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A Little Necessary Business To Stay Safe
May 06, 2019
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Any day is a bad day to encounter a scammer, but something about April and tax time seems to flush them to the surface like worms after a hard spring rain. I was reminded of this when my phone rang yesterday. Because of crank calls, I make it a habit to let my phone ring through
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Justice May Not Be Blind But It Can Be Stupid
May 01, 2019
Does our criminal justice system disadvantage the poor and minorities? Unquestionably, it does and now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , newly elected to Congress, thinks so, too. Among the latest in her endless barrage of opinions is one that concerns actress Felicity Huffman. The lat
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Avoid The Circular Firing Squad
Apr 30, 2019
Is Medicare for All affordable? I have no idea. Apparently, neither do Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose argument in favor appears to be based on their misreading of a medical study. Nonetheless, the goal is important and Obamacare has been a step in the right dir
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Is Our Country Too Full?
Apr 29, 2019
Our President, Donald Trump, wants to close our southern border. According to him. our country is full. Tell that to the Dakotas, to the emptied towns in mid-America, and to the plains of Wyoming. With an aging population approaching twice that of the younger one, the country is
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Finding Your Roots And Getting Tangled In Them
Apr 26, 2019
FINDING YOUR ROOTS AND GETTING TANGLED IN THEM Today, so many ways exist to invade our privacy without our knowledge, it’s almost comic to think how freely we volunteer these intimate details ourselves. Without batting an eye, we do it to find romance or search our family history.
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To Err Is More Than Human
Apr 25, 2019
The poet, Alexander Pope once wrote, “To err is human,” and I’ve never known anyone to dispute him. That we rely on electronic devices to store our information and keep our calendars is understandable, except we forget they are designed by humans. To presume they are perfect
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Marat/Sade In The Time Of Donald Trump
Apr 24, 2019
In the 1960s, Peter Weiss stunned the world with his play, The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. The story depicts a French asylum in 1808 in which the inmates re-enact
Continue Reading →The Great Gatsby Curve
Apr 19, 2019
I know a Latin woman who works as a cleaning lady in a healthcare facility. She has two children and a working husband. Her goal is to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN), and she is a student at a private college. When she told me she was in her final year of study and that s
Continue Reading →Never Too Old To Learn
Apr 18, 2019
In an earlier blog I complained my doctor thought I was too old for anymore fecal tests. I was stunned. But on the day I returned from my mammogram, I received a second email from her. I am also too old for mammograms, as well. No more fecal tests or mammograms? Why mourn? I n
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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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