally, entertaining.

But I won't insult your intelligence by promising it will be "new and improved."

Though I think we both know that's pretty much a given.