Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
Feb 20, 2025
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The Peril I will be blunt. Our Constitutional Order and our democracy are comatose. Here’s why. • We can no longer depend upon our elected leaders. The Republican Party has imploded. The Democrats are in disarray. Checks and balances in government are moribund. Bip
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Donald Trump Needs A Walker
Feb 13, 2025
On a visit to an ophthalmologist, I noticed my medical chart said I was mobility impaired. Having climbed 3 flights of stairs to get to his office, I was non-plussed. “What does this mean?” I said, stabbing an accusing finger at the chart. The doctor took a moment to read th
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Ordinary People And Power
Feb 06, 2025
Patriotism is out of favor these days, dropping from 70% support in 2000 to 38% today. (“The Strange Triumph of a Broken America,” by Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb. 2025, pg. 50.) Because we choose our leaders in a democracy, the decline says the voters are unhappy
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The Dark Lords Of Oligarchy
Jan 30, 2025
Growing up as a Catholic, taking Confession struck me as a wonderful device. Whenever I did something wrong during the week, if I confessed on Friday, the priest would assign me a few prayers to recite, and “poof”, like magic, I was absolved of sin. If I missed a week, I cou
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In Search Of Sally’s Chair
Jan 23, 2025
I am not hopeful for a country to be led by Donald Trump over the next four years. Frankly, his presidency looms like a hurricane funnel on the horizon. So, I’ve been thinking about what to put in my mental storm cellar to survive. After all, at age 88, I’m hopeful for a few
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Contemptible Fools
Jan 16, 2025
A friend shared a letter with me from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. In it, he outlined a course of political action for the future. (Dec. 31, 2024) Like many of us, he sees the next 4 years as rocky ones for the country. To protect our democracy he makes 3 proposal
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Back To The Future
Jan 09, 2025
Though averse to ageism, I was moved when I read that longtime Congresswoman Anne Kuste was retiring to allow someone younger to take her place. As a tribute to her decision, I have recorded below my relevant brunch conversation with a Millennial.
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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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