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Ilana Mercer is a classical liberal (libertarian) writer and a fellow at the "Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies." She is the author of "Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons For America From Post-Apartheid South Africa." "The titular tease," explains Ilana in the book, "is meant as a metaphor and is inspired by Ayn Rand's wise counsel against prostrating civilization to savagery." Ilana's website is IlanaMercer.com.. She blogs at www.barelyablog.com.
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Justice Ginsburg and you: 2 peas in a pod?

by Ilana Mercer -- "I would not look to the U.S. Constitution," said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an interview with Al-Hayat TV. "If I were drafting a constitution in more…

The Republicans' Alinskyites in Egypt

by Ilana Mercer -- The Egyptian Justice Ministry, under the authority of the military council, has detained and indicted 19 American democracy activists. To listen to the malfunctioning media stateside, however, the more…

BHO: Uncle Sam's assassin

by Ilana Mercer -- Villagers in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen already know it, although the people on the ground near American drone bases in Somalia and Ethiopia are still blissfully unaware more…

Barry Soetoro Frankenstein

by Ilana Mercer -- Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution requires that the president "shall from time to time give to Congress information of the state of Union." Like everything in more…

Peeing Marines and Fox's info babes

by Ilana Mercer -- It's OK to kill 'em, but it's not OK to pee on them once they're dead. This sums up the p--s-poor discussion over the LiveLeak clips of "four more…

Pat Buchanan and MSNBC's pygmy

by Ilana Mercer -- "The ideas he put forth aren't really appropriate for national dialogue, much less the dialogue on MSNBC." So decreed MSNBC President Phil Griffin about Patrick J. Buchanan's grand more…

The cause Ron Paul should champion

by Ilana Mercer -- On his website, tricky Dick Morris, former adviser to Bill Clinton, claims comically to be fighting for the soul of the Grand Old Party. Morris has dubbed a more…

Ron Paul: Stand tall for Middle America

by Ilana Mercer -- "Terrible," "tricky" and "a phony": Who was the incorrigible racist who thus described Martin Luther King Jr.? Was it the unknown author of the politically improper newsletters published more…