A crucial difference between lite libertarians and the right kind is that to the former, the idea of liberty is propositional - a deracinated principle, unmoored from the realities of history, hierarchy, biology, tradition, culture, values. Conversely, the paleolibertarian grasps… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Certain bedrock principles - arguably a true conservative mindset - dictate a respect for life. A life-conserving sensibility means that guns are meant for self-defense, not for needless killing. [...] This gun owner is no gun nut; but a right-to-self-defense fanatic. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
If women with the same skills as men were getting only 78 cents for every dollar a man earns, men would have long-since priced… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Liberals can always be trusted to see God in Mumia Abu-Jamal and the devil in the Pope. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
In the bureaucracy, incentives will forever be inverted. Failure results in success: in more funds, more training, more time off. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Like or dislike her, the British Queen is harmless. Her role is purely ceremonial. Conversely, life and death are in the hands of the… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Breaking into a country signals quite reliably a willingness to break yet more of the invaded country's laws. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Demonstrators for a government takeover of medicine have a right to discuss their demands, but no right to enact these demands. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
The Big-Media collective, however, is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before they’ll recognize it, much less report it. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
The only time Republicans will shake fists and point fingers is over a war delayed, one that isn't led by the US, or a… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
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