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# Books by Caroline Miller

Information about Caroline Miller's books and the location of her blog and video interviews

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## Posts

- [Happy Fourth of July Week](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-fourth-of-july-week/) - Aruthor Caroline Miller ruminates on America's Fourth of July Celebrations and publishes new critical praise her upcoming memoir, "Getting Lost to Find Home."
- [A Fly Buzzed When...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-fly-buzzed-when/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the concept of death in all living things, and its power in humans to divide or to unite us .
- [Learning From The Apes](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/learning-from-the-apes/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses Jane Rosenfeld's book "The Bonobo Sisterhood," recounts the rape of reporter Lara Logan and examines the women's movement. .
- [Memory's Angels and Demons](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/memorys-angels-and-demons/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on memory, how it functions, how it serves intelligence, and how collective memory serves the species.
- [The Leaders We Deserve?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-leaders-we-deserve/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on whether America deserves the leaders that it gets and assesses the country's chances of restoring the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
- [Thomas Paine's Promise](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thomas-paines-promise/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Nature's balance and human greed and how the tension between the two can have undesirable consequences.
- [Incident In The Mail Room](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/incident-in-the-mail-room/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on chaos and patterns in the universe and the role youth and age play in each..
- [What's In A Word](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/whats-in-a-word-4/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the power of words that act as chameleons, serving both truth or lies, democracy or fascism and which voters must navigate in the November 2026 election.
- [Taxes And Tariffs, Oh My!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/taxes-and-tariffs-oh-my/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the national debt, America's credit rating, and how the Iran War and social programs are hastening a financial downward spiral.
- [We Are All Mad Here](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/we-are-all-mad-here/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the nature of reality, how the brain reacts with it and the work of the thalamus in determine what humans see.
- [A Race Superseded*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-race-superseded/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on AI development, who should lead it, what should be the guidelines and what's at stake for Mankind?
- [Now Is The Hour](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/now-is-the-hour/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's sanity, his corruption and the effect of his governing upon the U. S. Constitution and human rights.
- [GONE FISHING](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/gone-fishing-5/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on two anniversaries--her blog, "Write Away" of 16 years and her YouTube book review program of 15 years, "Just Read It."
- [Dimensions Of The Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dimensions-of-the-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on dimensions of the mind that shape our views and our morality in a complex world and how fear can endanger our ability to cope with reality.
- [Laugh Clown Laugh](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/laugh-clown-laugh-3/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the primitive gift of humor and how it allows to navigate in an ever-changing world.
- [Money Won't Buy A Hug](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-wont-buy-a-hug/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the importance of friendship.
- [Brave Old World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/brave-old-world/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses the value of elders in society, then admits to the frailty of age and its cost-benefit to the population.
- [On Foxes And Fools](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/on-foxes-and-fools/) - Author Caroline ruminates on Donald Trump's state of mind. and the fate of democracy when a strong and vocal minority gives its support to his dementia.
- [The Least Among Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-least-among-us-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the plight of children around the world, how MAGA uses them, oligarchs abuse them, and how Republicans neglect them.
- [AI--The Overwhelming Question](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ai-the-overwhelming-question/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how AI will affect the future, challenge what passes for truth, and aid scammers and conmen at the expense of trust.
- [AI Bedlam Of My Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ai-bedlam-of-my-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the bedlam AI is creating in the human mind because of the plethora of information it provides that the brain can't process.
- [The Art Of The Deal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-art-of-the-deal/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Art of the Deal, Trump's continuing grift in government, and what AI designers may teach their creations.
- [Letter to John Fetterman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/letter-to-john-fetterman/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on John Fetterman and the dangers of being a political maverick who prioritizes decorum above treason.
- [Question For The Ages](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/question-for-the-ages/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on using "possibility" to determine cause, a practice to widen perspective beyond considerations of what is true or false.
- [The People Stand Strong](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-people-stand-strong/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how States' Rights is helping local communities defend themselves against federal overreach and abuse
- [No Laughs At The Federal Reserve](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/no-laughs-at-the-federal-reserve/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Federal Reserve Bank's importance to the dollar's stability and how Donald Trump's policies are endangering it.
- [The Misfits Of Splendor](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-misfits-of-splendor/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the plastic human brain, why the rich and poor differ in values, and why conspicuous consumption defines the wealthy.
- [The Pursuit Of Common Decency](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-pursuit-of-common-decency/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on natural versus human design, how they differ, and discusses why human plans that don't rely on chance should have guardrails.
- [The Tax Man Cometh](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-tax-man-cometh/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how oligarchs and cryptocurrency can weaken a democracy by making the flow of money less transparent.
- [Rethinking What We know](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/rethinking-what-we-know/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how language not only expresses what we think, but shapes our assumptions, creating misunderstandings.
- [A Paeen To Humility](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-paeen-to-humility/) - Author Caroline Miller reuminates on war, the hubris of ideology, the folly of vainglory, humans as a destructive species, and how that could be changed.
- [My New Year's Resolutions](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/my-new-years-resolutions/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on her resolutions for 2026 which included a respect for the English language, and an indifference to political correctness
- [What's In A Word?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/whats-in-a-word-3/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on language and race relations and weight the pros of cons of attempting to "sanitize" words.
- [Self-Evident Truths](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/self-evident-truths-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the tech industry differs from past industries, because earlier projects needed government funding while it doesn't.
- [Eyes On The Prize](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/eye-on-the-prize/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's FIFA Peace Award, his desire to dominate the arts, and how that desire makes him foolish.
- [Shopping With The Enemy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/shopping-with-the-enemy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on money and power among the tech giants, their impact on politics and whether or not boycotts are effective.
- [Happy Thanksgiving](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-thanksgiving-5/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the hope of Thanksgiving
- [Happy Holidays](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-holidays-4/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on holiday greeting
- [HAPPY NEW YEAR](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-new-year-5/) - Author Caroline Miller sends Happy New Year greetings to her readers and looks forwartd to the coming years.
- [Who You Gonna Trust?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/who-you-gonna-trust/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the growth of AI, who will benefit, who may be harmed, and how oligarchs seek to use the taxpayer as their benefactors.
- [While We Have Time To Choose](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/while-we-have-time-to-choose/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the dangers of AI and dark money being left in the hands of oligarchs, and how citizens can use consumerism in self-defense.
- [New Book By Caroline Miller](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/new-book-by-caroline-miller/) - Author Caroline Miller announces her latest publication, "Grimahlka and Other Fantasies," is available on order at local bookstores and via the web.
- [Democracy's One True Choice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/democracys-one-true-choice/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on America's democracy at a crossroads and the only power that can save it from corrupted oligarchs -- We the People.
- [Consumers, Know Your Rights!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/consumers-know-your-rights/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on oligarchs, fair taxes, direct marketing, profit sharing, and the rights of the consumer in a capitalist society.
- [Who Are The Clowns?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/who-are-the-clowns/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the madness that has taken control over American politics and proposes that not all of the clowns have been identified.
- [It's The Recissions Act, Stupid!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/its-the-recessions-act-stupid/) - Author Caroline Miller explains why the furor over the 2025 Budget bill and the quarrel between Republicans and Democrats is nothing more than sound and fury.
- [Outside The Bee Hive](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/outside-the-bee-hive/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Otroverts, a new personality type that psychiatrists have identified, which differs from being an introvert or antisocial.
- [A PERSONAL MANIFESTO](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-personal-manifesto/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump’s conduct during his first and second Presidential terms and examines the degree of tolerance both deserve.
- [Values In A Time Of Chaos](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/values-in-a-time-of-chaos/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on values in a time of chaos& how the breakdown in the 3 branches of government harms American democracy..
- [The System Is Rigged](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-system-is-rigged/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's felony convcitions, the jury system and the former President's claim that his trial was rigged.
- [Ruminations On Turning 89](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ruminations-on-turning-89/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on death and immortality, human vanity, and false choices that end in disappointment when examined through the lens of time.
- [A Very Stable Genius](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-very-stable-genius/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the various ways the U.S. Constitution permits for removing a sitting President from office due to mental incapacity.
- [An Immodest Proposal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/an-immodest-proposal/) - As Donald Trump increases his stranglehold on our democracy, aspiring to be a dictator, people seek ways to surive the changes. Sucession may be one strategy.
- [The Truth About Lies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-truth-about-lies/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the importance of truth in a democracy and how lies can destroy American exceptionalism and its democracy.
- [The Overwhelming Question](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-overwhelming-question/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates Donald Trump's tyranny and the loss of freedom in in American soceity leading some to consider duo citizenship for protection.
- [The Sin of Piety](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-sin-of-piety/) - Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, recently sent this public message to the president: “God spared you in Butler, Pa., to be the most consequential president in a century—maybe ever.” (“They Said What?” Freethought Today, Aug. 2025, pg. 19) Blind faith, like his and that of other Evangelicals, has empowered a would-be king and
- [Thoughts On Invictus*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-invictus/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the prejudice of difference, the danger of righteousness and what responsitility humans should take for one another
- [Our Duty To Ourselves](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-duty-to-ourselves/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates and free will, where it resides, and whether hurmans are bascially good or evil, based on the existence of neural-noise
- [With Malice For Some](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/with-malice-for-some/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Medicaid work requirements, the bias toward white immigrants and against people of color, Trump's cruel immigrant policies.
- [Our Better Angels](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-better-angels-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the course of American politics, the assaults on democracy, corruption in government, and the state of the rule of law.
- [Truth Or Consequences](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/truth-or-consequences-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates the importance of truth in human affairs and how Donal Trump attempts to subvert tha truth to achieve his ends.
- [Not A Time To Sit And Stare](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/not-a-time-to-sit-and-stare/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how voters share in building our democracy, where they are failing in their charge and how Donald Trump poses danger.
- [The Cavalry Is Us!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-cavalry-is-us/) - Author Caroline Miller rumintes on how Donald Trump will react if he loses the House or Senate in the 2026 mid-term election. Will there be Martial Law?
- [Never Ask, "What's In A Word."](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/never-ask-whats-in-a-word/) - Writer Caroline Miller ruminates on etymology and how the history of words can complicate modern understanding leading to judicial debate.
- [The Power Of One](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-power-of-one/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the obligation of individuals to the group, how tribal leadership affects values and mankind's obligation to the species.
- [If Not Now, Matriarchy Will Come](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/if-not-now-matriarchy-will-come/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the role of weakness and strength in society, citizen involvement to affect change, and patriarchy's influence on change.
- [Sacred Values Or Survival](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sacred-values-or-survival/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates onf sacred values , principles beyond negotiation as they are instincts of human nature, designed for survival of the species.
- [Return Of The King?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/return-of-the-king/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the challenge Donald Trump poses to American democracy, and the forces aiding him, a coalition unlike any in US history
- [Life Among The Ruins](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/life-among-the-ruins/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how Donald Trump has become the nexus where money, power and corruption converge to threaten the U. S. Constitution
- [Gone Fishing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/gone-fishing-4/) - Author Caroling Miller ruminates on ther anniversary dates for her blog, "Rightt Away," and her video book interview, "Just Read It."
- [It Isn't The Economy, Stupid!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/it-isnt-the-economy-stupid/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the looming Constitutional Crisis between Donald Trump and the Courts, the cowardly Republican Congress and democracy.
- [To Do Nothing Is To Be Nothing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/to-do-nothing-is-to-be-nothing/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on religious bias in the U.S and the role excessive piety plays in suppressing basic human rights and cultural diversity.
- [To Be Or Not To Be](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/to-be-or-not-to-be-2/) - Author Caroline Miller remarks on revisionism and the rights of women, as she examines feminism's impact, if any, on the state of men in American society.
- [Stop The Insanity](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/stop-the-insanity/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a feud between Steve Bannon/ Elon Musk, which has the greater influence on Trump and what it means for government reform.
- [Choosing Sides](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/choosing-sides/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity and it's effect on the reading of the U. S. Constitution.
- [My World And Welcome To It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/my-world-and-welcome-to-it/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on language, the flexblity of words, the plethora of words, who pays to read them and AI's contribution to the chatter .
- [Illusory Truth Versus The Media](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/illusory-truth-versus-the-media/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the media as an antidote to illusory truth when examining the relationship of Donald Trump's relationship with Evangelicals.
- [Taxes: Cure For The God Delusion](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/taxes-cure-for-the-god-delusion/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on higher taxes for oligarchs, the Middle Class tax burden, and why consumers deserve dividends for the wealth they create.
- [The Stampede Begins](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-stampede-begins/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the death of American democracy and how consumerism could be a force people can use to claw some of it back.
- [I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/i-pledge-allegiance-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how individuals acting alone or with others can resist improper use of Federal power against democracy.
- [Donald Trump Needs A Walker](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/donald-trump-needs-a-walker/) - 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 the entry and then explained.
- [Ordinary People And Power](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ordinary-people-and-power/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Trump's first two weeks in office, his assualt on the Constitution, and voter apathy that erdoes democracy.
- [The Dark Lords Of Oligarchy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-dark-lords-of-oligarchy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Joe Biden's warning about tech oligarchs, and how limitless power and money affect both the mind and democracy.
- [In Search Of Sally's Chair](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/in-search-of-sallys-chair/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the second term of Donald Trump as U. S. President and creates an imaginary safe room and what she would put in it.
- [Contemptible Fools](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/contemptible-fools/) - Authhor Caroline Miller ruminates on the democracy of our forefathers, the types of governments possible and why the U. S. A. is tilting toward oligarchy.
- [Back To The Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/back-to-the-future/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on high speed trains, technology's rapid growth and its effect on society, the brain and human interaction.
- [HAPPY NEW YEAR](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-new-year-4/) - Author Caroline Miller sends Happy New Year greetings to her readers and looks forwartd to the coming years.
- [Happy Holidays](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-holidays-3/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on holiday greeting
- [The Power Of Desperation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-power-of-desperation/) - Author Caroline Miller reuminates on the power of desperation over hope and how the 2024 invites the former but also suggests a solutionf or saving democracy.
- [Government Isn't A Business](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/government-isnt-a-business/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses why a government isn't run like a business and why, without a profit motive, it provides incentives that bring prosperity.
- [How To Murder A Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-to-murder-a-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on John Adams' thoughtthat democracy tends to murder itself and reviews how billionnaires and ultra conservatives seek that end
- [Happy Thanksgiving](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-thanksgiving-4/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the hope of Thanksgiving
- [Without Truth There Is no Reality](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/without-truth-there-is-no-reality/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Nov. 5 2024 election, the role of class and caste in the outcome as well as hatred, fear and patriarchy's contribution.
- [Another Modest Proposal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/another-modest-proposal/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the influence of oligarchs on freedom and the goverment and proposes a boycott of Tesla to show the power of consumers.
- [A Place In The Sun](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-place-in-the-sun/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the sexual and historical roles of women, the historical repression of women, and how patriarchy distorts sexual roles.
- [The Enemy Within](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-enemy-within-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's phrase "the enemy within," -- its various meanings, the purges it promises and the tyranny to come
- [Pulling The Plug](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/pulling-the-plug/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on book publishing scams, paying for book reviews, the impotance of a good editor and the diminishing number of book readers.
- [War, A Crime Against Humanity](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/war-a-crime-against-humanity/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human hostilities toward each other, the genesus of war, the destruction of the planet and religion as the excuse.
- [The Survival Imperative](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-survival-imperative/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how equality survives in a society basted on competition and how cllimate change, war and patriarchy play a role in survival
- [Reality In The River Of Time](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/reality-in-the-river-of-time/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Silent Generation and how its experiences make it differ from other generations.Though some politicians would have us think otherwise, deprivation, not immigration, is the well-spring for much of our country’s social ills. Poverty breeds crime, not being foreign-born. What’s more pointing fingers at scapegoats doesn’t address the disparity. Recently, I wrote about my penurious childhood, raised by an immigrant mother who worked two jobs yet was
- [No Room For Compromise](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/no-room-for-compromise/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the pros and cons of normalizing diplomatic relationships with the Taliban of Afghanistan, and female supression.
- [Jiggles That Jangle](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/jiggles-that-jangle/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on poetry in its classical and modern forms, how it differs from prose, and Bernard Berenson's thoughts about art's delcine .
- [A Liliputian Task](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-liliputian-task/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Elon Musk and the habits of the super-rich both in private and public lives and how they use money to distort politics.
- [The Fools In Town...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-fools-in-town/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates brain difference between the young and old and aspirational differences in the views of men and women.
- [Out Of The Shadows Into The Light](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/out-of-the-shadows-into-the-light/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the differences and similarities between the Middle Class and the working poor and the political pandering to the latter.
- [Yowling Cats/Howling Babies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/yowling-cats-howling-babies/) - Author Caroline Miller runinates on the role women will play in the 2024 election and how J. D. Vance, the GOP candidate, discourages their support.
- [Tipping Points](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/tipping-points/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the significance of tipping points for the planet, for climate change, and for human activity, particularly in politics.
- [War! What's It For?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/war-whats-it-for/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on war, its cost, its victims, its profiteers, how it affects wealth distribution, and possible solutions to reducing conflict.
- [Three Financial Pillars](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/three-financial-pillars/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Citizens United, taxes versus tarriffs, the role of oligarchs in a democracy and how to protect a strong U. S. dollar
- [The Stockholm Syndrome](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-stockholm-syndrome/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the history of female oppression, and the impact of violence, patriarchy of the female psyche that may lead to passivity.
- [A Brief History Of Aging](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-brief-history-of-aging/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on critical learning periods throughout human life, the perils of ageism and Alzeimer's and the duty of the old to the young.
- [Your Country Needs You](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/your-country-needs-you/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2024 rulings of the U. S. Supreme Court, Porject 2025, the Chevron ruling and the imperial presidency.
- [Happy Fourth Of July](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-fourth-of-july/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the holiday, the Fourth of July and celebrates
- [Happy Fourth Of July](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-fourth-of-july/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the holiday, the Fourth of July and celebrates
- [Let There Be Shame](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/let-there-be-shame/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on justice in society, how it is changing, and how tribunals are used to shame war criminals who might go unpunished. .
