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The Communist Manifesto, Coca-Cola, And Mark Zuckerberg
Dec 27, 2018
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In my freshman year in college, I discovered The Communist Manifesto was on my reading list. After years of hearing the book was pure evil, I gasped. A few pages into the material, however, and I learned what I’d been told was nonsense. What’s wrong comaraderie? Coca-Cola
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Thoughts On Christmas Passed
Dec 26, 2018
A few days before Christmas, I sat down to lunch with a friend of many years who is religious. He’s aware I’m an atheist, but that gives piquancy to our conversations. As we were sitting amidst holiday decorations, he seemed unable to refrain from saying, “I don’t know h
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A Christmas Story
Dec 24, 2018
Every holiday, I shop for children’s toys. I have no off-spring and, therefore, no grandchildren. I shop because my mother started the tradition years ago and she expects me to continue it. So, the day after Thanksgiving I found myself browsing through a local store, wandering past
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If It Be Madness, There Is Method In It
Dec 21, 2018
Monika Bauerlein, CEO of Mother Jones, thinks President Donald Trump’s apparent madness has method in it. (Why Does the Press Keep Helping Trump?” by Monika Bauerlein, Mother Jones, Jan/Feb 2018 pg. 5.) She accuses him of spinning the truth each day, not to influence, but to c
Continue Reading →A Kind Word For Nancy Pelosi
Dec 20, 2018
Nancy Pelosi may turn out to be the IT girl of modern politics. Those who view her as “old guard” and argue it’s time for a change, might be looking out the rear view window while Nancy, sitting in the driver’s seat, has a clear view of the road ahead. Oh yes, at least o
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America Divided
Dec 19, 2018
The week of George Herbert Bush’s funeral showed us an America divided. Republicans, the party of disgruntled whites, lionized the deceased president in an effort to reclaim the moral high ground. Democrats spent their time pointing to the gaping disparity between the conduct of
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Beware: Art Prints Never Come At Reasonable Prices
Dec 18, 2018
A friend emailed me a question the other day. ” Caroline, can you suggest any artists you think I would enjoy? I’ve cleared a few walls and even though it’s not a financially good time for new, original art, I think prints can sometimes be found at quite reasonable p
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My Blog Picture Is Old, Not Me
Dec 17, 2018
“You look better in person than you do in your blog picture,” said a former high school student of mine from 40 years ago. He was in town for a class reunion and looked me up. His remark I took to be gracious rather than true. The blog picture is me at 72. At 82, I’ve
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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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