Alexander Riley

Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University. All views are his own and do not represent the views of his employer. Find him on Twitter @AllThingsRhap and follow his other writings on Substack (https://alexanderriley.substack.com/).

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July 18, 2023

Two French Canadians Assess the Revolution

Alexander Riley

Two recent books by French-speaking Canadians tell us that the United States is not the only country beset by declining academic standards, anti-Western hatred, and cancel culture.

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May 8, 2023

Nothing but Shallow Resentment

Alexander Riley

Alexander Riley reviews Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain’s Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

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July 22, 2022

Cormac McCarthy: Conservative Novelist

Alexander Riley

Where some critics see only dystopia and misanthropy in the violent novels of Cormac McCarthy, sociologist Alexander Riley notices a “distinct moral core” in McCarthy’s best-known fi......

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May 22, 2020

The Failure of the New Class under the Test of COVID-19

Alexander Riley

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus first appeared, many experts understated the threat. Now more than two months into the pandemic these same experts have coalesced around the most hyperbolic disease modeling.

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May 21, 2020

🔒The Failure of the New Class under the Test of COVID-19

Alexander Riley

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus first appeared, many experts understated the threat. Now more than two months into the pandemic these same experts have coalesced around the most hyperbolic disease modeling.

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