- [The Fourth Of July](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-fourth-of-july/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the American Flag on the Fourth of Juyly6 celebration
- [Tortoise And The Hare Revisted](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/tortoise-and-the-hare-revisted/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the ujpcoming U. S. Presidential election, how experience informs wisdom and the joy of the plastic brain as we grow old.
- [AI And The Janus Effect](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ai-and-the-janus-effect/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on computer codes, the rise of AI and government regulations as well as the looming competition between the East and West.
- [Harry Potter v. Doctrine of Discovery](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/harry-potter-v-doctrine-of-discovery/) - Author Caroline Miller reuminates on the historical consequences of the Doctrine of Discovery in poltics and the Christian Right during demographic changes.
- [The Masculine Mystique](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-masculine-mystique/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the evolution of the words "man" and "woman" and larger questions that deal with while males and the rise of autocracy.
- [Finding The Golden Mean](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/findidng-the-golden-mean/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity, and how the high court came to have jusidiction over such matters. .
- [Humans, Too Clever By Half](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/humans-too-clever-by-half/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Heritage Foundation's manefesto, Project 2025, what it means for future politics, American society and the planet.
- [Another Year!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/another-year/) - Author Caroling Miller celebrates 13 years of Write Away Blog and 12 years of video books interviews on Just Read It.
- [The U. S. As A Public Library](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-u-s-as-a-public-library/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on dystopian forces in American society, the poliitical divide and undecided voters in the 2024 Presidential election.
- [The Truth Is The Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-truth-is-the-truth/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the impact of lies upon a society and what it takes to be a true patriot in a democracy.
- [A Curmudgeon In The Family Of Man](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-curmudgeon-in-the-family-of-man/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Family of Man, using history as a guide, the world's chaos, the perils of technology and sprinkles the mess with hope.
- [Perils Of The High Ground](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perils-of-the-high-ground/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the media, press councils, the Fairness doctrine, NBC's hiring and firing of RNC chair, and media's role in a democracy.
- [Is Trump More To Be Pitied?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/is-trump-more-to-be-pitied/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2024 U. S. Presidential election and compares Joe Biden's news coverage to Donald Trump's in terms of mental fitness.
- [8000 Years Of Misogeny](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/8000-years-of-mysogeny/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on mysogeny, the rise of the women's movement and how changes in the human genonme may affect the future.
- [Happy 90th Gloria!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-90th-gloria/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how differences in age alter perspectives on world affairs and the war in Gaza, and that both views are needed.
- [A Note From The Underground](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-note-from-the-underground/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the value of fiction versus non-fiction, and the role of imagination and emotions in shaping what we view as reality.
- [A Case For Frozen Blue Berries](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-case-for-frozen-blue-berries/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the course of democracy in a county torn by political stife and a Congress at war with itself.
- [Consciousness Of The Third Kind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/consciousness-of-the-third-kind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Joe Biden's age, it's influence of the 2024 election, the disparity in world views and happiness between young and old,
- [The Man Who'd Been of Use](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-man-whod-been-of-use/) - Caroline Miller ruminates of spirituraly and writes a ahort story to illustrate how kindness rewards the giver as well as the receiver.
- [Dementia And Communion](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dementia-and-communion/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on dementia--how it affected her mother, how it may affect her and how to reach those lost to us because of the disease.
- [Democracy For Dummies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/democracy-for-dummies/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why democracy is the best form of government to protect the individual from the greedy, the rich and politically powerful,
- [The Bare Facts of Fashion](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-bare-facts-of-fashion/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on fashion trends and the economy, wondering what today's voluminous styles portend for the future of the planet.
- [The Rapture And The Inferno](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-rapture-and-the-inferno/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the alliance between Donald Trump and evangelical pastors as they incite followers to a vision akin to the Repture..
- [Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/penny-wise-and-pound-foolish/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Amazon's history and its influence in the publishing world as art struggles to survive in an atmosphere of commmerce.
- [A Passage To America](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-passage-to-america/) - Author Carolline Miller reuminates on the assests immigrants bring to their new country and the barriers they impose as they attempt to acclimatize
- [Happy Holidays](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-holidays-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the holidays by sending good wishes to all her blog followers.
- [Good Will Hunting](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/good-will-hunting/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how to create chatter about a book, good reviews, and how to encourage favorable comments on social planforms. .
- [PEACE TO THE EARTH](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/peace-to-the-earth/) - Author Caroline Miller shares painting of pandas by Darlene Kaplan as a message of peace for the world in the coming new year
- [There Is No Other](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/there-is-no-other/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the question of whether or not the elderly live at the cost of the young, and falsehoods that dominate talk of the encomny
- [The Cost Of Money](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-cost-of-money/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the class struggle and the unevan distribution of wealth forments the divides plaguing American democracy.
- [Thoughts About The Kitchen Table](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-about-the-kitchen-table/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the dangers to democracy when tyrants tempt citizens with simple answers that appeal to basic insticts .
- [Happpy Thanksgiving World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happpy-thanksgiving-world/) - Author Caroline Miller sends a Thanksgiving image to the world.
- [Ayes On The Prize](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ayes-on-the-prize/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the once taboo practice of charging writers entrance fees to enter contests and how the practic has eveolved.
- [Fractured Fairy Tales](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fractured-fairy-tales/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on politics and fairy tales, magic and negative energy, science and fantasy for insights on how to live in a mad, mad world.
- [The Case For Small Measures](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-case-for-small-measures/) - Author Caroline Miller reuminates on how small changes in the Supreme Court over time have altered their impact on the two remaining branches of government.
- [The Revolution Of The Species](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-revolution-of-the-species/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on artificial intelligence and the evolution of the human species as it grapples with the dark side of human nature.
- [The Overthrow Of Reason](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-overthrow-of-reason/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the present dangers to our democracy, flaws in uman nature that make it vulnerable and the reasons we are blind to truth.
- [Getting Lost To Find Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/getting-lost-to-find-home/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates about writing as an act of birth, the pangs of exposing the "baby" to critical appraisal and the bliss of hearing it praised.
- [Thoughts On Altered States](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-altered-states/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how money flows through American society, and the ways entrepreneurs shape society and themselves when they succeed.
- [On The Scarlet Letters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/on-the-scarlet-letters/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates how words, how we use them to deceive others and ourselves, most prominantely in politics disputes and in the abortion war.
- [The People We Keep*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-people-we-keep/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the importance of friendship in an uncertain world which is, at its core no more than quantum flux and moral thrashing.
- [Rules of Engagement](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/rules-of-engagement/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates of the nature of war, who fights them, who benefits from them, and the motivations behind them that keep demigods in power.
- [While I Was Sleeping](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/while-i-was-sleeping/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on artificial intelligence as a distraction to writers, and remarks on the importance of an audience to those who create.
- [Song Of Myself](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/song-of-myself/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on thje plusses and minuses of the ego and its function in the primitive and prefrontal brain .
- [I Die, You Die, They Die](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/i-die-you-die-they-die/) - Author Caroline Miller rumenates on history, human lifespan, the destire for immortality and the ways people strive to achieve it
- [Everyone Has A Story To Tell](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on what it takes to write a good memoir after completing her 5th book, a memoir entitiled "Getting Lost to Find Home."
- [Art In The Time Of Chaos](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/art-in-the-time-of-chaos/) - Author Caroline Miller explores how Artificial Intellegenc affects the publishing business and the New York Times Best Seller List .
- [The Time Travelers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-time-travelers/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the properties of time travel in the natural world, the quantum world and in the human mind as she explores time travel.
- [The God Dilemma](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-god-delimma/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on quantum mechanics, the potential for omnipitent humans and raises questions about who came first, man or god.
- [In Search Of Meaning](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/in-search-of-meaning/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the power and impotence of languate; how it shapes experience and the degree to which the unconscious interferes.
- [The One True Thing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-one-true-thing/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the recent U. S. Congressional debate on the debt ceiling, noting that patiots and villans sound alike but differ.
- [THE COVER REVEAL](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-cover-reveal/) - Author Caroline Mikller revealscover for her upcoming memoir, "Getting Lost to Find Home" to be published Novenber 1, 2023, a recollection of her 1960s travel.
- [Fate Lies Not In Our Stars](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fate-lies-not-in-our-stars/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the flawed human species makes flawed decsions,and builds flawed societies, and yet those mistakes have an upside.
- [The Art Of Self Destruction](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-art-of-self-destruction/) - Author Caroline Miller rumanates on how the struggle bewteen reason and desire in the human brain plays out in human conduct and the environment.
- [No Substitute For A Hug](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/no-substitute-for-a-hug/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Covid lockdown, the importance of touch, the serendipity arising from interacting with others, the loss of friends..
- [Gone Fishing Once Again](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/gone-fishing-once-again/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on the 12-year anniversary of her blog, "WriteAway" and the 11-year anniversary of her book talk show on YouTube. "Just Read It."
- [Peon To The Analog World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/peon-to-the-analog-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the hunt for an analog chip compatible with digital chips, and the role rare earth metals play in energry security. .
- [A Masculine Irony](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-masculine-irony/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the role of underclass men in Ameican society and how their shift into the Republican Party mirrors a societal decline.
- [The Way Of The Bear](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-way-of-the-bear/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews Anne Hillerman's 8th mystery, "The Way of the Bear," a detective series featuring Navajo Detectives Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito.
- [Truth Or Consequences](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/truth-or-consequences/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on truth as the reflection of individual, social and scientific perceptions and how technology colors each of these reallities.
- [Perchance To Dream #17](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-17/) - Author Caroline Miller writes ont how to publicize a new book with or without an agent, the pitfalls of scams and the competion novices and professionals face.
- [Ruminations On Sex And Gender](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ruminations-on-sex-and-gender/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on sex. gender, and transgender issues, what science has to say about sex and how its findings impact social norms.
- [On International Women's Day](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/on-international-womens-day/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on women and men's rights, if the women's movement has gone too far or if women fear success after centuries of patriarchy.
- [All Ye Need To Know](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/all-ye-need-to-know/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on grammar, time travel, gender, great literature, the singular "they" and what great thinkers call the human comedy.
- [The Human Stain](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-human-stain/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how technology replicates cancer, morphing in to systems that sicken the body politic by promulgating false information.
- [The Story Of Wicked](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-story-of-wicked/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the consequences of discrimination against women over the centures and how it infects other segments of the population.
- [One True Thing About Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/one-true-thing-about-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the nature of humans, the danger of fear, the logic of those who prefer autocracies and what's needed to preserve equality.
- [Thoughts on Human Silos](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-human-silos/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Artificial Intelligence, social media and other technologiy that increases loneliness and other pathologies like Narcissism.
- [Sexual Apartheid](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sexual-apartheid/) - Author Caroline Miller traces the roots of sexual apartheid to pre-Christian and early religious myths that reduced the importnace of women in childbirth.
- [Feminine Manefesto](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/feminine-manefesto/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Might Is Right is a principle that dooms homeosapaiens and calls for a greater role for woment to say the planet.
- [Perchance To Dream # 16](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-16/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the bookmarketing, how to promote sales, what experts say on marketing, strategies that work, and what draws an audience.
- [The Shadow Knows](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-shadow-knows/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Ukraine's war and how it reflects the marshamllow experiment where human nature trades the future for the present.
- [The Operative Word For 2023](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-operative-word-for-2023/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how human thoughts shape the world and whether hope is enough to save the human species from self-destruction.
- [Happy New Year](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-new-year-3/)
- [Peace on Earth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/peace-on-earth-2/)
- [Little Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/little-women/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how money has affected democracy, the economy and the worker after the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen United.
- [Not Goodbye](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/not-googdbye/) - Author Caroline Miller announces changes in her blog schedule as she works on her memoir, Getting Lost to Find Home" in 2023. Former schedul resumes in 2024.
- [Perchance To Dream #15](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-15/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the world of publishing and predicts most authors will self-publish, needing to learn marketing and distriubution skills.
- [We Are The Stuff Of Dreams](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/we-are-the-stuff-of-dreams/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates satirically on quatum entaglements,the human brain and its ability to explore the link between classical and quantum physics.
- [For Everything There Is A Season](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/for-everything-there-is-a-season/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2022 midterm elections, the defeat of the red wave, who defeated it and ageism in politics.
- [HAPPY THANKSGIVING](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-thanksgiving-3/)
- [How To Avoid Extinction](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-to-avoid-extinction/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human extinction, the perils for intelligent life and whych scientists are calling for "The Great Filter."
- [Abandon Fear Ye Who Enter Here](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/abandon-fear-ye-who-enter-here/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on climate change, the end of the human species, the current culutral angst, a conscious universe and courage versus fear.
- [A Scoop Of Plain Vanilla Ice Cream](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-scoop-of-plain-vanilla-ice-cream/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2020 Presidential election and America's divided nation
- [Perchance To Dream 14](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-14/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the pitfalls of book marketing, how to sort claims from fiction and the need for a timelline with or without marketers
- [The Heat Of The Kitchen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-heat-of-the-kitchen/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the political heat in the 2022 mid-term U. S. election and draws a comparison between it and the women who wrote cookbooks.
- [Making Our Way In The World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/making-our-way-in-the-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on society's self-inflicted wounds and those fate provides by studying the achievements of aging models with thriving careers.
- [In Memory Of Iran's Mahsa Amini](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/in-memory-of-irans-mahsa-amini/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on hajibs, why males dominate socially, the orgin of patriarchy, natural selection and the war between nature and social mores
- [HAPPY HALLOWEEN](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-halloween/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates and celebrates the first holiday of the autumnal seasons and sends shivers to all
- [Perchance To Dream 13](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-13/) - Author Caroline Miller shares tips on how to market self-published books, sharing advice from an expert and adding a few of her experiences
- [Perchance To Dream 12](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-12/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how to promote a self-published book, the scams and pitfalls attendant, and how to build a timeline for marketing
- [It Isn't The Economy, Voters!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/it-isnt-the-economy-voters/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2022 U. S. elections; why Republicans stoke fear; why Democrats play political games; why all ingnore climate change.
- [Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the American spirit that survives despite political divisions and during times of political upheaval.
- [In Praise Of Incunabulum](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/in-praise-of-incunabulum/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminate on youth and age, who technology serves best and the changes that need to be made to serve the elderly.
- [It's Bouba/Kiki Time!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/its-bouba-kiki-time/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on nostalgia, time and the challenge of keeping current with knowledge in a technological environment.
- [The End Of Tribalism](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-end-of-tribalism/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on democracy's flexion point, political tribalism, how it divides education and the the United States in the 2022 election.
- [The Future's Emerald City](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-futures-emerald-city/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the incentives necessary to prevent the mutual destruction of the human race at a time when we have the means to do so.
- [Of Human Bondage](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/of-human-bondage-2/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses slavery, women's history as chattel, how patriarchy and religion played a role in anti abortion laws and religious diversity.
- [A Lawless Supreme Court Majority](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-lawless-supreme-court-majority/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the U. S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade which deprives American women of their right to privacy.
- [Self-Evident Truths](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/self-evident-truths/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Sen. Hawley's claim U. S. is a Christian nation, the effects of slavery on the U. S. economy and capitalism in a democracy
- [Make Luck The Reality](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/make-luck-the-reality/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how chance affects artificial intelligence, our view of luck and how we perceived our status in life.
- [The Three Graces Of The Queen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-three-graces-of-the-queen/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Britain's Queen Elizabeth 11, the virtues she embodied, her influence on others and the leadership vacuum she leaves behind.
- [Nickle And Dimed For America](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/nickle-and-dimed-for-america/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on consumerism, the high cost of technological change, the fast fashion industry, poverty and why in commerce people come last.
- [Memoir: The Book Of Me](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/memoir-the-book-of-me/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the difference between biography and memoir, why memoirs sell better than biographies, and the honesty both require.
- [How To Love A Wall](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-to-love-a-wall/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on U. S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's remarks about perils to religious freedom and notes his statements discriminate.
- [Warning To A Future Tenant](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/warning-to-a-future-tenant/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on J. D. Salinger's creative life and her own, comparing the reality of retirement to her fantasy of a writer's retreat.
- [The Age Of Unenlightenment](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-age-of-unenlightenment/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the essence of patriotism, the folly of the human brain and the death of a nation that honors lies more than truth.
- [Criminal Minds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/criminal-minds-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on what Donald Trump's big lie has taught the nation, our elected officials and the Supreme Court.
- [Truth As A State Of Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/truth-as-a-state-of-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on truth's relativity, how it fuels disagreement, how narrow minds can suffer brain damage and the implausible reasons for war.
- [Biden, The Invisible Man](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/biden-the-invisible-man/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Joe Biden's low polling, his record accomplishments and myths voters hold dear concerning the political parties
- [Perchance To Dream 11](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-11/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on the perils of writing non-fiction, the importance of a large platform and the challenges of self-publishing as an option.
- [A Short Rant On Trust](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-short-rant-on-trust/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Republican Adam Kinzinger's complaint with Democrat's plan for winning elections, raising questions for the whole society.
- [Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ouch-ouch-ouch/) - Author Caroline Miller takes a blog day off.
- [Puzzling Out The Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/puzzling-out-the-future/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the benefits and dangers of technology as Web3.0 and Web3 invade the internet, creating disparate systems.
- [Twilight Zones Of Earth And Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/twilight-zones-of-earth-and-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on nature's curiosities, society's curiosities and where they conflict to the detriment of the human species..
- [Theodicy And True Lies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/theodicy-and-true-lies/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on America's devotion to ignorance and how the Union of Concerned Scientists is fighting back against misinformation.
- [Saving Our Ship Of State](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/saving-our-ship-of-state/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on ageism and how it impacts on our view of the Biden presidency at a time when his experience is vital to the country.
