Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Questionable Likeability Of The Pant Suit
Mar 06, 2020
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Here’s another patriarchal hangover that is affecting the 2020 election. According to several studies, likeability is optional to voters if the candidate is male, but is a requirement for a female. Also true is that people view forceful women as lecturing but give a thumbs up to a m
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New Frontiers And Old Habits
Mar 04, 2020
My love-hate relationship with technology continues. Recently, I rejoiced over an announcement that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invented some fascinating methods to conquer lethal bacteria. Hurrah! New frontiers! New ways to arrest illnesses without debilitating chemical tr
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Mar 03, 2020
Starting this month these WriteAway blogs will appear on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These almost 10 years of daily blogging have been a great joy for me but it’s time to slow down. My thanks to all the readers of this page. Many of you have been with me a long, long time.
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#Me Too Pelvic
Mar 02, 2020
When I entered college at 18, I joined the rest of my female classmates in the gym. There, we were asked to strip off our tops, given medial gowns and told to lie down on an available cot. We received no further explanation. Not long after we’d settle, a number of young men in wh
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Those Who Can, Teach. Those Who Can’t, Adminster
Feb 28, 2020
Are the brains of boys and girls so different that they require different styles of teaching? Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s appointment as Secretary of Education, thinks they are and supports segregated schools where girls are rewarded for good performance with a dab of perfume. (
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A Few Unkind Words From The Silent Generation
Feb 27, 2020
Nope! Technology doesn’t make life easier. The pace of change is too fast. The other day, one of my computer gurus dropped by with a new hard drive. It was the size of a fat nail file. He told me soon computer innards would be no bigger than a thumbnail. I admit “smaller” i
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Dumbledore Speaks Truth
Feb 26, 2020
Indigenous tribes in the Brazilian Amazon are locked in a battle with the government to preserve their lands and way of life. So far, they have shunned all offers of money. The rest of human civilization could learn from their values. After all, where do you buy drinking wate
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In The Words Of Patrick Henry
Feb 25, 2020
I read an article recently about torture during the George W. Bush administration. Apparently, waterboarding was so brutal the contract interrogator sought to stop the procedure. Each time he made his plea, the CIA refused and threatened to bring in someone tougher. Eventually, the
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Crime And Conscience
Feb 24, 2020
The latest round of scandals involving the President and the Attorney General is another body blow to our democracy. True, we’ve seen cozy relationships between a President and the Department of Justice before: John Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert Kennedy as U. S. Attorney Gen
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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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