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Sometimes when I come across a news/links site, I have a hard time understanding the idea behind where they come from or what the purpose of the site is. Most of the time there isn’t an about section, nor a post about the weblog, however, this site has that post. And after reading this one post, I was able to understand what exactly was going on. So in order for you to understand the site, here is a section of that post.

Hence this weblog. Every day I’ll be adding comments on passing events, links worth pursuing, grand speculations–whatever seems interesting. The exposure should at least keep me on my toes, and if anyone finds something of interest that will be all to the good.

With that said, lets get into this weblog. Ok, first thing, the title says View from the Right. So you already know the perspective of this political (or lack there of) weblog. So I won’t go into that sort of thing.

What the site does bring is a refreshing view from your “standard” news sites. The authors (there are two of them) show you what it is like looking at a recent news item through a different lens. Even if it isn’t a different perspective from yours, it is still a different prescription (keeping with the lens analogy).

The posts on this site are very recent. Everything that is “making the headlines” right now they have a comment on it. It was interesting to go through the archives because there was some news items that I forgot about, but was reminded of very quickly. This was a good thing since a typical news/links weblog’s archives are out-dated.

The design of the site is your standard Moveable Type template. It is clean, and works for this site, but I can’t help but think if the site would benefit from an original design or not.

Over all, this site provided me with more insight to current events which I am always looking for more sources. This is a good read, and even if you are on the “Left” so to speak, you should find what is said to be interesting.
View from the Right

At first glance I didn’t like it and even when I began reading it, I still didn’t like it.

Visually this site annoyed me. The links and description of the site are at the very top and centered. Even with the description, it didn’t do anything to help me understand what the purpose of the blog was.

I began to read the posts and again, parts of it are centered. This is a group blog and usually when I read group blogs, there is some kind of relationship between the posts such as a topic … however this didn’t have anything that held one post to the next one. There didn’t even seem to be a conversation going at all. The posts were fairly short and brief too. All I could really grasp is this is a site where a few high school kids go to talk about nothing and post random thoughts like if they’re reading a book or something.

Over all, I straight-out didn’t like this site. The Daily Rationalist

“Katie says Stuff” is a great weblog. I began reading the site and noticed that she was the youngest sister of Matt and Luke who both have been reviewed already and have great sites too.



A little info about Katie is she’s a psychology major going to school in Chicago and is in her junior year. She talks mostly about what most college students talk about and that’s school. Her posts are the ups and downs of school and talks about her family, which are funny. I laughed when I began finding little stories about brothers when they were small. Like when I read this I started to laugh: ‘one time, matt pooped behind a chair and when my mom caught him, he said, “Don’t watch me!” oh yeah, he was like 2.’



The site layout is one of Bloggers default templates so it’s pretty simple. Thought her writing and content of her writing is interesting to read. The site’s fairly easy to read and is pretty entertaining. Through the site you can tell she gets along well with her brothers and it’s a great way for her to keep in touch with them while away at school and keep up on what’s going on back home.



If you’re a regular reader of either Matt or Luke’s websites or enjoy reading sites by different family memebers, you definitely will like this site.

Katie Says Stuff

“One view on life, the universe and everything else” is the subtitle on “Victor Echo Zulu” which is what you get.



Victor is quite vocal on different topics ranging from politics, world views and frequently discusses articles he’s read online or in his local newspaper in Australia. He also links those to his posts in case his readers would like to refer to the article for more reference and learn more about the topic at hand.



What I liked about his site is sometimes he wrote about things which maybe of be of controversy that could be just his views from personal experience or passages from the Bible that my relate to the world today.



Apart from the weblog, the layout’s pretty simple; just the standard layout from Radio Userland.



Good site if you like to read about world news and politics from an Aussie point of view. Victor Echo Zulu

“watch what happens” is a site about Amy and her life as a lead singer for a capella band called “All About Buford”. The title of the blog was one of the possible names for her band when they were searching for a name, but instead it became her blog’s title.



Amy seems like a down-to-earth kind of person hailing from Massachusetts where she’s lived since graduating from college. She’s been with her band for 2 years and in addition to playing with her band is a graphic designer.



Through her site, you’ll read about her tales about being a musician and playing gigs, even when you end up playing in front of a difficult crowd who for some reason isn’t very responsive. She also talks about what’s on her mind like many blogger’s do and things that she finds amusing or provokes her to express more serious thoughts.



Her layout’s pretty simple and nice with nice colors. It contains a little bio on her, people who she knows from her family to friends to musicians and an index for all her posts containing titles. She doesn’t post everyday, though her posts are quite lengthy.



I was able to stay interested in Amy’s site and it’s overall a pretty good site. watch what happens