Category Archives: Ilana On Radio & TV

Updated: In The New Individualist

Ilana Mercer, Ilana On Radio & TV, Individualism Vs. Collectivism, Media, Objectivism, Ron Paul

As soon as I complete the manuscript of my new book (plus/minus two months, for those who’ve kindly inquired), I hope to write regularly for The New Individualist. Under Sherrie Gossett’s capable editorial and stylistic tutelage, TNI is both sleek yet substantive, rather than tinny and ideological. The Summer 2009 issue of TNI features a piece by me: “The Lightweight: Meghan McCain stretches the bounds of the G.O.P.’s ‘big tent.'”

Do purchase this stylishly austere issue to show your support for this writer and the publisher. Featuring writers-cum-thinkers such as David Kelley and Roger Donway, you’ll be well-rewarded.

I’LL USE THIS SPACE to let you know that on Friday the 28th, I’ll be chatting to my old friend Chuck Wilder, nationally syndicated by CRN, Digital Talk Radio. Chuck’s show is “Talkback.” Topic: “B. Hussein In History Wonderland.” Time: 1:05 to 1:30 PM Pacific Time.

Update (August 27): Regarding Ron Paul and Objectivists: TNI has a new editor. Somehow I think the strident, almost neoconservative slant it had acquired is on the wane. Witness the publication of a piece by yours truly. I was pretty much persona non grata, for the most, in TNI’s previous permutation.

On The Kurt Wallace Show

Classical Liberalism, Ilana Mercer, Ilana On Radio & TV, libertarianism, Liberty

Kurt Wallace, of Liberty Works Radio Network, broadcasts on FM104 Florida, as well as on “the good ole internet streams everywhere.” His is the “Wake Up America Show,” from Mon-Fri, 9-11am Eastern.

Kurt was kind enough to prerecord our interview, which will air tomorrow, June 17. We discussed the “Palin/Letterman tempest in a C-cup,” “We Get It: Museum Shooter Is a Hateful Honky,” and lots of odds and ends.

Kurt has a knack for drawing someone out, so forgive my rambling.

Please support Kurt on FM radio and on the Internet. The country needs this delightful Southern gentleman.

On Roadkill Radio

Addiction, Drug War, Ilana On Radio & TV, Pseudoscience, Psychiatry

Tonight, I’ll be reconnecting with a Canadian friend from the past: Terry O’Neill, one of the former editors of the ground-breaking BC Report, who now hosts a show: Roadkill Radio.

The BC Report—it morphed into a later, but not paler, version, The Report—was one of the best paleoconservative news and commentary magazines I have read. Moreover, it lacked the weird, anti-Israel element afflicting The American Conservative. So, in that respect, it presented a more coherent defense of the West—with a big emphasis on West Canada.

Terry had remembered that back in 2000-2001, I had argued forcefully against the disease model of addiction. Now, in 2009, some Johnnie-come-latelies have added their voices to a debate my good friends Drs. Stanton Peele and Thomas Szasz began and settled, to all intents and purposes.

The topic tonight: “Addiction: disease or choice?”
The time: 8:45 Pacific.

Terry’s co-host is Kari Simpson. Tune in (And do forgive me if I’m a rusty on the topic; it’s been some time since we in the US have had the luxury of dealing with a minor issue such as addiction and the Diseasing of America.)