Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
A Reflection On Human Hubris
Dec 07, 2021
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The clerk behind the counter at the electronics store told me programing my new television remote would be easy. “You hit these three buttons in this order and you’re done.” I cringe whenever a computer literate person tells me a task is easy. It never is. And this time was no
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The Stubbornness Of Our Ignorance
Dec 02, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci is concerned about the anti-science bias in this country and so am I. Inconceivable to me is news about doctors and nurses being assaulted for providing medical care. Practitioners who advise us to wear masks during a pandemic shouldn’t be blamed for the mes
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Taming The Judgeocracy
Nov 30, 2021
Donald Trump’s presidency taught us the strength of our institutions depends upon our goodwill. They work because we want them to. If we doubted the integrity of the ballot box and our judicial system, for example, we’d condemn ourselves to second-guessing every outcome. I
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Intimations On American Democracy
Nov 23, 2021
Lately, I’ve wondered if the human brain is capable of living up to its democratic ideals. What raised this question was an article I’d read about bone development in a child’s hand. At the age of three, a youngster is unable to hold a pen because he or she lacks sufficient bo
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Chasing Fail-Safe On The Internet
Nov 18, 2021
No, it hasn’t been 4 years. I’m sure of it.” “Four-and-a-half to be exact.” The voice coming out of the receiver was firm, almost authoritarian. I paused to count 4-and-a-half years on my fingers. In the silence, my computer guy continued. “What you need is an upgrade,
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Restoring Values In the U. S.
Nov 16, 2021
“If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.” So said the Duchess from Alice in Wonderland. Lewis CarroIl’s children’s fantasy is one of 7 books that were banned in some U. S. school districts. The others included T
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On Being Politically Woke
Nov 11, 2021
James Carville is 77, a political strategist, and a popular guest on news shows. Like all of us, he’s enjoyed successes and defeats. His most spectacular achievement occurred in 1991 when he was the lead strategist during Bill Clinton’s successful bid for the White Ho
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Meditation On Erosions
Nov 09, 2021
Being someone who meditates for enlightenment, I decided to bend my thoughts to the state of our democracy. My reason for doing so was this statement: the public has more confidence in the military than any other national institution. (“Crisis of Command,” by Risa Brooks et al, Fo
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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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