- [When Culture Seems Alien](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/when-culture-seems-alien/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a loss of privacy in society and the pluses and minuses of being connected to a universe of information and each other.
- [Jujitsu Of The Me Exception](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/jujitsu-of-the-me-exception/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on minority rule, the hypocrisy of the far right, Rove v. Wade and the loss of the public's trust in the U.S Supreme Court.
- [The Gravediggers Of Bucha](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-gravediggers-of-bucha/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on soft and coercive power, which is stronger in Ukraine's war with Russia and American hegemony under President Joe Biden.
- [Honoring The Fourth of July](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/honoring-the-fourth-of-july/) - Honoring the 4th of July, an American holiday
- [Women In Burkinis On the Beach](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/women-in-burkinis-on-the-beach/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on I. Q and prejudice, noting that a working democracy may be the best political structure to overcome intellectual barriers..
- [Here's A Question For You](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/heres-a-question-for-you/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on challenges for independent authors who want to sell their memoirs when book fairs are in decline during a pandemic.
- [The Outer Limits Of Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-outer-limits-of-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on gun control, the January 6 Select Committee, moral courage and the fate of democracy if we confuse freedom with indulgence.
- [The Road Less Traveled](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-road-less-traveled/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the ruminations of Hermettes, women who leave traditional roles to gain independence and live more contemplative lives
- [The Times They Are A-Changin'](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-times-they-are-a-changin/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on mass shootings in America, a growing consensus among voters on what to do about them, despite political affiliation.
- [While Ukraine Burns...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/while-ukraine-burns/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the violence elsewhere on the planet, and how climate change plays a role in human behavior.
- [The Handmaiden's Tale](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-handmaidens-tale/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on patriarchy, what needs it serves, who benefits and the link between women's rights and strong, prosperous societies.
- [Michelle Obama Got It Right](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/michelle-obama-got-it-right/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on differences between the uber-wealthy and the rest of American and how they plan to hang on to their money beyond the grave.
- [Was There Ever A Third Wave?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/was-there-ever-a-third-wave/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the state of the Women's Movement and doubts the existence of its third and fourth waves because goals are not yet achieved.
- [The Lincoln Highway](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-lincoln-highway/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Amor Towles' latest novel, "The Lincoln Highway" and compares it to Theodore Dreiser's novel, "An American Tragedy."
- [Gone Fishing Again](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/gone-fishing-again/) - Author Caroline Miller celebrates the 12th anniversary of her "Write Away" blog and thanks her readers for joining her throughout these years.
- [Primer On How To Lose A Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/primer-on-how-to-lose-a-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the hollowing out of democracy, the steps to autocracy and how voters who drop out choose fascism by default.
- [The Killing of Roe v. Wade](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-killing-of-roe-v-wade/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on overturning of Roe v. Wade, judicial interpretation of the law and the consequences to women's equality if it is overturned
- [Keeping Your Head About You](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/keeping-your-head-about-you/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the link between democracy, a free press and the obligation of citizens to keep informed from a variety of sources.
- [Biden's Proxy War In Ukraine](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/bidens-proxy-war-in-ukraine/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on nuclear technology, past and future, and why President Joe Biden sees support for Ukraine as in America's interest.
- [Close Encounters Of No Kind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/close-encounters-of-no-kind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Putin's Ukraine war, the Non-Aligned Movement's failure to support peace, and the insanity of war that may end our species.
- [Ageism, The Acceptable Prejudice*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ageism-the-acceptable-prejudice/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on ageism in the U. S, an acceptable prejudice, which denigrates the elderly for their physical condition not their brains.
- [Revisiting The Field of Dreams](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/revisiting-the-field-of-dreams/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the secret of dreaming, its purpose and how our knowledge of dreams may influence the future of human development.
- [Ruminations On Chaos](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ruminations-on-chaos/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the purpose of chaos in the universe, reflecting on how its positive and negative role as a part of creation
- [They Know Not What They Do](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-know-not-what-they-do/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human error, the problem of planning for a future we cannot know, and how what we know or think we know blindsides us.
- [The Mouse That Roars](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-mouse-that-roars/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the fate of Mickey Mouse now that Disney has decided to oppose Florida's assault on LGTBQ rights in the classroom.
- [The Great White Way](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-great-white-way/) - Author Caroline Miller looks at Critical Race Theory, the plight of minorities in education and society and Presidents who tried to lift them out of poverty.
- [The Human Comedy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-human-comedy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the public's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine provides proof that the world isn't a simulation.
- [Biden's War Of The Worlds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/bidens-war-of-the-worlds/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Joe Biden's first year as U. S. President, his accomplishments, his challenges and his low public opinion polls.
- [Analogue In A Digital World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/analogue-in-a-digital-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how an analogue brain copes in a digital world and questions the wisdom of buying an ice cream cone with a credit card.
- [The War Of Words](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-war-of-words/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on War War II propaganda, draws parallels with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suggesting that free speech is being tested.
- [Citizens United--Brave New World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/citizens-united-brave-new-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Putin's invasion of Ukraine, how the cyberworld challenges dreams of empire and redefines corporate responsibility.
- [Trust In A Time Of War](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/trust-in-a-time-of-war/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on fault lines that identify friend and foe during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what they signify for the future
- [Sense In A Nonsensical World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sense-in-a-nonsensical-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the fallacies in Vladimir Putin's reasons for invading Ukraine and the difference between faith and reason in democracy.
- [Joy In A Little Dissatisfaction](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/joy-in-a-little-dissatisfaction/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Rita Moreno, the joy of a little dissatisfaction in one's life and her upcoming memoir, "Getting Lost to Find Home"
- [On The Occasion Of My Mother's 100th Birthday](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/on-the-occasion-of-my-mothers-1200th-birthday/) - Recently, my mother celebrated her 100th birthday. I took her to lunch at a restaurant we’d frequented over the years. The proprietor doesn’t open in the afternoons, but for us he did. To make the occasion festive, I brought a balloon and birthday cards sent by my friends who knew this was her special day.
- [A Brave New Dystopian World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-brave-new-dystopian-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, atomic weapons, slaughterbots, climate change and the unpredictability of human nature.
- [Putin And The Dead Poets Society](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/putin-and-the-dead-poets-society/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on death, the will to power, the human desire for immortality and Vladimir's Putin's unholy attraction to nuclear winter.
- [New Frontiers Of Money](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/new-frontiers-of-money/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how billionaires spend their money and Steven Pinker's thought that governments alone shouldn't promote the public good.
- [Who's In Charge Of Reality?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/whos-in-charge-of-reality/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the real world, virtual reality and the metaverse and wonders is the human mind should serve as a model for their designs.
- [Curious About Indonesia For A Start](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/curious-about-indonesia-for-a-start/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 12 anniversary of her blog "Write Away," and wonders about her readership, where they're from, why they read the blog
- [A Brief History of Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-brief-history-of-truth/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on ethnicity and race, the quarrel between Whoopi Goldberg-Ana Navarro on The View and how humans invent their truths.
- [The Worst And Best Of Times](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-worst-and-best-of-times/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Michael J. Fox's remark about gratitude and optimism and applies his words to the political wars in Washington D. C.
- [Life Is No Poem](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/life-is-no-poem/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Kipling's poem IF and how it applies to the insanity governing people's behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [Fables That Shape Our Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fables-that-shape-our-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how language manipulates our thinking, how people use it to influence others, and how to can escape following into traps.
- [Thoughts On The Admiring Bog](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-a-never-ending-bog/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a Lily Tomlin quote, being a nobody, and the ten year anniversary of her YouTube book talk show, "Just Read It."
- [The Fig Leaf Of Civility](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-fig-leaf-of-civility/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have sent Democrats on a hopeless quest of bi-partisanship for voting rights.
- [On The Religion Of Unicorns](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/on-the-religion-of-unicorns/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Jaques Berlinerblau's question, "Can there be a non-secular atheist?" and thinks the answer lies in language.
- [The Problem With Jon Stewart](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-problem-with-jon-stewart/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on comedian Joh Stewart's "riff" on the anti-Semitic goblins at Gringotts's bank in the Harry Potter films
- [Goodwill Hunting](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/goodwill-hunting/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the role of trust in a functioning society and how to establish resiliency in American institutions
- [Paradise Lost?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/paradise-lost/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on present and past neo-Nazis movements in America, what drives them and what a patriotic citizen should do about them.
- [Damn You, Hamlet!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/damn-you-hamlet/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on death and the 7 ways to be buried that are respectful of climate change and the earth's ecology.
- [Cancer in Higher Education](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/cancer-in-higher-education/) - Author Caroling ruminates on the crisis in higher education, the plight of the adjunct teacher and the College For All Act 2021 submitted to Congress.
- [Secrets Of The Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/secrets-of-the-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the brain functions with age, what science knows about the pluses and minuses of an aging brain and how it frees us.
- [The Sin Of Virtue](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-sin-of-virtue/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates J. K. Rowling and the hornet's nest of sex and gender she stirred up among those eager to be on the right side of social issues
- [Peace On Earth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/peace-on-earth/)
- [Modern Moderna Manners](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/modern-moderna-manners/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews the etiquette of giving a party during the Covid pandemic, noting advice that appears in the Dec/Jan issue of Town&Country.
- [Happy New Year!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-new-year-2/) - Author Caroline Miller sends New Year Greeting
- [Abortion: No David Brooks, It's Not Complex](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/abortion-no-david-brooks-its-not-complex/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews N. Y Times columnist David Brooks' remarks about abortion as they appeared in the Palm Beach Daily News December 12, 2021.
- [Joe Manchin's Muddle](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/joe-manchins-muddle/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews Joe Manchin's failure to grasp the basic principle of democracy, that the majority rules, exposing the the nation to demagoguery.
- [Truth, Lies, And The 2nd Coming](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/truth-lies-and-the-2nd-coming/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the nature of lies, lies hurt the country and the facts and lies surrounding the 2021 January 6 Capitol insurrection..
- [A Reflection On Human Hubris](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-reflection-on-human-hubris/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on three questions: Is consciousness thought's goal? Is matter thought actualized? Does thought influence the quantum world?
- [The Stubbornness Of Our Ignorance](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-stubbornness-of-our-ignorancei/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why the brain resists change, what PEW reports tells us about resistant attitudes and how Covid-19 has exposed that weakness
- [Taming The Judgeocracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/taming-the-judgeocracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, its right of judicial review, the shadow court and Executive Order 14023
- [Thanksgiving Day](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thanksgiving-day-2/) - WISHING YOU THE HAPPIEST OF THANKSGIVING DAYS
- [Intimations On American Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/intimations-on-american-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on change and how the primitive parts of the human brain adapt if that change it comes rapidly because of technology or chaos.
- [Chasing Fail-Safe On The Internet](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/chasing-fail-safe-on-the-internet/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the value of AARP computer security advice on passwords for the internet when entities like the FBI and Equifax can hacked
- [Restoring Values In the U. S.](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/restoring-values-in-the-u-s/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on politics and education in the U. S., noting that Texas' purchasing power has determined textbook content in public schools
- [On Being Politically Woke](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/on-being-politically-woke/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses the skirmish between Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and James Carville over the political importance of being "woke" in politics.
- [Meditation On Erosions](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/meditation-on-erosions/) - Author Caroline Miller offers a meditation on the state of American democracy as it pertains to the Military, the Courts and the Congress.
- [Laugh Clown, Laugh](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/laugh-clown-laugh-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on whether the human species is capable of objectivity given the role emotions play in the pursuit of truth.
- [Fair Share](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fair-share-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the negative effect billionaires have on democracy when they behave like oligarchs rather than citizens.
- [We Hold These Truths](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/we-hold-these-truths/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the January 6, 2021 capital insurrection and wonders if America is stalked by an illness greater than Covid-19.
- [Bless The Birds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/bless-the-birds/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Susan Tweit's, "Bless the Birds," a memoir on the Zen of dying: lesson learned as she cares for a husband with brain cancer
- [Biology Isn't Destiny](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/biology-isnt-destiny/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the origins of patriarchy and whether a woman's physiology destines her to be inferior in that society.
- [Unfriended On Facebook](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/unfriended-on-facebook/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why the religious shun atheists, the sources of morality, and the success of Christian missionaries in Africa
- [A Reality We Mustn't Forget](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-reality-we-mustnt-forget/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on reality, invisibility and the plight of Afghan women under Taliban rule while U. S. women relitigate abortion rights.
- [Stalking The Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/stalking-the-future/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the growing disparity between men and women as women earn more college degrees than men .
- [Corrupt Patriotism](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/corrupt-patriotism/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a corrupt from of madness that poses as patriotism and it's link to selfishness in a country that has been overprivileged
- [The Silk Road That Leads To Hell](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-silk-road-that-leads-to-hell2/) - What frightens me about the generation that is building technologies to exploit the internet is its youth. I fear these visionaries are too inexperienced to be left in total control. Mark Zuckerberg’s motto, “Move fast and break things,” reflects the same rebellious attitude of his peer, Ross Ulbricht. “The question isn’t who is going to
- [Counterfactuals](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/counterfactuals/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the science of counterfactuals, Zoom, the development of programs like Just Read It and other realities in the universe.
- [Spaces Between Data Points](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/spaces-between-data-points/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on personal freedom in the face of encroaching technologies like Automated fusion and Domain Awareness
- [Afghan Women Send A Message](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/afghan-women-send-a-message/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the plight of Afghan women under Taliban rule-a wakeup call to all women, especially those who confuse sex with power.
- [Delay in blog postings](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/delay-in-blog-postings/) - Due to a computer failure, new blog posts will be postponed for a few days. Please watch for the next post soon!
- [They're Either Too Young Or Too Old](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/theyre-either-too-young-or-too-old/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on age discrimination in U.S.A., how it affects people, why the practice makes no sense because we are all the same age.
- [Frenemies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/frenemies/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on religion as a source of human happiness and why human beings are said to be social animals.
- [The Laughing Buddha](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-laughing-buddha/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on free will and accountability, values both Howard Stern and Texas governor Greg Abbot share but which may not exist.
- [The World According To Charlie Brown](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-world-according-to-charlie-brown/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the elite escape Covid-19 restrictions while the rest of us in a shrinking world find we don't like each another.
- [Democracy In A Time Of Madness](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/democracy-in-a-time-of-madness/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the Texas law banning abortion after 6 weeks, the threat to Roe v. Wade and minority rights versus the majority rights.
- [How Did Right Go So Wrong?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-did-right-go-so-wrong/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how patriarchy might have begun as a system bipedal humans developed to help pregnant prehistoric females to survive.
- [Labor Pains](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/labor-pains/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, and the upcoming elections in the Houlse of Labor where two women vie for the top job.
- [The Feminine Mystique](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-feminine-mystique/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on women's role in the 5 major religions of the world and their bargain to accommodate patriarchy in exchange for freedom.
- [Afghanistan--What Matters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/afghanistan-what-matters/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human nature, the Zeigarnik effect and the chaos of the U. S. Afghan evacuation to explain why endgames can be messy.
- [The Taliban Are Everywhere](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-taliban-are-everywhere/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on critical race theory as she considers why slavery and women's suppression seem to be behaviors prevalent in patriarchies.
- [Swimming In The Sargasso Sea](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/swimming-in-the-sargasso-sea/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on changes in the publishing world, the decline of "masculine" literature and the enormous challenge to amateurs.
- [Life In A Panpsychic World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/life-in-a-panpsychic-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the languages of mathematics and poetry and how each attempts to describe the panpsychic world.
- [Analog And Proud Of It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/analog-and-proud-of-it/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on cyber crime, computer crime syndicates and the risks of living on the internet grid with a 3g cell phone.
- [Rethinking The Filibuster](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/rethinking-the-filibuster/) - Author Caroline Miller reexamines the pros and cons of the filibuster and its importance in the current political tribal warfare in Congress.
- [The Question Is How To Be](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-question-is-how-to-be/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human consciousness and how death guides that consciousness by posing questions about how to live our lives.
- [Crowdsourcing Sleuths](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/crowdsourcing-sleuths/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on personal privacy and the public's use of cell phone cameras to assist law enforcement agencies in their investigations.
- [War Between The Sexes](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/war-between-the-sexes/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the patriarchy and why its structure throughout the centuries tends to denigrate women and suggests more research be done.
- [Easy As Falling Off A Cliff](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/easy-as-falling-off-a-cliff/) - Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted he was stunned to see people of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) applaud when they learned Tennessee had halted all vaccinations for minors, including those for Covid-19. The state said it wanted to protect parents’ rights to make medical choices for their children. Critics accused Tennessee of playing politics with
- [A Paean To Fear](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-paean-to-fear/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the unifying power of fear as a way to unify the human race and save the planet from climate change disaster
- [Judgment Day](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/judgment-day/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on autonomous weapons, the bias in large language models, the future of big data planning on human development.
- [The Inflection Point](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-inflection-point/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on rapid developments in robotic technology, human interface and whether we should develop robots in our image.
- [Long May It Wave](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/long-may-it-wave-2/) - Author Caroline Miller celebrates the Fourth of July holiday and commemorates the American flag.
- [Jeff Bezos' Flying Machine](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/jeff-bezos-flying-machine/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Jeff Bezos and the behavioral effects induced by extreme wealth on individuals and society and calls for a wealth tax.
- [When Titans Speak, Should We Listen?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/when-titans-speak-should-we-listen/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on consumers' privacy when exposed to either contextual or behavioral targeting.
- [A Universe Without Tears](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-universe-without-tears/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on violence in the human world, the universe and the silent center of creation which the muon's wobble suggests.
- [Paying It Forward](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/paying-it-forward-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on life, death, loneliness and the universe as a conscious being to explore what influences and unites people.
- [Elegance By Design](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/elegance-by-design/) - Author Caroline Miller muses on fashion design that covers the human body and compares it to nature's plan where animals do without.
- [Still Analog In A Digital Age](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/still-analog-in-a-digital-age/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on NTFs, the stock market, art and money in the digital age with a backward glance at the good old analog days..
