www.Wastednews.com

Very modern, clean. I especially like the right sidebar boxes with background.

Problem though with the search box, it covers up the header text. Maybe bring down inline with nav boxes?

Add some right padding to the images in posts so the text is offset a bit.

I find the left column really distracting. Maybe take off the underlines and/or boxes, or make text smaller than the articles? Or not bold?

I agree that the left column is too distracting!

I think red is actually a very distracting color for links, but thats just an opinion..

good luck!