by:FRname
example
by:spunky
Hit “go”
and you get this
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:spunky/
You can click on “full” and get the comments instead of just the posts title
I used to be able to use keyword search for articles of a certain subject and then you could also use it to search what certain posters were saying in a thread.
I don't know about you, but I do not like this format.