Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Lincoln Highway
May 26, 2022
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A discussion of The Lincoln Highway, a novel by Amor Towles, will air this fall on Just Read It. It’s part of the 10th anniversary of the book talk show. Two local writers will be with me to celebrate and review the novel. Earlier, they joined me for a discussion of Towles’, A G
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Gone Fishing Again
May 24, 2022
Write Away, this blog, turns 12 today! I want to thank my readers, many of whom have been with me almost that long, for traveling with me. The road hasn’t been dull and I’ve loved your company. But today, I’m taking time off to celebrate our achievement. I̵
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Primer On How To Lose A Democracy
May 19, 2022
Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece and his ardent critic, lashed out at actress Susan Sarandon the other day. Sarandon, who is a left-wing activist, had remarked that Democrats were a “do-nothing” party and that voting for them was pointless. Mary Trump replied that the differen
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The Killing of Roe v. Wade
May 17, 2022
…the dogma lives loudly within you, and that is a concern. These were Senator Diane Feinstein’s words to Amy Coney Barret in 2017 when the latter was a candidate for a position on the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The reference was to Barret’s Catholic faith and her
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Keeping Your Head About You
May 05, 2022
Reading the news these days is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer and trying to enjoy it. Threats to human existence lie all about us. The one plus in the West is the existence of a free press. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited
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Biden’s Proxy War In Ukraine
May 03, 2022
A former NATO commander has advised the United States that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a signal that our country should gear up for war. Naturally, someone my age who lived through World War II is likely to greet this statement with horror. Worse, the means of fighting a war h
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Close Encounters Of No Kind
Apr 28, 2022
The Fools in Town Are on Our Side, a mystery novel by Ross Thomas, is not only a good read but carries a great title. Today, it could serve as a slogan for the Republicans Party. Two of its leading lights are behaving in a manner that justifies the idea. Testifying in a suit against h
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Ageism, The Acceptable Prejudice*
Apr 26, 2022
Joe Biden and Diane Feinstein are being attacked in the media because they are old. Critics question their fitness to hold office. As both are in the last decades of their lives, no doubt they’ve slowed down. If they were attempting to run a triathlon, that might matter.
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Revisiting The Field of Dreams
Apr 21, 2022
Truth changes with time and distance, but learning is also a factor. Because of science, we no longer believe the sun revolves around the earth. The brain’s malleability also shapes our understanding of the truth. In one study, researchers paid Fox news consumers to watch its me
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published four novels
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