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At The Close Of Women’s History Month

March 31, 2015
by Caroline Miller
Charles Darrow, Francis Crick, James Watson, Jen Doll, Lizzie Magie, Mary Pilon, Mona Lisa, Monopoly, Parker Brothers, Ralph Anspasch, Rosalind Franklin, Women's History Month
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Though it was a belated recognition, Rosalind Franklin is acknowledged to have determined the overall B-form of the DNA helix (Wikipedia) for which Francis Crick and James Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize.  Men taking credit for women’s ideas isn’t new.   But a new book by M
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A Crude Gamble

March 30, 2015
by Caroline Miller
Brian O'Keefe, J. P. Getty, Jeremy Grantham, oil futures, oil glut, Oil's New Math
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Several years ago, I bought an oil stock that ended up a gusher and pumped up my portfolio nicely.  Later,  I sold it at its peak which made me and the IRS happy.  Since that time, the company has lost value because there’s an oil glut around the world.  In fact, the United Stat
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Technology: Humans On a Stick/Virtual Family Visits

March 27, 2015
by Caroline Miller
advanced tecnology, Among the Disrupted, Charu Chandrasekera, Leon Wieseltier, organ-on-a-chip, Physcians Committee for Responsible Medicine, virtual family prision visits
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Not long ago, a reader sent me an article from The New York Times, “Among the Disrupted,” by Leon Wieseltier.  He was writing about the many ways  technology invades our culture, calling the effect a tyranny of technology. (Click)  Below are two examples of recent advances.  I
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The Abuse Of Power

March 26, 2015
by Caroline Miller
India's Daughter, Islam Yaken, Leslee Udwin, patriarchal societies, rape, women as spiritual contagion
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Islam Yaken is a middle class Egyptian youth who gave up his dream of becoming a professional trainer when the economy in his country tanked.  As his alternative, he chose to became an Isis terrorists. (“The Deadly allure of jihad,” reprint from The New York Times in The Week, Ma
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Gone Fishing

March 24, 2015
by Caroline Miller
Blogs, Heart Land
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Today marks my 6th year as a blogger, writing 5 days a week (M-F) on the writing life and what other writers have to say about life.  Social commentary is the way I guess you’d categorize what I do,  for those who care about categories.  I don’t.  But I do care about my reader
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Fifty Shades Of Grey Or Less

March 23, 2015
by Caroline Miller
50 Shades of Grey, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Creative Destruction, death of the humanities, Neil Postman, Scott Timber, supporting the arts, the blockbuster culture, The Killing of the Creative Class, William Giraldi
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Two of the least effective words in the English language are “ought” and “should” which, when employed, are more likely to annoy rather than influence a person’s behavior.  If “ought’ and “ should” had any clout, obesity would be conquered, along with alcoholism and
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Can Empathy Lead?

March 20, 2015
by Caroline Miller
a legacy of empathy;, Eve Fairbanks, Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay, The Too Good To Be True President
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A year ago, I made a reference to José Mujica, President of Uruguay — a man described as the world’s poorest president; a man, jailed for 14 years in the 1970s as a revolutionary; a man known world-wide as the humble leader of his people.  Elected to the country’s highest
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Time Isn’t The Enemy

March 19, 2015
by Caroline Miller
exercise and the elderly, genes for Alzheimer's aren't destiny, MS, Parkinson's, stroke victims, Wall Street Journ on brain plasticisty
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In February, my mother turned 99.  We celebrated, of course.  There was cake for lunch and cake for dinner, any flavor but it had to include a lemon filling.  The nurses and doctors who care for my mother are amazed at her vitality and wit, not only taking her age into account, but
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Of Mice And Men

March 18, 2015
by Caroline Miller
Bill Sullivan, cat feces, Gustavo Arizabalaga, mice that love cats, Played by a Parasite, toxoplasma gondil
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Feeling sexy or brave?  Maybe your cat is responsible.  Toxoplasma gondil’s, a parasite carried in cat feces has been discovered to alter the brains of rats and mice so that they mistake a cat’s odor for an invitation to romance.   Rodents that don’t run away from their arch
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What Is Genius?

March 17, 2015
by Caroline Miller
artistic genius and vision, Avinoam Safran, Bevil Conway, Degas, El Greco, Francis Bacon, Margaret Livingstone, Rembrandt, Stephen Mackink, Susana Martinez-Conde
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Somewhere in my 50’s I decided to take up painting.  One of my first classes was level 1 drawing. Students were given a Rembrandt etching and asked to copy it.  The purpose of the exercise was to see how observant we were. Finishing the task early, I waited with a certain degree o
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