Free Republic

I am your typical Republican "supervoter." .... But I'm seriously considering ending that streak this Nov. 7. ... I'm also a contrarian -- a conservative with libertarian leanings. Combine all these characteristics, then mix in the aggregate Republican record, allow the ire it has created to rise and bake it for a few years and here's what comes out of the oven: A party base that's mad as hell and no longer willing to rationalize GOP failures. It's a base whose crust grows darker and thicker -- i.e., angrier -- when prominent conservatives and Republicans -- politicians, pundits, radio talk-show...

Strong affirmations entail strong actions. Simon Wiesenthal weighed less than 100 pounds when American troops liberated Austria’s Mauthausen concentration camp on May 5, 1945.[1] The former architect then devoted his life to bringing Nazi criminals to justice—criminals like Karl Silberbauer, the Gestapo member who arrested Anne Frank and her family in 1944.[2] Wiesenthal also confronted the new anti-Semitism of his time: demonizing Israel. In 1968, he issued a report on East Germany’s anti-Israel campaign after the 1967 Six Day War. Titled “The Same Language: First for Hitler—Now for Ulbricht,” Wiesenthal examined parallels between Nazi propaganda against Jews and East Germany’s...