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On the Front Page! —
10,000-Seat Soccer Stadium Coming to BridgeWay Station!
Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken Crepes
Finance – Kamala Harris wants your 401(k) and IRA
Investors Column – So You Like Games?
 U.S. Air Force Museum

  For more photos from the U.S. Air Force Museum, click here.
Celebrate Columbus Day
The Insult of Indigenous People Day
Rhoda’s Recipes – Fried Ice Cream
Finance – Being Wealthier
Investors Column – Being Wealthier
 Political Thinking – from City Hall to President Biden and Beyond
Rotie by Stella's
Keeping Southern Courtesy Alive
Rhoda’s Recipes – Casserole Barbecued Chicken
Finance – Profit Is of Life-or-Death Importance
Investors Column – Why the Fed Raises and Lowers Interest Rates
Baby Boomers – Makers of Your World
Rhoda’s Recipes – Pineapple Sauce for Ham
Finance – A Million in Your IRA?
Investors Column – Bellwethers
On the Front Page! —
America's Spirit of Liberty – Celebrate Independence Day!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Breakfast Pizza
Finance – Biden's War On the Economy
Investors Column – What are ETFs?
A Blue Ridge Day Trip
Rhoda’s Recipes – Million Dollar Pound Cake

Finance – The Destructiveness of Tyranny
Investors Column – A Great Company’s Downhill Slide
 On the Front Page! — Grand Opening – BridgeWay Station
Grand Opening – The New Mauldin Fire Department Headquarters
Rhoda’s Recipes – Pork Stir-fry, by a Guest Chef
Finance – Will 45 Years of Working Pay for Your Life?
Investors Column – Buying and Selling Stock
Growing a Workshop – and Skills




Rhoda’s Recipes
– Apple Smothered Pork Chops
Finance – Generation Z-ers On the Job?
Investors Column – What Not to Invest In
On the Front Page! — Mauldin City Council 2024
Carry a Gun?  A Story of What Not to Do
Rhoda’s Recipes – Smashed Potatoes
Finance – Market Collapse for EV Companies
Investors Column – P/E Ratios
On the Front Page! —
S.C. House Speaker Murrell Smith's 2024 Report
  Speaker Smith chats with Greenville County Republican Party Chair Yvonne Julian

 

Electric Vehicles – Running Out Of Steam
  and
Late Breaking News:  EVs’ Weighty Safety Issue

 
Rhoda’s Recipes – Polynesian Chicken
Investors Column – As Goes January, version 2024
Finance – Become a Millionaire
On the Front Page! —
Pat Pomeroy Retiring from Mauldin Chamber of Commerce
Native Americans – the Story of America

You can also see this article on our webpage, Native Americans.
Rhoda’s Recipes – Beefy Mostaccioli Stew
Investors Column – Watch the New Investors
Finance – A Big Crash?
The Future Is Coming!  The Future Is Coming!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Pork Marengo
Investors Column – False Start or Economic Recovery?
Finance – Forging the Federal Budget
Hamas – Muslims Denounce It but U.S. Students Support It
Rhoda’s Recipes – Shepherd's Pie
Investors Column – S&P 500 vs. the Dow
Finance – Biden Equality Is Making Us All Poorer
Another Step Towards Freedom:  Anti-CCP Signs Come Down!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Spinach Dip
Investors Column – 2023 and the Stock Market
Finance – Biden and the EPA vs You and Your Family
On the Front Page! —
Over 30,000 people moving into Greenville County every year
Rhoda’s Recipes – Sherry Chicken in Sour Cream
Investors Column – Why do companies sell their stock?
Finance – Presidents' four-year rule
On the Front Page! —  Ever think about running for City Council?
Dinosaurs for Dinner
Rhoda’s Recipes – BBQ Short Ribs
Investors Column – Just Starting Out?
Finance – Bidenomics
On the Front Page! —  This Land is My Land, this Land is Your Land

You can also see this article on our webpage, Hymn to America.
Rhoda’s Recipes – Seven-layer Salad
Finance – Congress, the Spendthrift
Investors Column – Go Woke, Go Broke
Coptic? What’s That Mean?
Rhoda’s Recipes – Egyptian Golash
Finance – In Debt?  Cut Expenses!
Investors Column – Politics Trumps Economics
Be Glad We Do Not Live in a Democracy!

