Wars of Compassion starts out with the following Blog description: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Career, Romance, and Nation-Building”. Sweet.
But that’s just the beginning. The author, Ryan is a member of Overlord, a pop band and he lives in Philadelphia. Funny, this is the second musician I’ve had to review in the course of a day.
Ryan’s blog is beautifully written (his first entries from 2003 are worth browsing just for the kick of reading words used with such elegance). Although his posts are digressions on a series of topics (as his blog description states), he has interesting things to say on matters ranging from his dating life to his views on politics. He handles narrative well, his vocabulary is impressive and his political thoughts, I for one, found appealing.
It’s nice to run into these kinds of blogs, where English is used so stylishly and people like Noam Chomsky are admired. Call this man the Fred Astaire of the blogosphere with a political standing.
He’s been blogging since 2003 and I really regretted not having all the time in the world to read every entry.
Regarding layout and design, the template is standard blogspot, simple; but the content was so appealing that I soon forgot my aesthetic tendencies. Not that he didn’t choose a white (elegant) template.
The right-hand side bar has links ranging from Overlord (his band) FAQs, to “people links” including Chomsky and others of the author’s interest.
I very much appreciated the quote at the end of the side bar (Goering, Nuremberg Trial). So true. It strangely reminded me of Leo Strauss. Well worth putting a quote like this into a side bar.
Overall, I loved the site. I only wish it had a beautiful layout to do it justice. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in good writing and passionate stands. wars of compassion