Right is better
I think both left and right can work, and both have their pro's and con's.
People are more used to a left column and they tend to naturally look for the navigation there. On the other hand, they are also getting used to the right column by now and if it is clearly indicated, there should not be a problem with finding it.
Right column is good if you want your content to draw attention since the eye will naturally go to the hot spot in the top left. If you are trying to make money from adsense then it would be a good idea to place a large adsense block here.
Left column is good if you want to have your advertisement or adsense block in the left hand column, but then the problem is that you will interfere with your navigation, which is once again, not good.
So as far as I am concerned, right is actually better, whether it was intentionally designed like that or not.
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