- [The Dumb Waiter](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-dumb-waiter/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses a Congressional proposal to increase membership on the U. S. Supreme Court from 9 to 13 and cites a Pinter plan to illustrate.
- [The Impotence Of Being Earnest](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-impotence-of-being-earnest/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the embarrassing immortality of rants shared on the internet, particularly those on the question of abortion rights.
- [Rule That Should Be Broken](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/rule-that-should-be-broken/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the filibuster, the rights of the minority versus the majority and rules that subvert democracy as politics changes..
- [The Magical World Of Color](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-magical-world-of-color/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the history of cosmetic blushers and what science is learning about color's impact on people's moods.
- [Perchance To Dream 10](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-10/) - This morning, I opened my email to find a note from a long-time friend. It said she and her husband of 50 years, both vaccinated against Covid-19, were headed for a weekend resort to join former college chums. Her words seemed to leap from the page as she expressed her anticipation. Naturally, I was happy
- [Actively Dying](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/actively-dying2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on death and dying during the time of the coronavirus after she visits her mother in a care facility.
- [Survival Skills For School Bus Hijackers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/survival-skills-for-school-bus-hijackers/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on young minds, foolish minds, and all the reasons why a person shouldn't hijack a school bus.
- [Is Sarah Palin Trump's Birther?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/is-sarah-palin-trumps-birther/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Peter Hamby's article in, May 2021 "Vanity Fair," and sonders if Sarah Palin was precursor to Donald Trump.
- [Because I Am Old](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/because-i-am-old/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the merits of DVDs versus streaming videos and rules in favor of a book with paper pages.
- [The Internet--What's Our Destination?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-internet-whats-our-destination/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on NFTs, virtual worlds, reality and the lines where they intersect in the electronic world.
- [Scents And Sensibility](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/scents-and-sensibility/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the power of scent to heal as well as trigger memories and gives a nod to the ancient tradition of aromatherapy.,
- [Things I Never Knew](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/things-i-never-knew/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on things she never knew about fashion, from metal and diamond watches, power lunches and couture.
- [The Stendhal Syndrome](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-stendhal-syndrome/) - Moments exist in my life when I have stood transfixed by a work of art. A 1965 performance of Prokofiev’s ballet, Romeo and Julie in which Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margo Fontaine danced the title roles is one example. Rembrandt’s painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son is another. Edvard Munch’s, The Sick Child is
- [Bathtub Ecology](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/bathtub-ecology/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on skin, soap and the dangers of too much bathing as she reflects on her life in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- [Long May It Wave](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/long-may-it-wave/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on U..S. gun rights rulings and the potential conflict between the First and Second Amendments on open carry laws
- [Lesson About Bees](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/lesson-about-bees/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a lesson about bees and how values about individualism and collectivism may affect human behavior
- [Musing About The Lockdown](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/musing-about-the-lockdown/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown, the insanity of the Trump Presidency, and Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel about an Android.
- [A Piece Of Work](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/a-piece-of-work/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human brain size compared to other primates and wonders why, given our extra neurons, we know so little about ourselves.
- [Wabi-Sabi Rules](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/wabi-sabi-rules/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on wabi-sabi aesthetics, how it applies to animal and robot art like Sophie Instantiation, and how it expresses being human.
- [Less Is More](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/less-is-more/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the new fad in skin care "skinimalism" and the use of petroleum jelly versus higher priced creams.
- [Anne Hilleman's "Stargazer"](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/anne-hillemans-stargazer/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews. "Stargazer," Anne Hilleman's latest Southwest Indian mystery series featuring detectives Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito
- [Perchance To Dream 9](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream-9/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the quest for an agent, the pros and cons of alternative options, and the stain of self-publishing
- [History Of Unmasked Neanderthals](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/history-of-unmasked-neanderthals/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Neanderthal thinking and it's impact on the spread of Covid-19 as many Republican male refuse to take the vaccine.
- [Elon Musk And The Whales](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/elon-musk-and-the-whales/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on whether the human brain can adapt to technological revolutions fast enough to survive them,.
- [Snow White And The U. S. Congress](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/snow-white-and-the-u-s-congress/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the pros and cons of restoring earmarks to the U. S. Congressional budget process, and what Snow White would say.
- [Wisdom From A Shopping Cart](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/wisdom-from-a-shopping-cart/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the pandemic, technology and isolation have changed our lives and our society by driving us into technological siloes.
- [Chasing The Fifth Dimension](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/chasing-the-fifth-dimension/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates that light is neither a particle or a wave but a fragment and what that understanding could tell us about dark matter.
- [A Few Kind Words For Kenyans](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-few-kind-words-for-kenyans/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on her travels in Sub-Saharan African in the 1960s and thinks the West should learn their courtesies.
- [Old Junk Repackaged](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/old-junk-repackaged/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the difference between vanity press and hybrid publishing and finds little difference despite the hype.
- [The Future In A Time When Cookies Don't Crumble](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-future-in-a-time-when-cookies-dont-crumble/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the pace of change in society and weighs what's been gained or lost as the pandemic and technology leaves their mark. i
- [Perchance To Dream 8](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-8/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on her search for a book agent, what rejections mean and the abuse of writers in the publishing world.,
- [The Waiting Game](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-waiting-game/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the art of waiting: why we wait, how we wait and why we wait in times of a pandemic and natural disasters.
- [The Truth About Femurs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-truth-about-femurs/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the human species compared to animals in the wild and finds a quote wrongly attributed to Margaret Mead is still true.
- [Knitting Society Together](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/knitting-society-together/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on black enterprises, George Floyd's death and a social conscience that is emerging out of racial injustices and tragedy.
- [It's Snowing In Gilead](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/its-snowing-in-gilead/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates that art reflects life in Donald Trump's second impeachment trial which resulted from the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.
- [The ForgottenWorker](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-forgottenworker/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the rights of the sex worker around the globe and the efforts to give them rights.
- [Little Ironies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/little-ironies/) - “I don’t care if you are a Christian… you don’t get to dictate the way I live my life based on your religion.” The rant about abortion rights appeared on my Facebook page and as an atheist, I was sympathetic. Because Christianity is the dominant religion in this country, some followers assume they can pass
- [Profiles In Courage](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/profiles-in-courage/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the courage police officers and members of Congress showed on January 6, 2021, the day a mob invaded the U.S. Capitol
- [Chaos Of The Manchurian Candidate](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/chaos-of-the-manchurian-candidate/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the brain's plasticity as a source of different views of reality from QAnon to Ted Cruz
- [Let There Be Blood](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/let-there-be-blood/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the death penalty as a tool of justice and Donald Trump's 13 executions just months before ending his term. as President.
- [The Uncivil War](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-uncivil-war/) - Autor Caroline Miller ruminates on Joe Biden's inaugural speech and how to heal a divided nation after the insurrection of January 6, 2021.
- [To Live Well Takes Guts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/to-live-well-takes-guts/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses the direct connect between health and diet and the ease with which the human mind ignores that connection
- [Style As Message](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/style-as-message/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on dress style as political statements among women political figures.
- [A Tale Of Two Insurrections](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-tale-of-two-insurrections/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U. S. Capital building in nation's capital and the threat to democracy .
- [Finding Common Ground](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/finding-common-ground/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses Samuel Alito's speech to the Federalist Society Nov 12, 2020
- [Tuesdays, Thursdays, And Me](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/tuesdays-thursdays-and-me/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on aging, and the mistakes of youth as a preclude to telling readers she will publish her blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays'
- [The Special Providence Of A Fallen Sparrow*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-special-providence-of-a-fallen-sparrow/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the course of democracy in the U. S, after Donald Trump.
- [A New Dawn, A New Year, New Hope](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-new-dawn-a-new-year-new-hope/) - Author Carline Miller shares work of Michael Orwick as a New Year Greeting.
- [Time Capsule For The Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/time-capsule-for-the-future/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on scientific breakthroughs in 2020 and peers into the future.
- [Getting A Jump On The New Year](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/scams/getting-a-jump-on-the-new-year/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on AARP's advice for the New Year
- [A Brief Discourse On Poetry And Power](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-brief-discourse-on-poetry-and-power/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses bad and good poetry to compare the bad and good politics of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kate Porter
- [This December, I'm Making A List](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/this-december-im-making-a-list/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the resiliency of American democracy and what the country has learned from the 2020 Presidential election.
- [Perchance To Dream 7](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream-7/) - Author Caroline Miller gives beginners advice on hunting for a book agent.
- [Once More Through The Looking Glass](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/once-more-through-the-looking-glass/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Trump's presidency as Theater of the Absurd and speculates on the enormity of the task as Joe Biden attempts to put the country together again.
- [The Enemy Within](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/the-enemy-within/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's frivolous attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the consequences of recent Supreme Court rulings
- [Outrunning The Giant](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/outrunning-the-giant/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on technology, home grocery deliveries and how Amazon got scammed.
- [A Time To Grieve](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/a-time-to-grieve/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the pandemic and the elements of tragedy it presents for young and old.
- [What A Piece Of Work Is Man!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/what-a-piece-of-work-is-man-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on similarities of the human mind and the universe and the brain's ability to comprehend the infinite yet fail to know itself
- [When Black Holes Can't Be Trusted](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/when-black-holes-cant-be-trusted/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on human certainty in a fluctuating universe and during a pandemic
- [The Decline Of Bread And Circus](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-decline-of-bread-and-circus/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's legacy as 45th U. S. President and his future.
- [Making A Hell Of Heaven On Earth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/making-a-hell-of-heaven-on-earth/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on The Establishment Clause of the U. S. Constitution and the role of religion in society.
- [Riding The Wave](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/riding-the-wave/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how Covid-19 and unemployment are driving some people to gamble in the stock market
- [Is There Gold In Them Thar Blogs?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/is-there-gold-in-them-thar-blogs/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Substack, a new opportunity for freelance writers to become entrepreneurs.
- [Tis the Season](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/tis-the-season/) - Author Caroline Miller sends a Thanksgiving message.
- [Entropy In The Time Of A Pandemic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/entropy-in-the-time-of-a-pandemic/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on pandemic entropy as an asset to be used to plan for the next disaster.
- [America, Of Thee I sing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/america-of-thee-i-sing/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the consequences of the 2020 Presidential election and what it means for social cohesion
- [A QAnon State Of Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-qanon-state-of-mind/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2020 elections, charges of fraud and a comparison of the presidential candidates
- [The Fuchsia Age](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/the-fuchsia-age/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on aging, remedies to reduce appearing to be old and what the fuchsia has to teach.
- [Women's Lives Matter](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/womens-lives-matter/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women and considers how little has been achieved.
- [The Man In The Fedora](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-man-in-the-fedora/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on street people, poverty and human callousness
- [Light Reading On Court Stripping](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/light-reading-on-court-stripping/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on court stripping, the U. S. Constitution and the three branches of the U. S. government.
- [Not Afraid Of Burning In Hell](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/not-afraid-of-burning-in-hell/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on nonbelievers, their place in society and their charitable attitude to others, based on recent studies.
- [Dressed For Success](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/dressed-for-success/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a woman's dress and her state of mind and if Amy Coney Barrett's wardrobe gives us a clue to her future rulings.
- [Necessity Goes Zoom](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/writings/necessity-goes-zoom/) - Author Caroline Miller talks about her YouTube book review program, "Just Read It" and the upcoming Zoom publishing schedule
- [Good Luck, America](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/good-luck-america/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the upcoming Presidedntial election and says 20,000 lies can't be wrong. Vote for Joe Biden
- [Originalist Sin](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/originalist-sin/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on flaws in an originalist interpretation of the U. S. Constitution
- [Prisoners Of Ourselves](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/prisoners-of-ourselves/) - Author Caroline Miller writes of a coming upheaval in the U. S., art's role as an interpreter of history and citizen leadership.,
- [Light At The End Of The Apocalypse](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/light-at-the-end-of-the-apocalypse/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2020 Elections, the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court Justice and how the public is responding to threats to democracy
- [RU-486](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/ru-486/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on RU-486, a woman's right to an abortion, and why finales continue to be treated like children.
- [Fashion Statement](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/fashion-statement/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on First Ladies, their favorite designers and whether or not they dress to make political statements
- [A Pandemic Greater Than Covid-19](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-pandemic-greater-than-covid-19/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the first Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden and comes to a decision about patriotic duty.
- [Show Me The Conspiracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/show-me-the-conspiracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's recent Covid-19 hospitalization at Walter Reed
- [Nip And Tuck With The Pandemic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/nip-and-tuck-with-the-pandemic/) - Author Caroline Miler ruminates on why plastic surgeons are busy during the Covid-19 epidemic.
- [Cognitive Security](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/cognitive-security/) - Author Caroline Miller looks at cyber security and what some experts are doing to keep the human brain from being hacked.
- [Insights Of the Willy-Nilly](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/insights-of-the-willy-nilly/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on QAnon, Facebook friends and the willy-nilly connectivity of the web
- [The Demise Of Advice And Consent?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-demise-of-advice-and-consent/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Presidential Powers, and weakness in the U. S. Constitution
- [What We All Need Is A Good Broom](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/what-we-all-need-is-a-good-broom/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the upcoming 2020 Presidential election and how to avoid feeling powerless
- [A World Made Of Clay](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-world-made-of-clay/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2020 election and the events, starting with Socrates that have led to a crisis in ethics'
- [175 Years Of Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/175-years-of-truth/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the difference between logic and sophistry in the 2020 political election
- [Thoughts On Being Normal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/thoughts-on-being-normal/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on laughter's role in being normal.
- [Covid-19 Takes Responsibility](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/covid-19-takes-responsibility/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates one the pluses and minuses of Covid--19 and Trump's political windfall.
- [More Craft With Less Art](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/more-craft-with-less-art/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on new film academy rules for the Oscars and the nexus of art, money,and values in today's competitive market
- [Being Of Two Minds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/being-of-two-minds/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on recent psychological studies of the human brain to understand why the tadwomen movment is growing.
- [Paranoia Is The New Norm](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/paranoia-is-the-new-norm/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the nature of truth in the ltulgey wood of the slippery human mind..
- [Postscript To August 17, 2020](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/postscript-to-august-17-2020/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Covid-19, shopping malls, Labor Day and hope
- [test](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/test/) - This post was accidently posted by Caroline's computer admins in an effort to debug a system problem.
- [She Promised Us A Rose Garden](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/she-promised-us-a-rose-garden/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the changes Melanie Trump has made to the White House Rose garden and questions why those changes have caused an uproar.
- [African Tears](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/african-tears/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Catherine Buckle's, "African Tears" and what it reveals about human nature as we tackle modern day forms of discrimination.
- [911 For Democracy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/911-for-democracy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the essential elements of a vibrant democracy as the 2020 U. S. elections approach.
- [Alone Together](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/alone-together/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how Covid-19, has required forced isolation at work and at home and how that isolation affects morale and productivity.
- [Freedom In A Time Of Restriction](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/freedom-in-a-time-of-restriction/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on obsessions as a form of control during the pandemic--the types and why they are important.
- [A Who Done It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-who-done-it/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the 1990 art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, an unsolved mystery that still has experts guessing.
- [A Lemur's Tale](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-lemurs-tale/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the tension between youth and age, and the tensions and between conservative and progressive thinking in a democracy.
- [Let Us Remember To Turn On The Light](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/let-us-remember-to-turn-on-the-light/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on possible positive effects on business and society after Covid-19, which might include an improved sense of community.
- [Patriotism, Maternity And Women's Rights](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/patriotism-maternity-and-womens-rights/) - Predicting the future is difficult because it’s hard to assess how much “nostalgia” from the present or the past will be carried forward. Poland, for example, is shaping its future by taking a giant leap backward. Women’s rights recently took a hit when the country withdrew from an international treaty aimed at curbing violence against
- [Laugh Clowns Laugh](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/laugh-clowns-laugh/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on aphorisms that speak to the human experience, particularly as they apply to Covid-19 and school openings in the fall.
- [The High Road Or The No Road](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-high-road-or-the-no-road/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the plight of expatriates during the Covid-19 upheaval and political unrest around the globe.
- [Understanding Karen*](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/understanding-karen/) - Author Caroline Miller attempts to look into the minds of "Karens", conservative white women who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
- [Face To Face](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/face-to-face/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how Covid-19 has affected the way people communicate with one another and explores how to survive the challenges of Zoom.
- [How To Reduce The Divide Between Rich And Poor](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/how-to-reduce-the-divide-between-rich-and-poor/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why the poor stay poor and suggests how schools can help them plan for their futures.
- [I Never Cried For My Mother](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/i-never-cried-for-my-mother/) - Author Caroline Miller writes of her mother's death, the purpose of pain, and what death teaches those who grieve.
- [Harper's July Letter: A Declaration That Wasn't](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/harpers-july-letter-a-declaration-that-wasnt/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the letter published in Harper's July 7, 2020 signed by 153 artists and thinkers asking the far-left for more tolerance.,
- [Nevermore!](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/nevermore/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the disruptive effects of Covid-19 on U. S. society and decides the pandemic may be getting a bum rap.
- [A Post Pandemic Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/a-post-pandemic-future/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how change stimulates creative ways of thinking and how Covid-19 has altered new modes of scientific research.
- [Perchance To Dream 6](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-6/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the tenacity a writer requires to survive in the competitive world of big time publishing, beginning with finding an agent.
- [May The Force Be With Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/may-the-force-be-with-us/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the question of how the quantum world interacts with human beings to influence behavior through strong and weak force
- [Quiet Revolutions Of The Pen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/quiet-revolutions-of-the-pen/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the power of art to touch minds and change cultures without resorting to violence and bloodshed.
- [Boredom's Gift](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/boredoms-gift/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the positive aspects of boredom, suggesting those moments are opportunities to measure and fill time differently.
- [Sending A Message](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sending-a-message/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on "vote by mail", Covid-19 and Donald Trump's efforts to suppress voter participation in the 2020 election.
