Monthly Archives: July 2021

Big Five: Conscientiousness a Strong Predictor of Academic Performance

Posted on 30 July 2021 by Darin

Mammadov’s (2021) metaanalysis on the Big Five personality traits and academic performance is an interesting read. He concludes by linking conscientiousness as explaining a good portion of academic performance variance. For background, the Big Five or the Five Factor Model … Continue reading →

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FBI: 40 Active Shooter Incidents in 2020

Posted on 26 July 2021 by Darin

Based on the FBI’s reporting and as of May 2021, there were 40 active shooter incidents in 2020. This was up from 30 recorded in 2019. This is incredible, especially given the COVID lockdowns. Read the report here: https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=855806

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COVID Bleach “Remedy” Was a Sacrament

Posted on 23 July 2021 by Darin

In an interesting piece, Thomas Buckley of Bloomberg Business Week describes the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in Florida. This was the home to Mark Grenon and family, better known as the individuals who were selling a snake-oil … Continue reading →

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West Point CTC Reviews the Proud Boys

Posted on 19 July 2021 by Darin

As I am involved in research on the January 6th U.S. Capitol insurrection, I have run across several indicted individuals involved in the Proud Boys (or PB). The PB is a group with extremist ideology. The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) … Continue reading →

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ICYMI: Ammon Bundy was Convicted by a Jury of his Peers

Posted on 16 July 2021 by Darin

Ammon Bundy–the Idaho anti-government actor– was convicted a week ago by a jury of his peers. He was convicted for occupying the Idaho Statehouse in August 2020. If you will recall, he led a group of maskless protestors upset over … Continue reading →

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