I was very impressed with Richard's site. He followed CARP throughout his site. His consistency is evident through his selective choice of two fonts that he used throughout his site. His alignment was clear throughout the site, each section fit neatly in place. His repition cam out again through his selective fonts, and his proximity was on par. The different sections neither appeared smushed or too far apart.
In addition to CARP there were other aspects of Richard's site that I appreciated. His choice of images in the header highlite the various aspects of the series he is discussing. I liked the way he placed his font below the images, I felt this highlited both the images and the font in the heading. He was also very aware of selecting images that faced into the body of the site which made his website pleasant and interesting. (Although I would go back through and make sure this is done for every image, I think you missed a couple!)
My suggestions of few and reflect my personal preference so please take a leave what you wish.
Starting from the top down, the quote at the end of the first paragraph is fantasic, it emphasis the controversy behind the subject you are writing about. I'd make this a pull quote it will immediately grab the viewer's attention. It also takes care of a slight layout issue where the last line is running into your caption. (Great use of captions by the way!)
As I mentioned before, I'm a fan of your fonts. Saying that, I think the header and sidebar font looked best as big simple headlines. When used with a lot of text they can be hard to read so I'd replace your "about the author" section and copyright to your body font.
I would switch your two sections in the body so you begin your page introducing the site and describing it's purpose then add some transitional text that leads the reader into your main topic.
Finally, there is some white space that should be taken out at the very bottom of the body.
Great job Richard!
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