- [Executive Order 13672](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/executive-order-13672/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the transgender debate and whether a male who identifies as a women can be defined as a woman.
- [Jabberwock Unbound](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/jabberwock-unbounded/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on adult and childhood fears as the fertile ground for conspiracy theories that plague the political spectrum
- [Micawber's Way](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/micawbers-way/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on money, Covid-19, private equity funds and the dangers of gambling in the stock market during the pandemic
- [St Ignatius Touches An Old Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/st-ignatius-touches-an-old-truth/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses the importance of public education to a democracy if diversity and social cohesion are to mutually exist.
- [The Stock Market Isn't the Economy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/the-stock-market-isnt-the-economy/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on what Covid-19 has revealed about weaknesses in the stock market and why investors should be cautious
- [Women--The Least Of These?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/women-the-least-of-these/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates about the centuries of discrimination women have faced in global societies while other social causes advance.
- [The Guardian Angel Of Lawyers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-guardian-angel-of-lawyers/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the short story collection of Uruguayan writer, Laura Charla whose artistry deserves greater attention among readers.
- [Our Better Angels](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-better-angels/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses demands to dismantle the police force, and why society is culpable for racial bias in the criminal justice system.
- [Thoughts On Mass Movements And Death](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/thoughts-on-mass-movements-and-death/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the effectiveness of mass movements and whether or not they can change the human heart.
- [Contemporary Art In An Unreal World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/contemporary-art-in-an-unreal-world/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the art world, and what artist's are doing to cope with the changes.
- [High Noon For Filmmakers And Movie Theaters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/high-noon-for-filmmakers-and-movie-theaters/) - Author Caroline Miller reminisces about going to the movies and the battle between movie studios and movie theaters over home viewing.
- [Nostradamus Couldn't Have Predicted This](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/nostradamus-couldnt-have-predicted-this/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the way pandemics change the course of human activity and the effects of Covid-19 on the 21st Century
- [A Post Quarantine World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-post-quarantine-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the post Covid-19 world, the changes the virus might bring and whether or not it will produces changes in ourselves.
- [The Long Goodbye](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-long-goodbye/) - Author Caroline Miller writes about the grief of losing a mother.
- [A Tale Of Two Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-tale-of-two-women-2/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews two books on women political leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton, and puzzles about the disparate treatment of each.
- [When Bad Things Happen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/when-bad-things-happen/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on what we can learn from the Covid-19 virus and the relationship between adversity and insight, history and art..
- [Planet For The Apes](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/planet-for-the-apes-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the rich and ordinary people react in a time of a pandemic and why the planet might be best left to the apes.
- [Covid-19 Symptom: Conspiracy Theories](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/covid-19-symptom-conspiracy-theories/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the growth of conspiracy theories that surround Donald Trump, Covid-19 and government failed efforts to control them.
- [The Feminine Way](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-feminine-way/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the difference in leadership styles of men and women during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [Corruption In The Palace Of The White House](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/corruption-in-the-palace-of-the-white-house/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the perils and follies of people when faced with a pandemic and the political corruption attendant with the turmoil
- [The Hollow Men](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-hollow-men/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on John Updike's "Bech at Bay" while combating boredom as she shelters in place during coronavirus pandemic
- [When Fantasy Rules](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/when-fantasy-rules/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on ways the mind interprets reality and how Donald Trump's delusion about the Covid-19 virus may be shaping the 2020 election
- [Old Enough To Laugh](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/old-enough-to-laugh/) - Author Caroline Miller reflects on what it means to age gracefully and the gifts, like patience and humor, that come with being older.
- [Still Unequal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/still-unequal/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates that men are seeking plastic surgery to improve looks, a process women have employed for years though mocked for it. .
- [Perchance To Dream 5](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream-5/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the struggles of finding an agent for her memoir and speculates that nobodies have slim odds for breaking through.
- [Laughter In A Time Of Pandemic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/laughter-in-a-time-of-pandemic/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the peccadilloes that have emerged during the coronovirus pandemic .
- [Boys Will Be Boys](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/boys-will-boys2/) - I’ve never read a book by John Updike, mainly because he was never required in college and I identified him with “the boys,” who included Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, and touching upon Ernest Hemmingway and Norman Mailer, writers whom I have read but whose world view I don’t much care for. They dominated the American
- [Making The Most Of A Murky Situation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/making-the-most-of-a-murky-situation/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the coronavirus will change the workplace in the future and how these changes will affect the workers.
- [Now For Something Completely Different](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/now-for-something-completely-different/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the misquoted phrase, "Vanity Thy Name is woman" that fails to acknowledge the efforts men make to thwart aging. .
- [Where There's A Will There's A Way](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the shutdown resulting from the coronavirus has hindered social ties, particularly the dating game.
- [Technology, Good Intentions And The Road To Hell](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/technology-good-intentions-and-the-road-to-hell/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the impact to society when a natural pandemic crosses over to cause a technological one.
- [Boom Time For Language Lovers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/boom-time-for-language-lovers/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on changes to the English language spawned by the coronavirus and Donald Trump's wishful speaking.
- [Science In The Time Of The Pandemic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/science-in-the-time-of-the-pandemic/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how a pandemic may change attitudes about the value of scientists compared to preachers and politicians.
- [A Moral Tale](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-moral-tale/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on snake worshipers, preachers and the mystery of God's ways in the time of the coronavirus.
- [Lentil Beans Become An Art Form](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/lentil-beans-become-an-art-form/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on sheltering-in-place, the art of cooking, the art of writing and looking for an agent during a pandemic.
- [Life After The Lingerie Department](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/life-after-the-lingerie-department/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the coronavirus, being quarantined, getting hacked and generally having a very bad day.
- [Wicked](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/wicked-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on current events and the corornavirus pandemic, seeing them both as fertile ground for suspicion and conspiracy theories.
- [Perchance To Dream 4](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/perchance-to-dream-4/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates upon today's literary life where agents don't bother to send rejection letters but rely upon authors to figure it out.
- [A Tale Of Two Pandemics](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-tale-of-two-pandemics/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the best and worst of times of the coronovirus pandemic based upon observation of human folly and courage.
- [Perchance To Dream 3](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream-3/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on agent rejection letters and explains why some are actually meant to encourage a writer.
- [Through The Lens Of the Pandemic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/through-the-lens-of-the-pandemic/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates takes a wry look at the coronavirus pandemic, what is means to the planet and for the human species
- [It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on. the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and speculates how the world will be changed
- [The Wrath of Gaya](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-wrath-of-gaya/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Damon Linker's Newsweek comments and decides we need to look beyond political solutions. Climate change.matters.
- [So Funny It Hurts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/so-funny-it-hurts/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates of the funny side of the coronavirus pandemic and speculates on who suffers and who benefits from the stimulus package.
- [Silence Of The Lamb](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/silence-of-the-lamb/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on gender pricing, the persistence of patriarchy and Rebecca Solnit on Harvey Weinstein
- [Money In A Time Of Panic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-in-a-time-of-panic/) - Author Caroline Miller talks about Warren Buffet's investment strategy for surviving a choppy stock market.
- [The Short Circuit Court](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-short-circuit-court/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Justice Mayor's dissent about government's numerous emergency appeals to the U. S. Supreme Court.
- [Life In A Time Of the Coronavirus](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/life-in-a-time-of-the-coronavirus/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on what the coronavirus has to teach the world as she considers the words of John Lennon.i
- [We Love Her Now She's Gone](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/we-love-her-now-shes-gone/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Elizabeth Warren"s 2020 presidential campaign and what women lost when she dropped out of the race.
- [Shortening My Bucket List](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/shortening-my-bucket-list/) - Author Caroline Miller considers considers writer Brandon Pressoe's description of spa life at Canyon Ranch in Arizona and decides to stay home.
- [It's The Little Things That Bug Me](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/its-the-little-things-that-bug-me/) - Author Caroline Miller applies Rudyard Kipling's advice in his poem"IF" to her thoughts about Donald Trump and the Coronovirus pandemic.
- [A U. S. Woman President Is Possible](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/a-u-s-woman-president-is-possible/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the upcoming 2020 presidential election, the inequality of women in the U.SA. and yet see a path for a female President.
- [A Devil's Bargain](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-devils-bargain/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the mistake of leaving healthcare in the hands of employers and why Labor is wrong to oppose a national healthcare system.
- [The Questionable Likeability Of The Pant Suit](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-questionable-likeability-of-the-pant-suit/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the double standard for likeability in female and male candidates and how it poses a higher bar for women seeking public office.
- [New Frontiers And Old Habits](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/new-frontiers-and-old-habits/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the wonders of modern technology while deploring some of its old habits, particularly in terms of Googles user's contract.
- [A REMINDER](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-reminder/) - Author Caroline Miller announces a shift in the publishing of her WriteAway blog from 5 days a week to 3: Mon, Wed. Fri.
- [#Me Too Pelvic](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/me-too-pelvic/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on medical practices that show an indifference to a woman's privacy and the #Me Too Pelvic movement.
- [A Few Unkind Words From The Silent Generation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-few-unkind-words-from-the-silent-generation/) - Author Caroling Miller ruminates on how technology's rapid changes are putting a strain on inter-generational communication.
- [Those Who Can, Teach. Those Who Can't, Adminster](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/those-who-can-teach-those-who-cant-adminster/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on the value of separate a of education for boys and girls, and offers an alternative view of what makes a successful classroom
- [The Willingness To Lose Oneself Can Lead To Insanity](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-willingness-to-lose-oneself-can-lead-to-insanity/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on Donald Trump's rise in popularity after his impeachment, his numerous court cases and his record.
- [Dumbledore Speaks Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dumbledore-speaks-truth/) - Author Caroling Miller ruminates on the importance of values in all societies and notes that standing up to opponents is easier than standing up to friends.
- [In The Words Of Patrick Henry](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/in-the-words-of-patrick-henry/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how the mind rationalizes behavior and how that plasticity can normalize the unthinkable
- [PATRIARCHY SURVIVES IN THE FEMININE HEART](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/patriarchy-survives-in-the-feminine-heart/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how old, patriarchal attitudes rule in feminine minds when evaluating the viability of female candidates
- [Crime And Conscience](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/crime-and-conscience/) - Author Caroline Miller discusses Presidential executive orders, the role of the U. S. Attorney General and Congress have to check usurpation of power.
- [Women's Fashion--It's The Pits](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/womens-fashion-its-the-pits/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how a woman's desire for political freedom gets disconnected by the dictates of cruel fashion
- [The Understory](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-understory/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the humorous aspects of searching for truth and falls back on Oscar Wilde for understanding.
- [Of Two Minds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/of-two-minds/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews Dr, Jordan Grafman's research on the blind faith, religious fundamentalism and Donald Trump's cult-like following.
- [More Profiles In Courage](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/more-profiles-in-courage/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates that around the globe patriotism may require enormous sacrifice and courage or the simple decision to vote.
- [A Love Valentine To My Readers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-love-valentine-to-my-readers/) - Author Caroline Miller sends a hearts and flowers valentine to her readers as the blog site approaches a ten year anniversary.
- [While Rome Burns](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/while-rome-burns/) - Caroline Miller ruminates that as the Democrats squabble over purist ideals, Donald Trump continues to fill court vacancies with ultra conservative judges.
- [Send In The Clowns](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/send-in-the-clowns/) - Author Caroline Miller reviews the recent 2020 Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump, 45th U. S. President, calls it theater and explains why.
- [WAITING FOR GOD](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/waiting-for-god/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on why atheists are the most hated groups in America and speculates the truth of that judgment.
- [What's In A Label?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/whats-in-a-label-2/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on how a growing lifespan presents an opportunity to follow different careers in life.
- [Making A Market With ESG](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/making-a-market-with-esg/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on socially conscious investing and the new Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria, ESG.
- [That's No Jungle. That's Amazon](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/thats-no-jungle-thats-amazon/) - Author Caroline Miller Ruminates that Amazon has turned the book publishing business into a jungle that threatens other species.
- [The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on conspiracy theories and how facts can be twisted in the hands of those who can't handle the truth.
- [Let The Pundits Roar](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/let-the-pundits-roar/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on an article by David Faris which faults the Democrat's impeachment strategy and overlooks how it is convincing the public.
- [Ignorance Is Not A State Of Grace](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ignorance-is-not-a-state-of-grace/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on a citizen's duty during the 2020 impeachment trial of the 45 President of the United States and the duty to be informed.
- [Brides Of Rape](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/brides-of-rape/) - Caroline Miller ruminates on the 2020 U.S. Presidential election,the importance of a woman taking the White House and its effect upon women worldwide. ,
- [It's Not Easy Being Green](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/its-not-easy-being-green/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the conflict between fostering a green world and successfully managing a consumer economy..
- [Brought To You By Popular Desire](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/brought-to-you-by-popular-desire/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the influence social media has non the growing trend toward tribalism in the United States.
- [Listening To The Muse](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/listening-to-the-muse/) - I’m at an age when my young friends begin to worry about me. They note with puzzlement that I decline their invitations to see a play, a movie or go to the symphony. Am I depressed? Am I ill? The answer is “none of the above.” I’m old. I eschew the hurly-burly of street bustle
- [Getting An Edge On AI](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/getting-an-edge-on-ai/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on new technologies that avoid Cloud computing and protect people's privacy.
- [Keeping Pace With The Future Is Exhausting](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/keeping-pace-with-the-future-is-exhausting/) - Author Caroline Miller grumbles about the pace of change in technology as cable loses ground to streaming.
- [War In The Asphalt Jungle](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/war-in-the-asphalt-jungle/) - Urban planners have a new way to clean city air by increasing the number of small pedestrian zones in an area.
- [Thoughts Of High Crimes, Misdemeanors and A Faux Pas](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-of-high-crimes-misdemeanors-and-a-faux-pas/) - Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the canons of modern etiquette in politically troubled times.
- [A Bully Pulpit Isn't Enough](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-bully-pulpit-isnt-enough/) - Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez needs to tweet less and legislate more.
- [Belief Is In Evolution](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/belief-is-in-evolution/) - I know of no antidote for human irrationality, except to acknowledge our frailty.
- [Perchance To Dream 2](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream-2/) - Rejection is an experience common to most of us. Sometimes the rebuff is personal. Sometimes it isn’t. Either way, we must get past our hurt feelings or be lost in a bog. Here’s an example of how fear of rejection can make a situation worse. For the past several months I’ve been encouraging a playwright
- [Some Taxing Matters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/some-taxing-matters/) - I support Elizabeth Warren’s bid for President of the United States. She has plans to address our multiple problems. I admit I couldn’t swear by any of them. Take her wealth tax plan, for example. Generally speaking, a wealth tax works like this: “You calculate a household’s net worth, then charge an annual levy on
- [The Third Option](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-third-option/) - In the dark days of winter, I admit there are occasions when curling up like a sow bug to stare at my navel seems to be the best response to the world. For two days, for example, my computer was on the fritz. When it eventually beamed back at me with renewed life, the news
- [Women Leaders](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/women-leaders/) - Nancy Pelosi’s stunning leadership of Democratic house members during the recent presidential impeachment process will serve as a template for women who seek management positions in the future. What she exhibited during the procedure was experience, direction, and a firm hand. A firm hand isn’t an attribute associated with the fair sex. Harvard research, among
- [Valley Of The Dolls](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/valley-of-the-dolls/) - During the seasonal exchange of greeting cards, one friend replied to my holiday message as follows: “Among our grandchildren disenchantment is not an option.” Most grandparents would nod knowingly at that statement. I have no grandchildren myself, but I have witnessed the unbreakable bond forged between young and old when a gap of between 30
- [The Face Of Tragedy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-face-of-tragedy/) - My friend from the retirement center looked worried as we entered a coffee shop that also made chocolate confectionaries. Surrounded by bonbons of every size and flavor, I wondered that anyone could wear a frown. “What do you think of this Soleimani business,” the woman muttered as she sloughed off her jacket and hung it over
- [Genesis Forgotten](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/genesis-forgotten/) - This New Year, the world stage leaves us with so much worry, there’s little incentive to get out of bed each morning. Adding to the malaise is a fresh, looming disaster. Not long ago, I mentioned that good topsoil around the globe is eroding at the rate of 1% a year. Without it, we won’t
- [Perchance To Dream](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/perchance-to-dream/) - As I walked down a hall at the retirement center the other day, a man tapped me on the shoulder. Turning around, I saw his expression was friendly though it bore the look of surprise. “Say, I finished your book, Gothic Spring last night. Ya know? It was pretty good.” That said, he sprinted
- [What Is The Age Of Woke?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/what-is-the-age-of-woke/) - The creeping loss of personal privacy seems to increase exponentially. The public is aware of the growth. A June report issued by the Pew Research Center revealed: “Americans are concerned about the data collection practices of smart speakers, and similar listening devices.” (“Yes They’re listening,” by Austin Carr et all, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 16, 2019,
- [A Basic Decency](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-basic-decency/) - Recently, U. S. Attorney William Barr delivered a speech at the University of Notre Dame which defended a role for religion in government and attacked secularism as a moral decay that threatened the country. His remarks have been widely criticized by academics, historians and members of the legal profession, but his audience at that Catholic
- [The Mind-Body Connection](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-mind-body-connection/) - Less than 3 months ago I lost a dear friend to lung cancer. To think of it still feels like being stabbed through the heart with a rusty knife. I’d known him since he was a boy of seventeen, had watched him grow, marry and have a family. Yet throughout those years I never knew
- [Standing In Line For An Ebook?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/standing-in-line-for-an-ebook/) - Because it’s electronic, a reader would think an eBook is available on demand. Surprisingly, however, readers who obtain their eBooks from libraries can face a lineup. The reason is simple. Libraries pay between $40 to $60 per title for a license to provide those works for a period of two years. Numerically, that amounts to
- [Going Bananas](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/going-bananas/) - I used to think I was a reasonably informed person, but President Donald Trump has taught me what passes as information can often be fake. Take the banana, for example. In the ‘60s and ’70s, it would never be mistaken for a work of art. But since Trump has been in office, reality has taken
- [Bias Is No Impediment To Justice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/bias-is-no-impediment-to-justice/) - The axiom, “Liars sometimes speak the truth,” existed as far back as the ancient Greeks, and is still accurate today. But how are we discern the difference between truth and a lie? With regard to articles of impeachment, Donald Trump’s supporters have dispensed with the need to make a distinction. Everyone outside their bubble of
- [HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-new-year-2020/)
- [A Smile Is Ageless](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-smile-is-ageless/) - A few months ago, I changed my Facebook photo. No big deal. The one I’d been using was 10 years old. I read somewhere that a person’s features change significantly every 10 years, so an update seemed timely. A number of people noticed the switch and posted a thumbs-up, responses which I appreciated but were
- [Marie Eau-Claire](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/writings/marie-eau-claire/marie-eau-claire-2/) - Courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net publicdomainpictures.net This Christmas Eve, I will share my fantasy “Marie Eau-Clair.” The Colored Lens published the piece in 2012. Given its mystical and magical theme, it seems perfect for the holiday season. I republish it here in its original 2-part series as a holiday greeting. http://thecoloredlens.com/?p=499#more-499 parts 1-3 http://thecoloredlens.com/?p=527 parts 4-7
- [Art Goes Where Science Cannot Tread](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/art-goes-where-science-cannot-tread/) - One day last week, PBS Newshour aired a segment about MRI imagining. Scientists are experimenting with it to “read” our thoughts. The invasion sounded creepier than what Edward Snowden envisioned when he warned that companies and governments are invading our emails. What raised my ire was one scientist’s response when a reporter questioned him about
- [What A Piece Of Work Is Man](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/what-a-piece-of-work-is-man/) - The human race seems to be cursed. So many inventions meant to provide peace and prosperity end up doing the opposite. Cars, trains, trucks, and boats have allowed commerce to flourish, but they also have given us global warming. The internet puts information at our fingertips but provides disinformation with the same alacrity. In addition,
- [Algorithms: No Crystal Ball For The Future](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/algorithms-no-crystal-ball-for-the-future/) - Given the many life and death threats facing our species, an algorithm to help identify which challenges are imminent and which can wait five minutes sounds great. Unfortunately, technology is part of the problem. The more we rely on it, the more we are likely to find ourselves in a dystopian world. We want Facebook
- [Goodbye To Fake Friends](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/goodbye-to-fake-friends/) - My New Years' resolution for 2020 will be to reduce the number of my Facebook friends. Unlike the woman from Kenya who had 5000, I can’t manage 400. Some friends I doubt are real. They never comment on the news feed. Once a year I send them my annual birthday greeting to which I get
- [May All Your Christmases Be White](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/may-all-your-christmases-be-white/)
- [Where's The Gristle?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/wheres-the-gristle/) - Last week, I was browsing through a health food store when a clerk offered me a sample of vegetable bacon. “You won’t be able to tell the difference from the real thing,” she assured me. Taking the sample, I popped it into my mouth and noticed how my taste buds perked up. I’d not tasted
- [Bon Mots And Bonbons--The Case For Reading](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/bon-mots-and-bonbons-the-case-for-reading/) - We’d intended to walk to a coffee shop near my residence to enjoy bonbons with our beverages. Unfortunately, the morning rain altered our plans. Instead, we chose to settle into two Queen Anne chairs by a picture window in the lobby of the building where I live, our hot drinks fresh from a vending machine.
