Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Making A Market With ESG
Feb 03, 2020
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My broker called this week. He wanted me to buy stock in a company that is building a gas pipeline somewhere. I told him no. I’m not a purist when it comes to investing. Oil and gas are still a part of our energy picture, but I won’t support new construction on a pipeline when
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Jan 31, 2020
If age has taught me one lesson, it’s that the past is not prologue to the future. Even so, the media is awash with pundits acting as touts, giving political tips to anyone who will listen. David Faris’ recent article in The Week, for example, offers a damning critique of how the
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Ignorance Is Not A State Of Grace
Jan 30, 2020
There are two occasions when a person ought to reflect upon the words of John F. Kennedy’s: Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. The first is during a time of war when citizens are asked to defend their nation. The second occurs in a perio
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Jan 29, 2020
Standing in the mail room of the retirement center, I noticed my cubby hole sported no green dot like that of my neighbor’s. Curious, I asked a woman who was passing what the dot meant. She seemed surprised by my question but answered politely. “The green dot indicates the
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Brought To You By Popular Desire
Jan 28, 2020
Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes an intriguing article about why social media appears to have gone tribal, influencing the rest of society. Surprisingly, our perception may not be the case. After all, social networks are designed to give us what we want. Is it possible we want tribalism?
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Getting An Edge On AI
Jan 27, 2020
For the last two weeks, I’ve been grappling with computer problems. Eventually, I had to replace the hard drive, which posed its own difficulties. This week, I’m restoring passwords and codes for my accounts with limited success. For some reason, that little drop box that enable
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Thoughts Of High Crimes, Misdemeanors and A Faux Pas
Jan 24, 2020
Needing a break from all the heated political debate, I kicked off my shoes yesterday and sat down to read the latest edition of Town&Country. I wondered how the beautiful people avoided ill-tempered frown lines? Naturally, I didn’t expect to see Donald Trump among those in
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Keeping Pace With The Future Is Exhausting
Jan 23, 2020
I’ll never quit cable television. It’s not a matter of principal but one of fact. Cable comes with my retirement center contract. I seldom use it. If I’m not watching OPB, a Netflix disc is my second choice for entertainment. So, I wasn’t surprised to read, recently,
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A Bully Pulpit Isn’t Enough
Jan 22, 2020
I’m all for confidence but the just turned 30, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has an assurance that leaves me breathless. Having won a Congressional house seat from New York, she has certainly hit the ground running. But does she know the terrain, I wonder. Certainly, the number of
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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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