By Ilana Mercer | May 21, 2021 | 4:59pm EDT A writer puts words to paper. (Photo credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) My first submission ever to an American news magazine was as a Canadian, in the early 2000s. What was visited upon me, on that occasion, shook me to the core. I had been published by the Canadian Financial Post, a national newspaper, on the topic of intellectual property rights. Oh, the luxury of intellectual pursuit for the sake of it; these days, survival as free individuals is the pressing topic of the day. The IP column submitted to the American Magazine was fielded by a well-known editor, a gate-keeper, who, in the unethical American model was both editor, writer, and syndicated columnist. Still is.