- [The Burden Of 5,000 Friends](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-burden-of-5000-friends/) - A young woman from Kenya sent me a friendship request on Facebook the other day. Because I lived in east Arica for a time, I agreed. Seconds later a new message popped up. This one was from Facebook. The woman whose friendship I’d accepted had 5,000 already. The website wouldn’t allow her more. My first
- [Change Is Good](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/change-is-good/) - Working with an editor on my memoir taught me to appreciate how rapidly language changes. Like floodwaters, it flows, alters course and refuses to be controlled. The French have tried to apply rules to their native tongue, hoping to preserve its purity, but snippets of English breach the Channel like bits of non-biodegradable plastic. Francophile
- [Casting A Wider Net On Being Human](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/casting-a-wider-net-on-being-human/) - At the retirement center where I live, I recently sat down beside a woman who suffers from tremors. She was enjoying a late lunch by herself which made me wonder if she might find my presence a distraction. Her smile reassured me. As I settled in, I recalled the first time we’d met, four years
- [Who Doesn't Love A Bargain?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/who-doesnt-love-a-bargain/) - On Black Friday, I encountered a woman scurrying toward the entrance to my retirement center. The raw wind blew past as I held the door open for her. As I did, I noticed the shopping bag she clutched in her hand was filled to the brim. “Did you get a bargain?” I asked, making light
- [Have We No Shame?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/have-we-no-shame/) - I read an article the other day that praised Donald Trump for his extraordinary leadership. The author congratulated the president for his attempts to revive the coal industry, his rollbacks on climate change regulations, his tax reforms that made the super-rich wealthier and his immigration policy that separated children from their parents--not to mention his
- [We're No Angels](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/were-no-angels/) - So far the American Bar Association has rated eight of Donald Trump’s nominees for the judicial bench as unqualified. The number isn’t unprecedented for a president, but our dear leader has little tolerance for criticism. We shouldn’t be surprised that he has decided to bar the Bar from receiving advanced information on his nominees. His
- [Women Must Speak Louder](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/women-must-speak-louder/) - The human race seems to be on a collision course with itself and women will play a critical role in the outcome. On the one hand, population growth poses an environmental question. How long can the earth sustain us? “Already we have consumed more resources in the last 50 years than the whole of humanity
- [Okay Boomer](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/okay-boomer/) - Frankly, the younger generation’s meme against their elders strikes me as tame. “OK Boomer,” sounds like a capitulation, not rebellion. What? No clenched fists? No finger? Hand gestures are out of the questions, I suppose. The feat would require a person to give up scrolling on his or her smart phone. Nonetheless, I’m miffed
- [Elizabeth, I'm Not The Least Bit Sorry](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/elizabeth-im-not-the-least-bit-sorry/) - Not long ago, I grew weary of seeing my news feed treated like a public kiosk. I love promoting my friends’ achievements when they publish a book or have an art show, but commercials are fair game for exploitation. One day, for example, I attached an announcement for Just Read It, my book vlog, to
- [Will AI Make Writers Obsolete?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/will-ai-make-writers-obsolete/) - A reader directed me to an article in the October issue of The Atlantic, John Seabrook’s comments on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and creative writing. Could machines learn to write better than professionals, it asked. I’ll probably go on foraging for ideas from this piece for a while, the way people pick at Thanksgiving leftovers. The
- [Ruminations On Being Human](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/ruminations-on-being-human/) - A while ago, a woman dropped me from her Facebook friends list. I could see it coming. She was an alt-right believer, while I was not. Simply put, our views didn’t mesh. Beliefs, like black holes, seldom emit light. Reason forces us to reevaluate ideas according to new information. Belief systems seldom do. They are
- [Send A Capitalist To Catch A Capitalist](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/send-a-capitalist-to-catch-a-capitalist/) - Bill Gates throws up his hands and declares Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax will break him. Gates, whose financial worth is reported to be $106.8 billion dollars, would pay about 3 billion in wealth taxes under Warren’s plan. But even if his fears were correct and he would pay $100 billion, would he find living
- [HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-2/) - http://Courtesy of pixabay.com
- [Rumination: Civil Life In A Time Of Upheaval](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/rumination-civil-life-in-a-time-of-upheaval/) - In 2011, I opined I envied the lifestyle of the monied class. I even speculated that having a butler, a cook, and a chauffeur would be necessary for my declining years. My 105-year house offered a clue. It required an army of gardeners, plumbers, roofers, and house painters to keep it maintained. Anticipating my needs,
- [Liberals At A Crossroad](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/liberals-at-a-crossroad/) - Recently, I shared an article that argued if the Warren/Sanders wing of the Democratic party didn’t consolidate, the mathematical certainty was Joe Biden would win the nomination. A Sanders supporter wrote back to say he couldn’t trust Warren. She’d once been a Republican. Having been a Republican, myself, I have no difficulty accepting Warren’s conversion.
- [The Secret of "Secrets"](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/the-secret-of-secrets2/) - I hadn’t intended to share “Secrets,” the story I published earlier this month. When I read the printed version, I discovered errors: “compliment” for “complement”; “shinning” for “shining.” The punctuation was flawed with double periods in several places. Worse, two sentences repeated words that disturbed the syntax. After I read what I’d written, I
- [Fire And Ice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fire-ice2/) - I take my mother to lunch every Friday. At 97 she likes to stroll the mall to see the latest fashions. Passing a cosmetics counter she’ll often say, “I think it’s time to renew myself.” We pause over the glass display until a crisp looking salesgirl comes forward. She offers us samples and mother giggles
- [A Short Hour To Fret Upon The Stage](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/short-hour-fret-upon-stage2/) - “…only a lucky writer can write a classic, and it’s only a rare classic that can be perennially relevant.” So writes Lauren Groff in her essay, “The Lost Yearling” (Harper’s, Jan. 2014, pgs. 89-94), a eulogy of sorts, for the fading Pulitzer prize book, The Yearling, written by Marjorie Kennan Rawlings and published in 1938.
- [My Father's Prejudice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/my-fathers-prejudice2/) - My father lived with my mother and me until I turned 7. Every Sunday, he and I would jump into the car, always an Oldsmobile, and we’d drive to the center of town to buy the newspaper. If the first vendor we met was black, my father drove on, until he came to a white
- [The Immorality Of Sanitizing War](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-immorality-of-sanitizing-war2/) - I sat down to coffee, recently, with a couple who’d lived in Albania after the Russians withdrew. The husband was serving as U. S. Ambassador at the time and during our conversation, his wife recounted a story about an event she hosted for some of the country’s political leaders. Her husband, standing in the midst
- [What Fools These Mortals Be](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/what-fools-these-mortals-be2/) - One of my favorite Shakespearian lines comes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream when Puck says to his Lord, “What fools these mortals be.” (Act iii, Scene 2.) He spoke at a time before psychiatry existed, and no one had coined the term cognitive dissonance disorder. In layman’s words, cognitive dissonance occurs when we attempt to
- [Fantastic Beasts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/fantastic-beasts2/) - I’m a fan of J. K. Rawling’s and hope to see her newest fantastic beasts film soon. Still, when I stop to consider, we humans are fantastic beasts, too. Artificial Intelligence (AI) won’t be a threat to us in the near future, if ever. The reason is we harbor mysteries we’ve yet to fully understand.
- [A Sinner's Tale](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-sinners-tale2/) - As I mention in my upcoming memoir, for a time I lived in a pub in an English village. Quaint and cozy, it was of note because of a monk’s face, carved with a wink, that peered into the serving room. Behind it was a passageway, long since blocked, that in early days, led to
- [Displaced Person](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/displaced-person2/) - Late one afternoon, after my gym workout, I stopped for a cool glass of water in the retirement center’s lounge. With no one around, I sank into one of the padded chairs and stared into empty space. A couple strolled by to read the menu posted for dinner. Too far away, I didn’t attempt to
- [Perfume As The Art Of The Story](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/perfume-as-the-art-of-the-story2/) - I saw no mystery in it. When I was a child of 5 or 6, I made perfume by gathering sweet-smelling flowers, roses, daphne, and honeysuckle, and dropped them into a bowl of cold water. Next, I crushed them with a wooden spoon and after a few minutes, I had perfume for my mother’s birthday.
- [Questions For A Brave New World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/questions-for-a-brave-new-world2/) - With so much political turmoil around the globe, much of it spawned by our President, I wonder if anyone is thinking about the future? All this concern for North Korea’s and Iran’s nuclear capabilities, for example. How does it compare to the growing cyber threat? Are nuclear wars likely in the future when an aggressor
- [Truth, Relativity, And Time -- Lessons Our President Should Have Learned](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/2truth-relativity-and-time-lessons-our-president-should-have-learned/) - Whether or not Albert Einstein gave his brain to science may be a matter of debate, (Click) but it would be fascinating to compare his mind to Donald Trump’s. Einstein’s IQ is 160 while Trump claims his is 156. The number means less to me than how well a person grasps reality. Surprisingly, Einstein and
- [Escape From The Matrix Of Social Media](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/2escape-from-the-matrix-of-social-media/) - A woman quit Facebook today, after saying goodbye to her friends. She’d have enough of the growing incivility. I admit some of the messages on my news feed sound like word bombs from Syria. Surprisingly, much of this foaming at the mouth comes from liberal democrats who are screaming at other liberal democrats because they
- [Dirt Cheap Prescriptions Not Always Good For Patients](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/2dirt-cheap-prescriptions-not-always-good-for-patients/) - Recently, I left my dental office with a generic drug prescription and paid less than $3 for it. Medicare paid the major portion, but I admit, I had reverse sticker shock. After the EpiPen scandal, where a generic drug that normally sold for $50 suddenly shot up to $300, I felt I got off lucky.
- [Women -- Last In Line But Up To The Challenge](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/2women-last-in-line-but-up-to-the-challenge/) - The easiest way to affect social change is to affect the flow of money. Talking about women’s rights and equal pay may get lip service from politicians and civil rights groups but it won’t move the pay needle a jot until Wall Street sees a reason to respond. Universal health care became palatable as an
- [A Hymn To Fruitcake And Traditionally Built Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/2a-hymn-to-fruitcake-and-traditionally-built-women/) - I love sinking into a new book from Alexander McCall’s First Ladies’ Detective series. Set in East Arica’s Botswana, the area around which I lived for two years, I am well acquainted with the rhythms of life in that part of the sub-Saharan desert. Each new book is like a trip home. I also know
- [Robot-Advisers Face Conflicts Of Interest](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/2robo-advisers-face-conflicts-of-interest/) - Turning your investment money over to a robot, with its almost infinite database, may lead you to believe the advice you receive is objective. (Blog 4/15/15) Why shouldn’t it be? Robots have no personal interest at stake. An added plus is no middle man fees. Banks understand the appeal. Giants like Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo
- [Georgia O'Keefe: Who Controls The Narrative?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/2georgia-okeefe-who-controls-the-narrative/) - Georgia O’Keefe, “…laughed at the idea that anyone would care what she ate for breakfast, yet she understood that the mythology surrounding an artist’s practice was useful material.” (“Self-Made Woman,” by Rachel Syme, New Republic, July 2017, pg. 59.) Ernest Hemingway understood that notion, too, and even saved the grocery lists he made for his
- [Finding The Grailed](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/finding-the-grailed2/) - I've always loved high fashion. I consider it an art form, though you'd never guess to look at me. In my retirement years, I might pass for a bag lady. If I could, I'd wear pajamas all day. Dominique Browning, former head of House and Gardens, before it went defunct, wrote a memoir called Around
- [Hidden In Plain Sight](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/hidden-plain-sight2/) - A few days ago, I left my hairdresser’s shop feeling happy. When a woman’s hair looks good, she feels good, too. Then I reached my car and discovered my keys were missing. Suddenly I felt as if I’d swallowed a live gerbil. Of course, my keys had to be near. I’d driven to the shop,
- [Stranger Than Fiction](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/stranger-than-fiction2/) - One of my favorite novels of all time is Patrick Süskind’s, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. The protagonist is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born to a woman who was a fishmonger in 1738. Having had 6 children, all still-born, she tries to abandon the 7th but is caught and hanged for her crime. The child is
- [Black English, Alexandrai Ocasio-Cortez And Nancy Pelosi](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/2black-english-alexandrai-ocasio-cortez-and-nancy-pelosi/) - I may have told this story before, but it bears repeating. When I headed a teacher’s union, years ago, I defended a black member whom the school district longed to dismiss. Her hair, greying enough to appear dusted with ash, surrounded a leathery face that seemed incapable of forming a smile. A courageous woman, she
- [Assisted Living Needs An Assist](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/assisted-living-needs-an-assist2/) - There’s a reason why women don’t earn as much as men, and discrimination isn’t the cause. It stems from a female’s cultural role as a caregiver. In fact, 81 percent of people who tend to a family member in the home are women. Unsurprisingly, most of them are mothers and wives, but daughters provide 29%
- [Random Thoughts On Clocks, Roseanne Barr And Race](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/2random-thoughts-on-clocks-roseanne-barr-and-race/) - When a person reaches “a certain age,” doctors begin to examine him or her with an eye to senility. One of their tests requires a patient to draw the face of a clock and insert the required numbers. I tend to fail because I prefer hexagonal clocks to round ones and believe that as long
- [Amazon Gives Authors, Publishers And The Public The Squeeze](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/2amazon-gives-suthors-publishers-and-the-public-the-squeeze/) - One of my fellow authors is scratching her head because she’s discovered her books are being sold on foreign websites. Her discovery raises a couple of questions. How did her novels wander so far from the home? Does one get bragging rights for making the bestseller list in Transylvania? What isn’t in doubt is she
- [Talking To My Hearing Aids](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/talking-to-my-hearing-aids2/) - At 81, I now have a pair of hearing aids, and believe me, I’d prefer not to. If I didn’t already know life moves at a frenetic pace, I would now, judging from the noise around me. I’ve worn these expensive devices for three weeks and I’m struggling to make the adjustment. Even water gushing
- [Left Over Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/left-over-women2/) - Our president, Donald Trump, is doing a great job of alienating most of the world. Certainly, he earned us no goodwill when he refused to shake hands with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, and, arguably, the real leader of the free world. Beyond insulting an ally, he projected a chauvinist message at a time when
- [To Self-Publish Or Not To Self-publlish](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-pub2llish/) - All I wanted to do in my retirement years was write. I presumed the easiest way to do that was to find a publisher and let the company go through the mechanics of getting my books into print. So far that decision has proved unsatisfactory. I won’t go into details, but given the ease with
- [Dick, Jane and Spot](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/dick-jane-and-spot2/) - When I was a child of five, one of the first books I read in school was about Dick, Jane and a dog named Spot. They lived in a house with a picket fence on a sunny street with a mother and father named Mr. And Mrs. Little. Dick, Jane, and Spot had many adventures
- [Grande Dame?  Or Nothing But A Dame?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/2grande-dame-or-nothing-but-a-dame/) - In the last two years of my political life, I served with 4 other women as a county commissioner. I was the fiscal conservative in the bunch but shared their liberal persuasion for social concerns. About money, I saw it as a fickle friend, not to be relied upon as the answer to every problem.
