Images are tricky. In the first few iterations, everything was left aligned and so images could just flow out and take all the space they needed. That was perfect for images, but less perfect for the reading experience. I'm torn. Sometimes I really dislike when other places cram big beautiful images down to their reading width; yet most of the time I'll agree with you--they should just flow with the text width.
I'll keep a mental note that someone actually took the time to suggest one thing over the other. Maybe it's the right solution. Maybe `max-width: 100%` with a click handler on the image that removes that, so you can toggle it up big if you want/need.