I noticed the same thing, I also noticed that quite a few of the "regular posters" haven't been as active. This is a pretty hectic time of year for me both at home and at work so I tend to scale back. I agree that if we were allowed to talk politics here there would be many more threads but I am glad to be able to come here and have a politic free space, I don't even turn on the TV in the morning anymore because I am not to keen on seeing the same faces with the same news day after day. It feels like Groundhog Day!!!