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| | '''Ilana Mercer''' is a [[paleolibertarian]] author, columnist, blogger and thinker. | | '''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> | + | <ref>[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/interview-writer-ilana-mercer-takes-on-the-cato-institutes-left-libertarianism/]</ref> 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> |
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| | == Early Life == | | == Early Life == |
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| − | 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] | + | Ilana Mercer was born in South Africa.<ref>[http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html]</ref> 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]</ref> 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]</ref> before immigrating to Canada and finally settling in the United States.<ref>[http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html]</ref> |
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| | == Column == | | == Column == |
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| − | 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/]
| + | 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]</ref> The column currently appears on [[WorldNetDaily.com]],<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/author/imercer/]</ref> [[The Unz Review]],<ref>[http://www.unz.com/author/ilana-mercer/]</ref> [[TownHall.com]],<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/]</ref> [[Constitution.com]],<ref>[https://constitution.com/author/ilana-mercer/]</ref> [[Quarterly Review]],<ref>[http://www.quarterly-review.org/tag/ilana-mercer/]</ref> and [[American Greatness]].<ref>[https://amgreatness.com/author/ilana-mercer/]</ref> A few of Mercer's syndicated columns have appeared on [[The Daily Caller]],<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/author/imercer]</ref> [[American Thinker]],<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/author/ilana_mercer/]</ref> and [[American Renaissance]].<ref>[ https://www.amren.com/author/ilana-mercer/]</ref> |
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| | + | [[Category:South Africa]] |
| | + | [[Category:Libertarian Authors]] |
| | + | [[Category:Libertarian Bloggers]] |
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