Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Charitable Giving — Its Public And Private Face
Mar 18, 2016
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In the past, making an anonymous contribution to charity was the norm, according to writers, Erick Konigsberg and Ben Ryder. Many one-per centers in their day, like John D. Rockefeller, contributed large amounts of cash to colleges and other public institutions with no fanfare.
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Originalism And The Millenials
Mar 17, 2016
Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice who died recently, labeled his brand of jurisprudence “originalism,” meaning he imagined he could go back hundreds of years and peer into the minds of our founding fathers as they drafted our Constitution. (Click) For Scalia to perform as mi
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National Security And The War On Terror
Mar 15, 2016
Kade Crockford, Director of Technology for Liberty with the ACLU points out Americans spend billions of dollars each year fighting the war on terror with failed systems. In the meantime, the only disagreement between the two political parties is about “how quickly we should disp
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The Brain’s Reality — Thinking Makes It So
Mar 11, 2016
Thinking makes it so. The brain’s ability to create its world is the subject of my novel Trompe l’Oeil and that of much scientific research. I might appear to be repeating myself unnecessarily by bringing the topic up again. Nonetheless, new studies are giving us a greater
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Women And Public Office
Mar 10, 2016
Though male legislators in state after state in America continue to write laws restricting a woman’s right to end a pregnancy, some of our sex continue to insist gender has no place when considering a candidate for public office. Can they really be so complacent? Inequality lies
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Algorithms And The Folly Of Privacy Codes
Mar 09, 2016
“…few people realize just how much information algorithms can cull from their routine activity on Facebook and Twitter.” So writes Johannes Eichstaedt as he reveals the types of research that’s going on at social media sites. (“Stressed, Angry, at Risk? By Johannes C. Ei
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Gift From The Sea
Mar 08, 2016
The best pill for health is a good diet. We all know that and we also know what that diet is. Largely, its Mediterranean with its concentration on fruits and vegetables, olive oil, grains, beans and fish. Add a few nuts and you protect your heart as well as your brain. Cut out s
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Fanfare For An Absent Maggie Kuhn
Mar 07, 2016
I don’t recall much fanfare about it, but last year, Maggie Kuhn’s Grey Panthers movement died for lack of interest. A splinter groups survives but so far they have made few waves, even though in the United States, we have a growing aging population. Certainly, the elderly nee
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Marketing And The Speed Of Light
Mar 04, 2016
Speed in technology is critical. The theory is that if you can get your service or product to market faster than anyone else, you increase your customer base. Deliver pizza 5 minutes faster than your competitor, and you win the race. That’s why Robert Safian, editor of F
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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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