As you can see if you’re using the old-fashioned technique of actually going to the site rather than have the site come to you via the magic of RSS, I have made some changes to the layout.  I have got rid of the In Brief column and integrated short items á la Instapundit into the main body.  I was beginning to feel that it squashed up the main column a bit too much.  Plus there were all sorts of technical niggles with such a non-standard approach.  The other big change is centering the blog on the page.  I’ve wanted to do this for a long time but it’s a rather time-consuming thing to do.  Anyway, the time has now been consumed.  And we have a new banner.  Hope you like it.  I do.  If you don’t like it, now might be the time to mention it - I’m in the mood for being all technical.