Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Becoming An Entrepreneur In the Technology Age
Mar 04, 2019
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I admit it. Some mornings, I dedicate time to cursing my computer. Overnight, some dark magic has rendered my passwords useless or an old blog has risen from the grave to republish itself on Facebook. On those days, I call my guru. Usually, he’s good at sorting out the probl
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Estonia Has Our Back
Mar 01, 2019
In the 1950’s, during the height of the cold war, the United States had an active civil defense corps, volunteers young and old who protected the nation’s borders without a wall. As a teenager, I joined the air defense program. Twice a week, I drove to a hilltop in southern Ca
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Manners Or Morals?
Feb 28, 2019
Manners or morals? That’s the question Brits are struggling with as the argument about leaving the European Union comes to a boil. With the March 29 deadline for departure looming, many in England seem to have lost their cool. It’s damn the torpedoes, among upper crust and f
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Is Roe V. Wade On Death Row?
Feb 27, 2019
The future of Roe v. Wade, a woman’s right to an abortion, in most people’s minds, is hanging by a thread. A recent Supreme Court ruling on a Louisiana law, one that severely restricted abortion clinics, was decided on a 5-4 split. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the more libera
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Keep Your Title. It’s Too Expensive
Feb 26, 2019
As voters wake up to the high cost of universal health care and what it may mean to their current coverage, it’s time to take a hard look at the plight of the superrich. They may not worry about healthcare but they have money woes, too. Americans may not realize it, but British
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Ocasio-Cortez: A Star Is Born
Feb 25, 2019
No doubt about it, a star is born. Recently, during a Congressional hearing, Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez “played a game,” with leaders of agencies that serve as government watchdogs. Common Cause was among them. The topic was about elected officials and the numb
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The Money Magic Trick Known As MMT
Feb 22, 2019
If voters are to understand the Democratic debates in the next election, they will need to understand a “new economics” that is beloved by the political left: Modern Monetary Theory, affectionately known as MMT. I think of it as Money Magic Trick. And it isn’t new. The the
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Ending Homelessness. Does San Francisco Have An Answer?
Feb 21, 2019
Like healthcare, homelessness is one of the intractable problems facing our society and it keeps growing. Local governments have the desire to solve the problem and, to some degree, they have the finances. What they don’t have is the trust of the client population, people who ha
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Demolition Or A Patch For Obamacare?
Feb 20, 2019
One institution noted for providing quality health care to the poor in this country is the criminal justice system. A recent footnote in The Week tells the story of a man who robbed a bank precisely because he needed urgent care. (“Medicare for All,” The Week, Feb/ 15. 2019, pg. 6
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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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