You can also see this article on our webpage, Not a Democracy.
Finance – Is the Recession On, or Not?
Rhoda’s Recipes – Ham and Yams
Investors Column – Protecting Your Wealth
Why Gun Laws Fail But Guns Work
  Note;  The article refers to charts, but the newspaper chose not to include them:

DGU graphic not found   Pct CCPs graphic not found
Rhoda's Recipes – Cream Cheese Brownie Bars
Finance – Putting Two and Two Together
Investors Column – The President’s Money-Losers
Kill a Dozen People?
Rhoda's Recipes – Baked Pork Chops with Gravy
Finance – It's All Up to Management
Investors Column – Why Be an Investor?
On the Front Page! —  Report by S.C. House Speaker Murrell Smith
Rhoda's Recipes – Baked Mostaccioli with Sausage and Peppers
Finance – What’s Driving the Market?
Investors Column – Is the Market Going Up?
Banned! Censored!
Rhoda's Recipes – Spinach Salad
Finance – The Federal Reserve and the Economy
Investors Column – Should You Buy Into IPOs?
Greenville Is Building F-16s!
Rhoda's Recipes – Ham and Chicken Superb
Investors Column – Is Any Stock Worth Buying?
Finance – The World's Biggest Ponzi Scheme
The Best Music Around
Rhoda's Recipes – Chocolate Eclair Cake
Investors Column – Stocks to Consider
Finance – for You and Your Family, part 2
Travelogue – Finding America, part 3
Rhoda's Recipes – Swiss Bliss
Investors Column – Caution:  Probable Recession Ahead
Finance – for You and Your Family
Travelogue – Finding America, part 2
You Only Get One Chance to Make a First Impression
Rhoda's Recipes – Apple Dumplings
Investors Column – Take Control of Your Retirement
Finance – When Government Disrupts the Economy
Travelogue – Finding America, part 1
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken 'n Cheese Enchiladas
Investors Column – Bear Bubble or Bull Recovery?
Finance – Politics:  Impacting the Economy
Independence Day!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chocolate Mousse
Investors Column – Recession!  What Do I Do?
Finance – The Pursuit of Happiness
Rocket Attacks and Bursting Bombs
Rhoda’s Recipes – Stuffed Bacon Rolls
Investors Column – Investing by Age Group
Finance – Boomers and Millennials
Rhoda’s Recipes – French Quarter Cheese Spread
Investors Column – Review of the Basics
Finance – What Is Profit?
Like Mother, Like Son
Additionally, this month's Sentinel includes an  article on the Gala fund-raiser  for the Mauldin Cultural Center (with a photo of Rhoda and Scott), and an accompanying article by Scott,  as the President of the Mauldin Cultural Council, about the Cultural Center's new lobby.
Rhoda’s Recipes – Shrimp Creole with Cheese Rice
Investors Column – Everyone Is Doing It
Finance – How to Cause Inflation
Why CRT and Woke Are Bad for You
  Note;  The article refers to a leaflet, but the newspaper chose not to include it.
  To read the leaflet, click here or on the pages at right.
Day Trips
Investors Column – Recessions and You
Finance – Lies, Worse Lies, and Statistics
Rhoda’s Recipes – Macaroni and Cheese
Additionally, as the Chair of the Sheriff's Community Relations Council, Scott is quoted in the article,   Greenville County Community Relations Council meets at LEC.
Driving 201 – Beyond Getting a Driver’s License
Investors Column – Recession … and P/E
Finance – Politics Trumps Economics, Again
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken Puff
Valentine’s Day Is Just Around the Corner
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chocolate Delight
Investors Column – Don’t Take Anyone’s Word for It
Finance – What’s In Store For 2022?
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chile con Carne
Investors Column – Brokers’ Stock Ratings
Finance – How Badly Can the Government Screw Up?
America Through a Refugee’s Eyes
Rhoda's Recipes – Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
Finance – On a Roll for Now!
Investors Column – Tracking Your Stocks