- [In Search Of An Original Idea](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/in-search-of-an-original-idea2/) - People sometimes ask if I’ve thought about publishing a selection of my blogs in book form. Naturally, I’m flattered, just as I am when they suggest my novels would make great movies. Such notions don’t swell my head. Steven Spielberg, I know, won’t be calling soon. As for the blogs, they will never be bound
- [Meditations Of An Old Goat](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/meditations-old-goat2/) - I’ve always been a cautious driver and age hasn’t improved my courage. Knowing my reaction times are slowing, my hearing fading and my periphery vision narrowing, I take extra precautions, which include driving at the lawful speed even if the road ahead is straight as a ruler and mine is the only car on the
- [Art And Madness](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/art-madness2/) - Appropriate to the season, a friend gave me a gift certificate to Powell’s bookstore. Overjoyed, I hurried off to use it before it got lost in the midst of my move to the retirement center. Choosing a book wasn’t hard. I keep a list on my refrigerator door. So it’s not surprising I came home
- [Wenlock Edge](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/wenlock-edge2/) - A reader wrote to say she had some questions about Alice Munro’s short story, “Wenlock Edge,” and wondered if I had any insights. Curious, I read the story then searched for reviewer’s remarks on the web. I found few. One commentator did point out that the trick to understanding the story is to recognize it
- [Making The Most OF Misery](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/making-misery2/) - Events around the globe don’t seem to be pointing to a bright future. Besides polluting the environment, we seem bent on killing each other. Perhaps that’s why the number of articles about how to stay happy seems to be multiplying faster than rabbits in old Mr. McGregor’s garden. The basic assumption is that the brain
- [Judging A Book By Its Kindle](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/judging-book-kindle2/) - When Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time came out several years ago, someone hid money at the back of one copy to see if anyone got to the end of this complex work on cosmology. The book hit the best seller list and remained there for 4 years, but no one has ever
- [Courage, Possibilities and Measuring Sticks](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/2courage-possibilities-measuring-sticks/) - “Getting knocked down is one thing—being a coward is something else.” So says, Sally Field who knows a thing or two about getting knocked down. She won her first Academy Award for her performance in the film, Norma Rae, (1979) but it was a role for which she was not the studio’s first choice but
- [Older But Better](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/older-better2/) - I surprised myself this morning and not pleasantly. After spending weeks trying to renew my mother’s handicapped parking placard with the Department of Motor Vehicles, I found the one I’d obtained earlier in my glove compartment. Now I had two placards with different numbers. What was my forgetfulness telling me? As we grow old, there’s
- [Intimations of Mortality](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/intimations-mortality2/) - The mother of someone I know is dying. The fact is sad, naturally. But the situation is not unusual. One of the last lessons parents have to teach is that we are mortal. The manner of their leaving may be difficult or filled with reconciliation and letting go. Either way, their passing hints at the
- [Memories And Memoir](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/memories-and-memoir/) - The edits on my memoir have returned, so for the next several weeks, I’ll be focusing on rewrites. I’ve been working on this book for the past two years and, at the current rate, I fear it may take me longer to draft my recollections of past events than to have lived them. If I
- [Small Planet For The Criminally Insane](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/2small-planet-for-the-criminally-insane/) - While in public life, I worked with a district attorney who was a thoughtful man. His politics leaned toward conservatism, but that bias seldom interfered with the way he aligned facts. Objectivity of that degree is rare. For many, emotions rule. Upon occasion, he and I discussed our differing views of justice. I opposed the
- [The Overstory Of Trees](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-overstory-of-trees2/) - Shakespeare often threw his characters into the green world of the forest. After stumbling through acres of trees, they eventually discovered their inner selves. Midsummer Night’s Dream is an obvious example, but the king in King Lear, after being pummeled by a storm, also gains wisdom. Of course, R. R.Tolkien, author of Lord of the
- [The First Lesson Of Reality](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/first-lesson-reality2/) - I came across an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich’s latest book, Living with a Wild God, recently. (“Zapped by the Invisible World,” The Baffler, Vol. 25, 2014, pg. 13.) I’ve never read her any of her works but this segment spoke to my interest in mystical experiences. She was describing an event from her youth that
- [Rebecca Solnit Explains Things To Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/rebecca-solnit-explains-things-to-us/) - Rebecca Solnit, the author of Men Explain Things to Me, tickles my funny bone. She has a sharp wit and a sharp pen which she exhibits regularly as a columnist for Harper’s. In addition, she is well-versed in a number of subjects, having written about the environment, landscapes, politics, memory and a history of walking,
- [New Beginning For Just Read It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/2new-beginning-for-just-read-it/) - The month of May marks a new beginning for Just Read it and for me. Just Read it is the 10 minute YouTube video program Susan Stoner and I have co-hosted over the last 4 years. During each show, a Portland, Oregon author joined us to discuss a book from the New York Times
- [Confucius Says...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/confucius-says2/) - Yesterday, I wrote about the dark side of robotics, which stems largely from a wariness about ourselves. (Blog 8/31/15) Writer, John Mooallem raises our level of consciousness about “them” and “us” further in, “Is it ok to kick a robot?” (Wired, July 2015 pg. 52.) Besides robotic virtues mentioned yesterday, Mooallem points out these wired
- [Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/truth2/) - Many times I’ve noted a large gap exists between what our brain tells us about the world and truth. My novel Trompe l’Oeil is a study of that gap – the difference between appearance and reality. Even so, we infinitely small creatures of a small planet among billions of galaxies continue conduct ourselves with a
- [Taking Aim At Ageism](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/taking-aim-at-ageism/) - Being 80-something, I get it when Democratic campaigner Joe Biden talks about record players, or President Donald Trump quips he will “tape” a program to view later. Both men are septuagenarian, kids by my reckoning, but old enough to be comfortable with earlier norms. Yes, it may be funny when Biden mistakes Vermont for New
- [Free Will -- Does It Exist?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/free-will-does-it-exist/) - Recently, someone on Facebook broke into a political discussion to suggest the debate was irrelevant. Life was predetermined and free will didn’t exist. The comment took me back to my undergraduate days as a student of philosophy. Even so, I didn’t reply. I knew kissing my elbow would be easier than proving the proposition either
- [Time For A Little Truthiness](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/time-for-a-little-truthiness/) - I sat down to brunch with friends, recently, a long overdue pleasure. As they were friends, they asked how my memoir was progressing. “Oh,” I replied, the genre isn’t called a memoir anymore. It’s referred to as “literary nonfiction.” “What’s the difference?” The friend who’d spoken folded his arms across his chest to suggest he
- [To Dare To Go Where Men Have Gone Before](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/to-dare-to-go-where-men-have-gone-before/) - A week ago, I sat down to lunch with two women who are notable because they’ve dedicated themselves to advancing gender equality. The two had never met, so I brought them together to see what synergism might evolve. The meeting went well, a perfect example of women reaching out to support one another. Unfortunately,
- [Either A Borrower Or A Lender To Be? That Is the Question](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/either-a-borrower-or-a-lender-to-be-that-is-the-question/) - As the stock market remains choppy, I’ve chosen to shift some money into certificates of deposit.*(CDs) Interest rates for this kind of investment are low, but so is inflation. With a 2% return, I can keep my finances afloat. Recently, my broker recommended I add U. S. Treasuries to the mix. Treasuries, he said, were
- [Culture Vultures](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/culture-vultures/) - Who would have imagined writing young adult novels could be dangerous? Even so, writer Jesse Singal contends social media sites have become centers for whisper campaigns against authors who violate a new canon. The emerging standard requires rigid authenticity. For example, a book about a black heroine that isn’t written by a black writer will
- [When East Meets West](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/when-east-meets-west/) - Many of us are shocked to read that in Muslim countries parents may coerce a daughter to marry the man who raped her. As her society blames the female for the shame done to her, she is obliged to save the family’s honor by marrying the man who violated her. In the west, we might
- [Words, Words, Words](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/words-words-words/) - One of the truest phrases in the English language is “words fail me.” I use that phrase often when I speak about our 45th president. But politics aside, words do sometimes fail us. Life is too amazing, too deep, too happy, or too sad to be contained by words. Nonetheless, we humans accept other people’s
- [The Art Of The Fake](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/the-art-of-the-fake/) - It’s uncivil of me, I suppose, to pick another quarrel with Amazon. After all, for the past week, the company has been running ads for my book, Heart Land, without a request or payment from me. In fact, that they’re running the ad in tandem The Ninth Hour is flattering. Of course, the two books
- [Do Men Need A Break?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/do-men-need-a-break/) - Because I'm short, I have trouble finding slacks that don’t need to be altered. The additional expense takes the fun out of finding an Eileen Fishers garment on sale. Frankly, when I shop for long pants, I look for a knitted band rather than a cuff at the end of the leg. A one size
- [Victoria's Secret And The Demise Of The Push Up Bra](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/victorias-secret-and-the-demise-of-the-push-up-bra/) - The summer of my senior year in high school, I worked at a nearby Sears & Roebuck, selling lingerie. Often, my customers were men, and, over time, I came to pity those lost souls as they perused the counters in search of gifts for the women in their lives. As shoppers, they seemed as ill-prepared
- [Let Freedom Ring](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/let-freedom-ring/) - Some have argued the question of abortion rights should be left to the states as the U. S. Constitution contains no language that speaks directly to it. The Constitution does speak to the right an individual has to pursue happiness, however, and fundamental to that right is the freedom to make decisions pertaining to one’s
- [When Virtual And Real Worlds Collide](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/scams/when-virtual-and-real-worlds-collide/) - My near-death fantasy is to be conscious as I depart not only this earth but also the world-wide-web. To be honest, the web hasn’t been kind to me of late. First, the Russians attacked my blog in 2016. Then Facebook became positively hostile and banned me from its pages for several weeks. Now Tumblr has
- [Thoughts On David Koch's Death](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-david-kochs-death/) - The Brookings Institute, a respected think tank, recently issued a report on the political benefits of Congressional earmarks. Earmarks are footnotes an elected representative once was allowed to insert into the Congressional budget. Usually, the earmark was for a project which favored constituents in the representative's district. Some earmarks became so outrageous a public outcry
- [Have Toothache? Eat A Carrot](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/have-toothache-eat-a-carrot/) - My 82-year-old teeth surprised me a few weeks ago. I woke up with a toothache. Fortunately, the dentist could see me right away. After providing me with a prescription for antibiotics, he set up an appointment with a colleague for my root canal. Naturally, I took the pills but knew they would play havoc with
- [Message To The Young From Someone Old](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/message-to-the-young-from-someone-old/) - Being an old person in the tech world that the young have created can be disconcerting, like trying to navigate sand dunes on roller skates. For assistance, I pay one guru to manage my hard drive and storage and two additional gurus to keep me out of bogs in what we lovingly call the internet.
- [Don't Eat The Gingerbread](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dont-eat-the-gingerbread/) - Who doesn’t like a good fairytale? Few. I suppose that's why when Jeff Bezos sent me an email announcing my four novels could be translated into foreign languages for free, a smile crept across my face. Long years have taught me it’s best to keep my hands in my pocket whenever someone makes me an
- [Price Point](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/price-point/) - The new beautician at my mother’s retirement center has raised prices for a simple haircut. A clip that previously cost $17 now costs $20 for a woman and $15.00 for a man. Discrimination of that kind raises my hackles, but, of course, we women aren’t new to it. Some might argue we bring discrimination
- [My Summer Vacation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/my-summer-vacation/) - During my blog hiatus, so many news items begged for comment, I kept salivating, like one of Pavlov’s dogs. Sticking to a memoir about my foreign travels in the 1960s took discipline. I’m glad I did. I found I had much to learn. For a start, memoirs are out of fashion. The new genre is
- [The New Lexicon Of Sex](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-new-lexicon-of-sex2/) - No, it’s not nostalgia. Life was simpler in the good old days. Sex for example. When I was growing up, people were either heterosexual or homosexual. Then male homosexuals and female homosexuals had a falling out and we had three divides: heterosexual, gay and lesbian. I had just settled into the three when they exploded
- [We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/we-have-nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself/) - 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 president
- [Financial Map For The Bumpy Road Ahead](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/financial-map-for-the-bumpy-road2-ahead/) - I sat down to coffee in the retirement lounge, recently, needing a time out. My head was spinning from my conversation with my stockbroker. Exasperated, I said to the woman next to me, “How can I leave my money in the hands of someone who approves of Donald Trump?” The woman, known for her wry
- [When A Blog Isn't A Blog But A Rorschach Test](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/when-a-blog-isnt-a-blog-but-a-rorschach-test2/) - If you’ve returned to this blog page more than once, congratulations. You’re an intelligent reader. At least, that’s what my computer’s editor says. When I compose, I’m forever being red flagged for sentences that are too long and paragraphs that are too complex. So being on this site makes you stand head and shoulders above
- [Punting On The Recesses Of My Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/punting-on-the-recesses-of-my-mind2/) - Late one afternoon, a friend came to visit at the retirement center. He’s a brainy fellow so our conversations often wander into curious places. At one point, I recall saying I thought human consciousness might be one way the universe keeps track of itself. I’d meant it as a humorous remark, but my friend added
- [American-Rusian Relations: More Complex Than You Think, Mr. President](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/american-rusian-relations-more-complex-than-you-think-mr-president2/) - I love Russian literature. Much of it is pessimistic, of course. If a bright future lies ahead, it will come in another lifetime. Certainly, that’s the view of Anton Chekhov. (Click) At the very least, I find this point of view eccentric. A Russian countess in Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, for example, professes to love humanity
- [Smart Cremation For A Dumb Client](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/smart-cremation-for-a-dumb-clien2/) - When I turned 39, I received my first letter from AARP. Looking down at the envelope, I was stunned. Me? Middle Aged? There’d been a mistake. If my response seemed melodramatic, then, imagine how I reacted when a crematorium invited me to lunch, recently. My heart stopped. “R.S.V.P required,” it said. Being a careless reader,
- [The Military-Industrial-Technological Complex](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-military-industrial-technologic2al-complex/) - In 1961, in his farewell address to the nation as our 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower warned that “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” (Click) His words are often repeated, a reminder that we should avoid the concentration of too much money and power in
- [All About Me](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/all-about-me2/) - The saying is, “opposites attract.” It’s true for me when I meet someone who is talented yet self-effacing. By contrast, I’m all bangles, spangles and show-biz beads. Lemme hear that roar! I suppose growing up as an only child of divorced parents and living in poverty on Los Angeles’s mean streets taught me to stand
- [Martha Gellhorn -- #MeToo Earnest Hemingway](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/martha-gellhorn-metoo-earnest-h2emingway/) - Despite the high critical praise he receives, I’ve always felt Ernest Hemingway was an overrated writer. Maybe his chauvinistic sweat offends me. That shouldn’t be a reason for shunning his art, of course, but it does explain why his female characters are so flat and docile -- paper dolls waiting for a man to give
- [We're Okay, America](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/were-okay-america2/) - Despite what members of the alt-right might believe, I’ve always known diversity makes America great. People come to our country to pursue their dreams and we, also immigrants, have learned to accommodate the different lifestyles and views they bring. In periods of economic or social change, our tolerance gets tested. When it occurs, few Presidents
- [Everyone Has A Story To Tell](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/everyone-has-a-story-to-tell-3/) - Sometimes, in the late afternoons, a woman comes down from the second floor of the retirement center to sit in our small café. She always orders a glass of white wine. With the chilled liquid in front of her, she gazes into the tall trees that sway outside the picture windows. Occasionally, I join her,
- [Human Rights -- More Progress Than We think](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/human-rights-more-progress-than2-we-think/) - Recently, I wrote a blog that expressed a belief the nation would rebound from its current nationalist contraction and emerge as a more inclusive society. (Click) During the interim, the danger is that we lose faith in our nation and its institutions. My hope for the future may seem simplistic to worried readers, but data
- [Barbara Ehrenreich, I Don't Believe You](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/barbara-ehrenreich-i-dont-believe2-you/) - I don’t know whether Barbara Ehrenreich is entirely sincere in her new book, Natural Causes. Gabriel Winant thinks she is and argues the author’s intent is to “refute the idea that it’s possible to control the course and shape of one’s biology or emotional life...” (“Mind Control,” by Gabriel Winant, The New Republic, June 2018,
- [A True Believer](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-true-believer2/) - In True Believer, Eri Hoffer writes this about cataclysmic times and the wisdom of stepping outside a rising tide. When conditions are not ripe, the potential leader, no matter how gifted, and his holy cause, no matter how potent, remain without a following… There is a period of waiting in the wings… Harperperennial, 2002, pg.112.)
