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'''Ilana Mercer''' is a [[paleolibertarian]] author, columnist, blogger and thinker.<ref>[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/interview-writer-ilana-mercer-takes-on-the-cato-institutes-left-libertarianism/] She is the author of three books, including ''Into the Cannibals Pot: Lessons for America From Post-Apartheid South Africa'' (2011) and ''The Trump Revolution: The Donald's Creative Destruction Deconstructed'' (2016), which was “the first libertarian defense” of the Trump candidacy.<ref>[ https://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2016/07/20/the-trump-revolution-the-donalds-creative-destruction-deconstructed-a-review-of-the-first-libertarian-case-for-the-trump-process-n2195251] Town Hall.<ref>
== Early Life ==
Ilana Mercer was born in South Africa.<ref>[http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html] Her father, a rabbi and “vocal opponent of apartheid,” <ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter/] National Review.<ref> <ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/slates-resident-idiot-slanders-jewish-woman-me/] WorldNetDaily.<ref> was “harassed by the South African security forces”<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter/] National Review.<ref> and, consequently, moved his family to Israel.<ref>[(http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html] Later returning to the country of her birth, Mercer earned degrees at the University of South Africa<ref>[http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html], before immigrating to Canada and finally settling in the United States.<ref>[http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html]
== Column ==
Mercer’s weekly column began in 1999, in the now defunct Canadian North Shore News.<ref>[https://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/articles/stop-making-excuses-for-drug-addiction] The column currently appears on WorldNetDaily.com,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/author/imercer/] The Unz Review,<ref>[http://www.unz.com/author/ilana-mercer/] TownHall.com,<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/] Constitution.com,<ref>[https://constitution.com/author/ilana-mercer/] Quarterly Review,<ref>[http://www.quarterly-review.org/tag/ilana-mercer/] and American Greatness.<ref>[https://amgreatness.com/author/ilana-mercer/] A few of Mercer's syndicated columns have appeared on The Daily Caller,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/author/imercer] American Thinker,<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/author/ilana_mercer/] and American Renaissance.<ref>[ https://www.amren.com/author/ilana-mercer/]