  This article includes a Portfolio-tracking sample spreadsheet
  you can download to study and modify for your own use (directions included).
On the Front Page! —  Simpsonville City Council Candidates
On Page 3 —  Fountain Inn City Council Candidates
Rhoda’s Recipes – Chicken Roll-Ups
Investors Column – Is the Bloom Off the Rose?
Finance – Fleeing Hong Kong
Mauldin City Council Candidates
Rhoda’s Recipes – Carrot Cake
Investors Column – Market, Limit, and Stop; Margin; IPOs
Finance – It’s the Economy, Stupid
Wings of the City
Rhoda’s Recipes – Hawaiian Beef Loaves
Investors Column – Investment Strategies and Techniques
Finance – Inflation:  How Much? For How Long?
Lives Don't Matter to Marxists
Rhoda’s Recipes – German Potato Salad
Investors Column – Company Takeover
Finance – Taxes Destroy
Additionally, as President of the Mauldin Cultural Council, Scott is quoted in the article,   Mauldin Cultural Center annual fundraiser… a huge success.
Let’s Go Flying – On Mars!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Best Ever Cheese Cake
Investors Column – What are Mutual Funds?
Finance – What is Stagflation?
Mauldin Goals and Budget for 2021-22
Rhoda’s Recipes – Ritz Chicken
Investors Column – Investment Strategies and Goals
Finance – Teach Your Kids Finance
The Play’s the Thing! … Strike Up the Band!
Rhoda’s Recipes – Layered Taco Dip
Investors Column – Politics Trumps Economics
Finance – What Is Wealth?
Groundbreaking Held for New Mauldin ALDI Discount Supermarket
Rhoda’s Recipes – Mom Crosby’s Butter Cookies
Investors Column… Taxes and Other Things
Finance – Solving Too Much Debt
Welcome to the Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church!
Presidents’ Day – Remembering the Baby-Boomers’ Presidents
Investors Column – What Stocks Should I Buy?
Finance – As Goes January ...
Education – The Missing Link of American Freedom
Investers' Column – Getting Started
The Earth is Getting Greener!
DOT Yields to Historic Mauldin Landmark
Editorial – “Standing Up for the Constitution and Freedom Is Work That Lies Ahead for All Americans.”
Economic Arteries
The Mauldin Art Trail continues to expand
It's the American Way
What Should You Do If a Protest March Came Down Your Street?
What They Didn’t Teach You About Slavery and Racism in School
Mauldin City Center – What’s Going On?
Let’s Spend a Day at the Beach!
It’s Budget Time for the City of Mauldin
Mauldin, South Carolina, and the Coronavirus
Mauldin Traffic – SCDOT's Way, or Our Way?
Mauldin’s City Center. . . What Is It?


