I agree wholeheartedly with your comments Jaymax. The past week I have struggled to find even 10% of Drumbeat material of relevance. I was delighted to find that the day before yesterday's Drumbeat actually started with some decent comment pertinent to PO (by Darwinian I think) but that was rapidly followed by the usual white noise. I am reduced to 'speed scanning' the comments section, stopping only when I see contributions by a rather select group of posters who actually a)stay on topic, and b) bring some worthwhile research to the party.

I don't usually read comments below Drumbeat at all, but I do sometimes read the comments on the main articles.

And although I don't post often, I have been reading TOD with much appreciation for some time now. Thank-you to all concerned.