OK, so I sort-of fixed my own problem. Disabling DC nicer archive 1.1 fixed all the sorting problems except for ATOM feeds.
You can fix this without altering any code.
1. Go to the Users page
2. Select your user ID
3. In “Update Selected” area, click “Set the Role of checked users to” and select “Administrator” from the pop-up menu
4. Click the “Bulk Upadate” button.
This also fixed my problem with the Related Posts plugin.
I have a totally different error “Fatal error: Call to undefined function: wp_get_current_commenter() in /home/.freedom/hbowers/tikitalk.astropad.com/wp-content/plugins/share-this/share-this.php on line 636”
I’m using WordPress 1.5.2. The plug-in is deactivated on my site right now since it doesn’t work.