Mail 7.0 Does Not Default to Most Recent Message?

With Mail 7.0 and OS 10.9, I'm no longer looking at my most recent messages when I open the Mail app.
Why is this, and what can I do to fix it?

Ive quit Mail, restarted my computer. Updated whatever there was to update and its still the same.
See screenshot.
I get a date stamp and the sender icon/avatar but thats about it - see first screen shot - however,  I can mouse over the reply action part of the message window and the action buttons appear. Sadly, the content of the message does not appear when I mouse over.

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