Ok folks --- We heard you!  We're going to slightly modify the sort on the site.  When you first come in to any Display page (after clicking one of the category navigation links at the top of the page) the Display page will initially be sorted by 'Rating.'  However, once you select another sorting method, such as by 'Date' or by 'Views' we'll set a browser cookie so that if you're using the same browser next time your default view across all sections will be the last one you selected.  The cookie will not expire for 4 years, so you'll always see your default display choice each time you return to the site.

Before we commit to this solution --- thoughts anyone ????

I'll wait to read your comments before asking Engineering to make this enhancement.