I simply created links on my browser's toolbar to all the
forums I wish to view, and the only forums I "subscribe" to and have shown on the FR sidebar are News/Current Events and Breaking News.........
It works rather well............
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You've done what I always thought I should go ahead and do, and thats to set up my own front end page to the FreeRepublic topics, latest posts, and functions. Good for you!