Stephan:   I am still in Europe and have been making a point to talk to as many people as I can. From this side of the Atlantic the general view seems to be the United States has gone insane. As one elderly man told me, "It reminds me of the way my parents talked of Germany and Italy  when I was a boy." My take is: if you want to know what Fascism looks like the Republican National Convention gives you a pretty good take. That the kind of things reported in this article, as well as many other similar accounts are routinely said and cheered leads me to conclude that we are watching the end of the America in which we grew up. What is coming no matter who wins the election, and the latest polls suggest it is a toss-up, will be a very different country.