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Hail To The Young Disrupters
Jul 23, 2019
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In case anyone needs a reminder, the rate of dementia among the elderly in the western world is on the decline. Experts speculate better diets and increased levels of education are part of the explanation. (Click) We can count this medical achievement as one of many that have come
Continue Reading →We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself
Jul 22, 2019
The other day I sat down to talk with a fellow resident at my retirement center. She was eating fish tacos, a messy lunch which I knew would require both hands as well as her mouth. An excellent time to air my views on Donald Trump, I thought. I don’t recall what outrage the p
Continue Reading →Gone With The Wind
Jul 19, 2019
Imagine you are looking for a job and you read this ad: “Be your own boss. No more 9 to 5. Work as much or as little as you like. Earn as much as you like.” Would you be tempted to apply? If you did, you’d probably be entering what’s called the “gig” e
Continue Reading →I Think, Therefore…
Jul 18, 2019
She was annoyed with me, the woman on Facebook. I’d taken a position with which she disagreed. We exchanged one or two comments. Then I let the matter drop. We were jousting over opinions, after all. Stellar orbits remained intact. Tides would continue to roll in from the
Continue Reading →Writer Caroline Miller Takes The Pledge
Jul 17, 2019
Since the 2016 election, we’ve heard a good deal about fake news. Bogus sources seem to spring up overnight. Even Gig data can’t be trusted. Click) How do we tell the news from propaganda in this environment? With 2.2 billion users sharing information on Faceboo
Continue Reading →Life’s Journey — It’s All About Time
Jul 16, 2019
Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, is changing the toy’s image. Today, instead of the anorexic model of the past, she’s manufactured in different body shapes and varying skin colors. Also added to the line is Barbie’s Inspiring Women, likenesses of accomplished w
Continue Reading →I Am An Immigrant And I Love America
Jul 15, 2019
Keeping democracy healthy, despite tribal instincts and where change is the constant, isn’t easy. Witness the number of democracies that have died in recent years. (Click) “Justice for all” isn’t a part of the human genome. Nor will you find it in any slave agreement or
Continue Reading →On Bee-ing
Jul 12, 2019
Someone on Facebook posted a clip about a woman who’d found an injured bee and decided to take care of it. In return for her kindness, the creature responded with a trust near to affection. This cross-species communication opened the woman to a new perspective on life. (Click)
Continue Reading →Wanted: A Cure For The Cost Of Medical Treatments
Jul 11, 2019
GlaxoSmithKline has a cure for the “bubble boy” affliction, an ailment that attacks people’s immune systems. The price tag? $634,000. (Ibid, pg. 22.) Spark Therapeutics, Inc. has a gene therapy to cure a rare form of childhood blindness. What is the value of gaining one’
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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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