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Jan 22, 2012
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With women gradually outnumbering men on this country and in the work place, it is only a matter of time that they will be a majority in the political sphere. Let us hope that they will refuse to take men as their model for performance. If not, I can already hear the strangled, ou
Continue Reading →A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – 39 years!
Jan 21, 2012
On Sunday, January 22, 2012, a special blog will appear on this page where I join with NOW and NARAL and bloggers across the nation to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the Surpreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade. I invite my friends on Facebook to read it; I invite my fell
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Jan 21, 2012
LET FREEDOM ROAR On January 22, 1973 an important Supreme Court document was written that became the law of the land. The decision rendered in Roe v. Wade gave a woman control over her body and released her from back alley abortions and a fear of persecution that sometimes led to suic
Continue Reading →January 20, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
THE CONUNDRUM OF MY EMPTY POCKET Michael Lewis, my favorite stock market guru, has written a review for a new book by Noble Prize winner Daniel Kahneman. The title is “Think, Fast and Slow.” Kahneman is a psychologist who received his recognition in economics for a theor
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Jan 18, 2012
SAVORING SUCCESS ONE BON-BON AT A TIME This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” To commemorate the occasion, Viking Press will release a commemorative edition. James Wolcott notes the event in his essay,
Continue Reading →January 18, 2012
Jan 18, 2012
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI “In each of us there is another whom we do not know.” (“The Mystery of Expertise” by David Eagleman, “This Week,” 12/2012) Carol Jung’s quote is the way David Eagleman summarizes the theme of his new book “Incognito,” a n
Continue Reading →January 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
REVELATIONS OF A PARK Susan Heeger, a guest writer for “Good Housekeeping” wrote about her daily walks through the park which she’s been doing for the last 14 years. (“Good Housekeeping,” “A Walk in the Park” 1/2012) She writes about the community of walkers around her
Continue Reading →January 16, 2012
Jan 16, 2012
NO ONE IS FREE UNLESS EVERYONE IS FREE – Women have a dream, too Before we get dewy-eyed about the democratic revolutions going on in the Middle East, we need to look closely at who tends to benefit. Certainly, cats won’t benefit, or dogs, or pigs or chickens, and neither, it seem
Continue Reading →January 13, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
HOISTED BY THEIR OWN PETARD At last, some wily citizens in danger of foreclosure on their homes have found a loophole in the mortgage chaos that may teach the bankers an expensive lesson. Christopher Ketcham explains in his article for “Harper’s” (Jan. 2012) how th
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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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