Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Paying It Forward
Aug 11, 2016
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Today I received a call from a college I attended, thanking me for my charitable gift. As I am grateful for the education I received, a gift to the President’s fund seemed a natural way to show my appreciation. I’ve written several blogs about the good, bad and ugly of colleg
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Technology, Thy Name Is Woman
Aug 10, 2016
Last December, Sequoia Capital chairman, Michael Morris told a reporters his tech venture capital firm would “never lower our standards” to hire female partners. (“The Girl with the Gadget Tattoo,” by Erin Griffith, Fortune, June 15, 2016, pg. 68.) Given that women are h
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We Need A New Fanfare For The Common Man
Aug 05, 2016
Francis Fukuyama has drawn an interesting comparison between the once US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. In his view, both are populists with a broad appeal to low income white males. (“American Political Decay or Renewal?” by Francis Fukuyama, Foreign
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Fasting And Other Foolish Ways To Keep The Brain Productive
Aug 04, 2016
Because fasting seems to improve health in mice and rats, some folks have decided to spend their days in similar fashion, existing on sips of air. Fasting, as writer Jennifer Alsever explains, deprives the body of glucose and forces it to steal ketones from the liver. Ketones are a
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Media Polls, Data Collection And The Price
Aug 03, 2016
If there is a truth in this world, it is that media reports can seldom be taken at face value. Note the recent article from Fox News. (Click) It speaks of an FBI gag rule that prevented agents from revealing facts about Hillary Clinton’s emails. The implication of a cover-up i
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America, Tear Down Your Wall
Aug 01, 2016
The Brexit vote takes England a step away from globalization and may cause other nations to look longingly at the good old days of fixed borders and national sovereignty. In England’s case, that longing may destroy the United Kingdom, because Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales m
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Computer Surveillance — How Safe Do We Want To Be?
Jul 29, 2016
In the virtual world, humans become real at the touch of a computer keyboard and language is what we use to define ourselves. Governments know this. So do commercial enterprises. They’ve been at work developing tools to determine what our keyboard strokes and our word choice
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A Tax We Can Embrace
Jul 28, 2016
During an election campaign, candidates often talk about freebies, fee health care, fee higher education and the like, but how can we afford it and pay down the national debt, (Blog 6/30/16) a black hole that threatens the solvency of our nation? This season both Democratic candidat
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What’s In A Lie?
Jul 27, 2016
I stopped listening to the political analysis of David Brooks and Mark Shields on the OPB News hour long ago. Their remarks strike me as less insightful than wisdom be gained by staring at ditch water. But I was across the room one evening, cooking dinner, when their commentary ca
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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 five novels
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