[ktsmith]

Looks nice, with a clean/simple layout. The only thing I found to be distracting are the weight and position of the discuss/comments buttons. As they are aligned with the end of the byline for each article they aren't in the same place between articles, and being buttons they are significantly larger than the surrounding text. Of course if your intention was to draw attention to those buttons it worked on me.

[ryanmelt]

The goal is to draw attention, so that people will discuss the stories. Glad it worked. :)