Welcome to the first post for Notes from the Center, a blog for the scores of Americans who find themselves in the political center, an unfortunate no-man's-land in our nation's ideologically restrictive two-party system. In an era of print, Web and television liberal and conservative pundits, it's time for a voice that speaks for the many Americans who are not content to regurgitate a party's entire platform. Notes from the Center will touch on controversial political topics of the day without uniformly subscribing to a right or left wing political agenda.