Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer is a writer, born in South Africa to Rabbi Ben Isaacson and raised in Israel, where the family decided to move after Rabbi Ben Isaacson's anti-apartheid preaching and activism led to their harassment by South African security forces. She is a Canadian citizen currently residing in the United States.

Mercer writes WorldNetDaily's longest-standing, exclusive, libertarian weekly column, “Return to Reason.” Since January 2012, RT (formerly Russia Today) features Mercer's weekly "Paleolibertarian Column." Her articles have appeared in Front Page Magazine, Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, The Financial Post, Orange County Register, The American Spectator, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and others. She is a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, an independent, non-profit, economic policy think tank.