That flag graphic at the top is really nice!

That's a kickass wallpaper right there...

Nice post mate!

ny times hits it out of the ballpark. again.

I love everything about this design - clean, well laid out, focused entirely on content. To me, this is far more striking than the super flashy over-designed "longform" articles they've done before (while those are more technically impressive, I think this one is more well done).