Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You
Jun 21, 2016
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Recently, I read a woman’s blog in which she insisted she would never, ever vote for Hillary Clinton. Clinton, she insisted, was a liar and a bad, bad person. I suggest anyone interested in facts instead of drivel look here: (Click) Whatever the hard feelings, the time h
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Millennials, Just Read It And The Future
Jun 20, 2016
Recently, Susan Stoner, my co-host, and I taped a few book discussions with our guests for the next season of Just Read It. (Click) Our shows are 10 minutes long, as we know people are busy. But after the camera stops rolling, conversation continues, especially if we had differing
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The Global Savings Glut And Privitization
Jun 16, 2016
As I wrote in an earlier blog, (Blog 5/26/16) the world is awash in personal savings accounts, what Ben Bernanke calls a “global savings glut.” (“Private Desires, by Geoff Colvin, Fortune, June, 2016, pg. 54.) In a recent essay, Geoff Colvin points out this sea of cash is chan
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CRSPR, GMO and Food Safety
Jun 15, 2016
If you break out in a rash at the thought of genetically modified foods (GMO), read on. A sweeping study released by the National Academy of Science has concluded that GMO’s are as safe as any other food. (“GMO’s: Safe to eat, says science,” The Week, June 3, 2016, p
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Muammar Gaddafi, Hillary Clinton And The U. S. Dollar
Jun 14, 2016
Much has been said about Hillary Clinton’s support for the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Some say she supported the action because she is “hawkish.” But why overthrow a leader who’d started to cooperate with Europe and the United States? On the surface, the poli
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Number of Women In Plus Sizes Growing: Will Retail Follow?
Jun 13, 2016
I have a confession. Since I joined the retirement center, I’ve gained 6 lbs. My doctor didn’t seem alarmed. “A little extra weight as a person gets older is good,” she shrugged. Easy for her to say. She doesn’t have to fit into my jeans. Some extra pounds might be t
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The 2016 Election: How to Get From Disagreement To Unity
Jun 10, 2016
The central question for the upcoming election is: “How would the candidate, as President, bring our country together around a common vision for where we need to go as a nation and how we can get there?” (“Stop Fighting, Start Fixing,” by Jon Huntsman Jr. and Joe Lieberman,
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When Stephen Hawking Speaks Humans Should Listen
Jun 09, 2016
Thinking about Artificial Intelligence, Stephen Hawking warns, “One can imagine such technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand.” (“The End of Code,” by Jason Tanz,
Continue Reading →New Research And A Pill To Prevent Phobias
Jun 08, 2016
A friend of mine was driving along a freeway one dark and stormy night when she was overcome by a fear that forced her off the highway. Except for the pounding rain, nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Still she was so upset, she asked the friend with her to drive them hom
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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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