Book:  From Savagery to Greatness – Stair-steps to Humanity

       
From Savagery to Greatness — Stair-steps to Humanity
presents a history of humanity from its origins in prehistoric times.  It begins with humanity's earliest ancestors about 5,000,000 years ago, and follows humanity's progress down through historic times, to the present day.
The book focuses on explaining evolution generally, and in particular the mental evolution of Homo Sapiens and of its ancestral species, away from animal instinct and towards the ability to think and reason. The book describes each stair-step forward – as well as the regressive steps backwards to a more barbaric and even primitive existence.
The book also recounts the many migrations which pushed humankind's spread across the continents of the world, and what drove those migrations; a fascinating story in itself.
That fascinating history also includes the context of the continual climate changes which have not only been an ever-present factor, but which have had a significant and substantial impact on our ancestors’ evolution and migration. Climate changes have often been the driving causes of evolution.  This book strives to describe that impact and relationship in a clear, easily-read, and easily-understood perspective.
The stair-steps to humanity presented in the book include the identification of humanity’s key achievements, as well as its stumbles backwards, as cultures and civilizations have risen and fallen from prehistoric times down to the present day.
From Savagery to Greatness is unique in its identification of the stair-steps of mental evolution, and in putting that in a combined perspective with prehistoric and historic physical and social evolution.
From Savagery to Greatness is intended as an easy-to-read book for anyone interested in a comprehensive overview of our past.  No special knowledge is needed, beyond an interest in knowing our beginnings, our history, and what drove it.
Easy-to-understand explanations are included throughout its 130 pages, along with pictures, illustrations, an easy-to-follow timeline chart, an index, and a bibliography.
The intent was to make this book a real page-turner, as intriguing as a good mystery novel. But this is real-life. This is what happened, and why. More than once our ancestors were on the brink of extinction. The plot is complex and improbable, but not impossible, or we would not be here.
Don't miss the ultimate success story!

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Front-cover artwork by Scott's wife Rhoda  
   
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published November 2019

When it comes to thinking, I wrote the book.

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published May 2018
Photojournals

The U.S. Air Force Museum
  at the Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, September 20, 2024.
On Vintage Machinery . org  —  1918 Crescent jointer overhaul and cleaning
  June 2024
Finding America
6,641.1 miles around the country through 21 states in 25 days
  7-31 July 2022
The Historic Depot Museum, in Rushford, Minnesota
  12 July 2022
Chimney Rock and the Lake Lure Flowery Bridge
  20 May 2021
Photos of the Construction of the I-385 - I-85 Interchange
  2018-2020
Great Photos
Let's Go Flying! – Experiences as a pilot
Generations is the story of how Scott's mother, once a pilot herself, learns that he has become a pilot — and takes her first flight in 40 years.
The story appeared in the November 1998 issue of AOPA Pilot, the monthly magazine published by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, with more than 600,000 members.
See more stories about flying
Recent Speeches, Classes, and Presentations
2024 November 10 – Charlotte Conference – "The Rise of Production and Trade, and the Decline of Looting"
PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
2024 January 9 – Upstate Aviation Club – "How High Can You Fly?" – PowerPoint Slides (PDF), Article (PDF)
2023 November 12 – Charlotte Conference – "What made the American colonies so unique?"
2022 November 13 – Charlotte Conference – "Climate, Chaos, and Politics"
2022 September 14 – Triple Tree Aerodrome – Annual Fly-In – Flying in Weather (PDF)
2022 March 5 – Political Luncheon – spotlight on specific local, state, national, and international political issues
2022 February 24 – Press conference held by Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis,
  announcing the formation of the Community Relations Council – Chairman's speech
2021 November 6 – Charlotte Conference – "Three Heroes – Archimedes, Hypatia, Boethius"
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) and Notes (PDF)
2021 October 10 – Greenville Tech Charter School – Careers in Aviation – Introduction to Navigation
2021 September 25 – Triple Tree Aerodrome – Annual Fly-In – Making Sense of the Weather (PDF)
2021 September 14 – Upstate Aviation Club – Weather Made Simple
2020 March 7 – Political Luncheon – The Foundations of Freedom
2019 November 16 – Charlotte Conference – "From Savagery to Greatness - Stair-steps to Humanity"
Class Outline (PDF), Presentation Slides (PDF), and Class Handout (PDF)
  Book:  "From Savagery to Greatness - Stair-steps to Humanity"
2019 September 9 – First Monday Luncheon, Poinsett Club – Mauldin is Growing
2018 May 26 – Charlotte Conference – "Applied Epistemology" – Presentation Notes (PDF), Class Handout (PDF)
  Book:  "Techniques for the Operation of the Mind"
2016 December 5 – First Monday Luncheon, Poinsett Club – The Presidential Election - What Happened?