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When “Col. Mike” met the “Mercerator”
When “Col. Mike” met the “Mercerator” Ilana Mercer, back on the air On July 2, 2020, with my favorite radio broadcaster, “Col. Mike”, of the John Fredericks Show, syndicated out of Virginia, for a wide-ranging discussion of the issues of … Continue reading
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A Writer’s Writer in an Age of Mediocrity
A Writer’s Writer in an Age of Mediocrity Ilana Mercer on H.L. Mencken H.L. Mencken, a contrarian polemicist and consummate critic, who wrote prolifically from 1899 until 1948, may no longer seem relevant, but the fault would not be his. … Continue reading
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Tagged Boobs, Boobus Americanus, Charles Murray, HL Mencken, Human Accomplishment, Ilana Mercer
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Lockdown: a Libertarian Perspective
Lockdown: a Libertarian Perspective by Ilana Mercer The other day I was running up a mountain. Two people were walking down it. I quickly crossed over, so as not to expirate over them. To my surprise, they thanked me profusely. … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Ilana Mercer, Libertarian Theory, Social Distancing
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Covidiocy
Covidiocy Ilana Mercer on coronavirus conspiracy theories Government is bad enough. There is no need to explain its workings using conjecture and fantasy. The facts about it suffice. In particular, imputing garden variety government evils to conspiracies is based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy theory, Covid-19, Ilana Mercer, The state
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Will Chile Join the Shithole Country Club?
Will Chile Join the Shithole Country Club? by Ilana Mercer Chile is the jewel of Latin America. In 2014, it even surpassed the U.S. on the Index of Economic Freedom, ranking 7th to America’s 12th. Since 1990, economic growth in … Continue reading
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From Wuhan with Love
From Wuhan with Love Covid-19. Ilana Mercer discerns some chinks in our armour When in doubt as to just how remiss your government was, see what Israel has done to protect its nationals from the coronavirus pandemic. Taking its cues … Continue reading
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Democracy Dies in Diversity
Democracy Dies in Diversity by Ilana Mercer “Dissatisfaction with democracy within developed countries is at its highest level in almost 25 years,” say researchers at the University of Cambridge. “The UK and the United States had particularly high levels of … Continue reading
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Learn before you Lead
Learn before you Lead Ilana Mercer tutors young conservatives To judge by their writing, the youngsters who’ve been given the run of the conservative op-ed pages, pixelated and printed, know little about how socialism differs from capitalism. To their credit, … Continue reading
“Systemic Racism” or Systematic Rubbish, Part 1
“Systemic Racism” or Systematic Rubbish? part 1 by Ilana Mercer The “systemic racism” refrain is a meaningless abstraction. To concretize a variable, it must be cast in empirical, measurable terms, the opaque “racism” abstraction being one variable, to use statistical … Continue reading →
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