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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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Ron Paul rising

by Ilana Mercer -- As of this writing, Rep. Ron Paul – the ultimate outsider and quintessential anti-establishment presidential candidate – is the favorite to win the Iowa caucuses, scheduled to take more…

Importing monstrous morals

by Ilana Mercer -- In its contempt for women, India, our democratic ally, has advanced little since the time it practiced Sati, "the custom of burning a widow alive on the funeral more…

Who's it to be? Teddy No. 1 or Teddy No. 2?

by Ilana Mercer -- What are the odds that a Democratic commander in chief and his chief Republican rival declare their philosophical fidelity to the Progressive Theodore Roosevelt on the same day? more…

One nation under inflation

by Ilana Mercer -- The EU Commission president, a chap called Jose Manuel Barroso, told PBS's Jeffrey Brown, on Nov. 28, that the European suprastate is not quite up to American statist more…

Fox News and its truth deniers

by Ilana Mercer -- The dueling-perspectives political panel is compatible with the aims of CNN, MSNBC and the other progressive broadcasters. Here is how it works: You invite a member of the more…

In defense of Jacko's doctor

by Ilana Mercer -- What a difference a few years can make. In July of 2005, cable TV's crusaders wanted that frail stick figure, Michael Jackson, locked away forever. Jackson was a more…

The sequel to 'Suicide of a Superpower'

by Ilana Mercer -- Whites will become a minority in 2042 and will fall to 46 percent of the population by 2050, comprising only 38 percent of U.S. population under 18. So more…

Murder on her mind

by Ilana Mercer -- "We came, we saw, he died," cackled Hillary Rodham Clinton. The gorgon who heads Caesar's State Department was gripped by a paroxysm of joy when a CBS News more…

Rick gets rabid, Ron Paul endures

by Ilana Mercer -- CNN must be desperate for the ratings the network receives whenever it hosts a Republican presidential debate. As moderator of the Tea Party Debate in Tampa, Fla., last more…