Dr Wilfred Reilly is a political muckraker and data-driven contrarian par excellence. He is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, a historically Black college in Frankfort, Kentucky. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a law degree from the University of Illinois. Reilly's research focuses on empirical testing of political claims which are often very influential but rarely well-supported by scientific data. Dr. Reilly has recently turned his focus to the response to COVID-19, writing an article on April 28th for SPIKED online called, “There is no empirical evidence for these lockdowns.” Needless to say, his analysis lit a firestorm of debate on the internet, similar to whacking a hornet’s nest with a broom handle. He recently updated this article on May 8th with fresh data and the title, “The lockdowns still aren’t working”, also published in SPIKED online.Reilly, who is African American, has appeared or been quoted in television, radio and print media outlets, claiming that many or most recent high-profile hate crimes (i.e. Jussie Smollett, Yasmin Seweid, Air Force Academy, Eastern Michigan, Hopewell Baptist) have turned out to be hoaxes. Reilly's recent book Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War, was published by Regnery Publishing in February 2019. For the book, Reilly assembled a data set of 409 allegedly false or dubious hate crime allegations (concentrated during the past five years), which he describes as hoaxes on the basis of reports in mainstream national or regional news sources. This data set is available to anyone who requests it. He is also the author of Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About, also published by Regnery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.