Ilana Mercer is a classical liberal writer, based in the United States. She pens WND.COM's longest-standing, exclusive paleolibertarian column, "Return to Reason." Ilana is 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," she explains in the book, "is meant as a metaphor and is inspired by Ayn Rand's wise counsel against prostrating civilization to savagery." ILANA has written for many publications, among them TheFinancial Post, TheGlobe and Mail (Canada's National Newspapers), TheCalgary Herald, TheVancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen,London's Jewish Chronicle and Quarterly Review, The American Spectator, The American Conservative, The New Individualist, TheOrange County Register, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, LewRockwell.com, Antiwar.com, and others. Ilana's website is www.IlanaMercer.com. She blogs at www.barelyablog.com