- [Silence Of The Demagogues](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/silence-of-the-demagogues2/) - I admit it. The older I get the more stupid I become. It has nothing to do with an aging brain and everything to do with having experienced enough to know life is complex. Designed to interlock right down to the mud of matter, the quantum level, if one part of the universe shivers, then,
- [Food And The Roulette Of Life](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/food-and-the-roulette-of-life2/) - I’m always of two minds when I write about diet and health. I don’t want people to feel guilty if they are ill. But I’d like to give them hope if I can. Some diseases, like diabetes, can be reversed or prevented with a change in eating habits. That’s why I am willing to offend
- [Questions Worth Considering](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/questions-worth-considering2/) - On the corner of my large writing desk, I’m collecting a stack of articles written by women about what it means to be a woman. One day, I hope to write a feminist manifesto based upon these essays. I say a manifesto and not the manifesto,” because my intent is to open possibilities rather than
- [Failure To Plan For The Future Doesn't Mean It Won't Come](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/failure-to-plan-for-the-future-doesnt-mean-it-wont-come2/) - A few weeks ago, my mother turned 102. After the celebration, she kissed my cheek and said, “You are a good daughter.” I always feel guilty when she says that because I’d promised myself, years ago if she lived long enough to need round the clock care, I’d refuse to allow her to age in
- [Where Are You, Dracula, When I Need You?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/where-are-you-dracula-when-i-need-you2/) - Movies were central to my life as a child. For ten cents, I could hit the Saturday cartoon matinée and for two hours escape my poverty. Sunday afternoons, mom paid fifty-cents for two tickets to the grown-up flicks. After that, we had a cheap dinner, probably Chinese, and went home. The town where I grew
- [Hail To The Young Disrupters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/hail-to-the-young-disrupters2/) - 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 to us at a galloping pace.
- [Gone With The Wind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/gone-with-the-wind2/) - 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” economy.
- [I Think, Therefore...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/i-think-therefore2/) - 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 sea. In modern times, just as
- [Writer Caroline Miller Takes The Pledge](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/writer-caroline-miller-takes-the-pl2edge/) - 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 Facebook, alone, checking for facts is daunting. (Click) In today’s world, we
- [Life's Journey -- It's All About Time](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/lifes-journey-its-all-about-time2/) - 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 women who serve as role models for young girls. These changes must be
- [I Am An Immigrant And I Love America](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/i-am-an-immigrant-and-i-love-am2erica/) - 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 understanding between a medieval serf and his master. In
- [On Bee-ing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/on-bee-ing2/) - 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) Some might have said she’d been given
- [Wanted: A Cure For The Cost Of Medical Treatments](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/wanted-a-cure-for-the-cost-of-medical-treatments/) - 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’s eyesight? That is the question we face in the future.
- [Keystone Pipeline -- Pipe Dream?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/keystone-pipeline-pipe-dream2/) - When President Barrack Obama rejected the application for the Keystone XL TransCanada pipeline, he had more on his mind than the environment. The project made no economic sense. According to the U. S. Department of State, bringing heavy oil sands across our border, among the most expensive to convert to crude, would create a total
- [Corporate Welfare -- A Bad Idea Any Way You look At It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/corporate-welfare-a-bad-idea-any-2way-you-look-at-it/) - While heading my teachers’ union in the 1970s, I was appointed to the Mayor’s Economic Advisory Council. I had no background in economic development but I satisfied a necessary profile to round out the committee. I was a woman and I was a union leader. I soon learned my role was to be a rubber
- [Beauty And The Best](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/beauty-and-the-best2/) - We’ve often been told that appearance is linked to success: first impressions stick and they affect how we’re treated. Women tend to take these admonitions seriously. After all, so much of their place in history has been the consequence of their looks. Promise a woman a “fresher” appearance and she will spend her last dollar
- [Padding Retirement In Small Increments](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/2padding-retirement-in-small-increments/) - Sometimes financial advice sounds like science fiction. Saving for retirement with IRAs and 401(K) plans aren’t going to make anyone rich. The market is too choppy. What’s more, since the 2008 debacle, employees are saving less and dipping into their retirement accounts more to make ends meet. Anemic interest rates haven’t helped. On average, savings
- [The Meat Paradox: How We Can Eat The Animals We  Love](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/2meat-paradox-can-eat-animals-love/) - Cognitive dissonance is a term psychologists use to explain how the human mind protects itself from its inherent contradictions. Smokers deny a link between cancer and cigarettes so they can go on smoking, for example. (Blogs 3/17/16, 3/17/16) We all behave the same way. We’re human. Of late, researchers have turned their sites on the
- [Chats, Libraries, Conventions:  How A Writer Makes Friends](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/publishers-librariesconventions-wri-2/) - As an author, I get several invitations a month from my publisher to participate in library and book conventions. They all come with a price tag, some of them reasonable and some of them out of this world. None of my previous publishers presented me with this “opportunity,” so I’ve made a few investments. I
- [Half A Double Date](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/half-double-date2/) - (Introducing guest blogger, Sydney Stevens a history writer who also publishes a daily blog about life in a small community. I hope my readers might enjoy a change of pace and meet a wonderful blogger. www.sydneyofoysterville.com) Yesterday my husband and I went with good friends on half a double date. It was a first for
- [Weird Made Sherlock A Great Detective](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/weird-made-sherlock-great-detect2ive/) - WEIRD is how someone might describe Sherlock Holmes. The term is psychological parlance to describe people who think logically when problem-solving. (“The Science of How We Vote” Scientific American Mind, May/June 2016, pg. 8.) 15% of the world’s cultures think WEIRDly, most of them from the west. The rest of the planet thinks intuitively, meaning
- [Rose Colored Nostrils](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/rose-colored-nostrils2/) - Not long ago, I sat down to dinner at the retirement center with a woman I’d never met. We got along well but before the cheesecake arrived, she was in tears, telling me her version of the “perfume wars.” She loved perfume, she confessed, and as she spends much of her life in a wheelchair,
- [Guilty Pleasures](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/guilty-pleasures2/) - When my dad wanted to break the tedium of life, he’d get in his truck and drive off to the nearest sporting goods store. Two or three hours later he’d be back home with a new fishing rod or reel that put a smile on his face. I suspect many men have worn a similar
- [Triumph Of An Imposter](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/triumph-of-an-imposter2/) - “What kind of a woman are you?” Henri Matisse screamed at his model as he stood before his canvass. He and dozens of other Parisian painters in the 1920s, Chagall, Cocteau and Braque among them, would never find out. Only Picasso refused to paint Mari Lani, a model who became known as the woman of
- [Salute To The Human Spirit](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/salute-to-the-human-spirit2/) - While being interviewed on a local talk show, the moderator asked me to name my heroes. I admit my mind went blank. Many people I admire. Some of them are ordinary folk. Others have names recognized around the world. I admire Mahatma Gandhi, for example. Without firing a bullet, he secured a nation’s freedom. That’s
- [The Highest Canon](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-highest-canon2/) - I wrote yesterday of my respect for clear writing, and how often I drowned in the words of clever writers. No sooner had I put down one edition of Harper’s and took up another than I discovered myself gasping for air a second time. The new essay was written by Will Self, an author touted
- [Clothes Maketh The Woman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/clothes-maketh-the-woman2/) - There must have been a time when I cared about my wardrobe, but that was too long ago to remember. In college, I wore levis and sweaters. Later, as I travelled the globe, my wardrobe remained the same. Being elected to public office required some refinements. I bought pantyhose and wore suits. Now that I’m
- [A Tale Of Two Novels](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/tale-two-novels2/) - One of my great bafflements about books is why some capture the public’s imagination and others languish in Amazon’s cellars. Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The Colorless Tsukuru and His Years of Pilgrimage sold over a million copies the first week it was in print. I’m a fan of Murakami, but his latest work doesn’t warrant
- [Two Orders Of Darkness](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/two-orders-darkness2/) - A friend called me on a Sunday, responding to a birthday message I’d sent. As friends do, we caught up on each other’s lives and then made suggestions about books to read and movies to see. I recommend the films, August: Osage County and Blue Jasmine, both of which are films with dark themes but
- [A Magnificent Obsession](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-magnificent-obsession2/) - You could read the newspaper clipping as a feminist version of Good Will Hunting. After a long day at her job as a Janitor at Trinity College in Ireland, Caitríona Ms. Lally arrived home and, while calming her fretting infant, picked up her phone to hear a stunning announcement. She’d been awarded a prestigious prize,
- [Turning Lake Mead Into Mead](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/turning-lake-mead-into-mead2/) - In the summer of 1947, I took a walking tour of Boulder Dam with my mother. That’s when I met my first Texan, an encounter I never forgot. Though it was hot, maybe 90 degrees, our guide for the afternoon paused above the dam’s large reservoir and asked us to look down. “See all that
- [Cyber Terrorism --The Cost Of Doing Business](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/cyber-terrorism-the-cost-of-doing-business/) - My car insurance is due. Though I am driving less, I expect the premium will go up. Nothing goes down these days except my bank account. I don’t feel particularly misused. The pendulum seems to swing in the same direction for everyone’s clock. Greater cost and lower service. Let’s be honest. Donald Trump’s much-touted
- [With a Little Help From Our Friends](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/) - For me, one of the greatest hurdles I faced as a candidate for public office was getting through election night. Take the last time I ran. The counting machines broke down and supporters who’d joined me in the musicians' labor hall milled around, clutching cups of cold coffee as they awaited the outcome. As the
- [Medicine And Commerce, Is It A Good Match?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/medicine-and-commerce-is-it-a-good-match/) - The daughter of a friend came down with strep throat, recently, and her temperature rose to 104 degrees. Naturally, her parents were worried, so they scooped her off to the doctor. There, she received a dose of antibiotics and a prescription before returning home. Happily, she continues to improve. When remedies work, we are grateful.
- [Happy Fourth Of July 2019](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-fourth-of-july-2019/)
- [The Buried Giant](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/the-buried-giant2/) - Kazuo Ishiguro’s, The Buried Giant (Random House, 2015) is a tale signifying something, but the critics aren’t sure what. Jon Ronson of the New York Times (Click) calls it a fantasy or a story akin to allegory. Tim Holland of The Guardian attempts to cover all the basis, linking the work to past literary traditions
- [Winnie The Pooh And the Ugly American](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/april-18-20112/) - WINNIE THE POOH AND THE UGLY AMERICAN Toys and fantasies about toys are the mainstream of children’s literature. “Winnie the Pooh” who loves honey and “Paddington Bear” who loves marmalade sandwiches are the huggable creatures of our youth. “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” or “The Nutcracker,” on the other hand, takes us into worlds that astonish
- [A Jog Down Memory Lane](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-jog-down-memory-lane/) - Writing a memoir is different from writing fiction. That may be obvious at first blush. Memoir deals with facts. Fiction has no obligation to the truth. Both tell a story, however. A memoir is about a real person. Fiction presents an avatar to stand for some aspect of the human condition. Each has a different
- [No More Shop Till You Drop](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/no-more-shop-till-you-drop/) - I have no idea what generation would claim me. I’m not a baby boomer and the alphabet soup that follows - Xers, Ys, Zs, -- are far too young. Egads! Some of these youth have never seen a landline. Never mind, I don’t know the difference between emails and text messaging, either. I confess it.
- [Corruption In The Palace Of Justice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/corruption-in-the-palace-of-justice/) - Politics on the local and national spheres share one value in common. Voters expect their representatives to serve their constituents without seeking personal gain. In Oregon, the feeling is so strong, that when I served in public office, I rejected a free lunch if it was offered. Like a girl on her first date, I
- [Long Life On A Dying Planet](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/long-life-on-a-dying-planet/) - Alex Trebek, longtime host for the popular television game show Jeopardy, after having been told he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, announced, recently, his chemotherapy treatments have brought him near to remission. More and more, people like him, are fighting their way back from deadly illnesses with the help of modern medicine. The
- [Free Ports, A Sanctuary For The Super-rich](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/free-ports-a-sanctuary-for-the-super-rich/) - As the political season heats up, several candidates are vowing to end economic disparity by taxing the rich and giving the spillover to the poor. So, now seems a good time to refresh our memories about the ways the superrich hide their assets. Today we review free ports. Free ports are tax-free zones that offer
- [Politics: a noble life](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/politics-noble-life/) - “Fastidious distaste for the roughness and meanness of political life may work in a seminar room, but it’s fatal on the campaign trail.” So writes Michael Ignatieff who teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School and had a brief career as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. (“Letter to a Young Liberal,” by Michael
- [Forget The Mud Wrestling](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/forget-mud-wrestling/) - Oh, that a reasonable woman can think so wrongly! Rebecca Traister pens a opinion piece for The New Republic that criticizes prominent women in the Democratic Party for failing to challenge Hillary Clinton’s potential bid for President of the United State. Elizabeth Warren and Kristen Gillibrand particularly come under fire. (“Why a Woman (Or Many
- [Writers - Plankton Of The Arts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/writers-plankton-of-the-arts/) - This summer marks the third year of my free seminars* for writers, a series to be held at Another Read Through bookstore in Portland, Oregon. At the end of past sessions, I’ve noted people lingered in their chairs, completing their notes or talking to one another, the smiles on their faces assuring me they’d valued
- [Reproductive Freedom In The Land Of God's Will](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/reproductive-freedom-in-the-land-of-gods-will/) - When she signed Alabama’s near total ban on abortion, recently, governor Kay Ivey, noted the law testified to the state’s “deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.” Again, another religious zealot with the power of the gavel ignores the Constitution’s deliberate separation of church
- [Gottcha Rules](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/gottcha-rules/) - Last week, I went to a movie playing in my neighborhood. At 3:10 in the afternoon, the lobby was quiet enough to hold a séance. Loneliness has never bothered me, so I shoved 8 crumpled dollars under the cashier’s window to buy my ticket. “What seat?” the woman spat into her microphone. As the theater
- [Making The Wrong Move](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/making-the-wrong-move/) - I’ve never played chess but I have played a little politics and from where I sit, the Democrats need to refine their strategies to take control of government. Too many of its shinning stars are lining up for the Presidential race. Instead, candidates from red states who aren’t already in the Senate should be registering
- [Exclusivity Has A Price](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/exclusivity-has-a-price/) - The rich don’t think like us. For example, some of the early blue-blooded dynasties like the Rockefellers, Carnegies and Morgans, obtained their wealth by questionable means and sometimes on the backs of the American worker. Today, not much has changed. Three billionaires, Bernard Arnault, Francois Pinault and Stan Kroenke, are buying up the Bordeaux wine
- [Late Bloomers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/late-bloomers/) - When I was in high school, I had a counselor who referred to me as her late bloomer. I suppose it was because I never had a date in those days, though I had friends enough. At least, I seldom sat alone at lunch in the school cafeteria. Even so, I’ve never felt in sync
- [Abortion Rights -- The Coming Firestorm](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/abortion-rights-the-coming-firestorm/) - When does life begin? That’s the question roiling the abortion debate, and one which society must decide. Unfortunately, the decision will be arbitrary, with no more science behind it than the one ascribed to setting the voting age. Arguably, life thrives in the male sperm. Yet, I know of no pro-lifers who have proposed a
- [Artificial Intelligence And Human Ignorance](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/artificial-intelligence-and-human-ignorance/) - Can algorithms express ethics? That’s a question occupying the minds of programmers as society relegates more of its decisions to Artificial Intelligence, (AI). Today, AI can approve bank loans, award an inmate parole or select which information a person sees while surfing the web. (“Artificial intelligence: The ethics of algorithms,” The Week, April 26, 2019, pg.
- [Sense and Sensibility](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sense-and-sensibility-2/) - On Friday, I complained I experience vertigo as a result of sharing the world with Donald Trump and his followers. I don’t even know how to describe Trump. Is he a president or a cult leader? A president or a would-be dictator? Certainly, he is a celebrity. As such, this may be a good time
- [The Mothering Impulse](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-mothering-impulse/) - When I was in the sixth grade, my town was large enough to support two junior high schools, Lincoln and Garfield. The posh kids went to Lincoln. The poor kids went to Garfield where there was a flutter of gang activity. At the time, I lived with my mother in a small, apartment complex, a
- [Where's The Beef?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/wheres-the-beef/) - Of late, Donald Trump’s favorability rating has jumped to a high of 49 percent in one major poll. I admit, I am puzzled, like a salmon swimming upstream while numbers of my species are headed toward the sea. Where are they going? What are they thinking? Okay, I get it. “It’s the economy, stupid.” No
- [Once Upon A Matress](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/once-upon-a-matress/) - Earnest Hemmingway observed, “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” Yes, I do know. Who hasn’t had a time in his or her life when sleep was more welcome than coping with daily challenges? But sleep -- too much or too little -- is not only
- [Amazon's Clumsy Art Of Persuation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/amazons-clumsy-art-of-persuation/) - I don’t click on Amazon much. Their sales strategy bothers me. For example, why I should pay almost $200 a year for the benefit of “free” shipping. Do I detect an oxymoron here? No matter. I’m a bricks-and-mortar person. The last item I purchased was an electric tooth brush from my dentist, after his hygienist
- [Thoughts On Power, Money And The Loss Of A Compassionate Society](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-power-money-and-the-loss-of-a-compassionate-society/) - The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, has reinstituted Shira law in his largely Muslim country. Now, the likelihood a child could lose a hand for stealing an apple is real. Sex without a marriage license will carry the death penalty as will homosexual behavior. The weight of this law falls equally upon Muslims and non-Muslims
- [The Half-World Of Carrot People](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-half-world-of-carrot-people/) - I heard it again today. “Oh, I never read fiction. I prefer non-fiction.” My molars dug into the side of my cheek so that I could hold my tongue. People who make this remark seem to imagine reading fiction is a frivolous pastime. In my experience, men most often hold this view, but a smattering
- [Why Donald Trump Loves Depreciation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/why-donald-trump-loves-depreciation/) - About the superrich and taxes, Leona Helmsley, deceased New York real estate tycoon, was candid. “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” Donald Trump, our 45th President and a real estate mogul of a later generation, admits the same. What’s more, the newest tax law, of which he is proud, awards him
- [Tiger Woods: More Than A Golfer](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/tiger-woods-more-than-a-golfer/) - Probably, I should be embarrassed to admit I hate sports. Any kind of sports. If it involves competition and movement, I’d rather read a book. When I taught school in Zimbabwe, I feigned enthusiasm for games because one of my duties was to chaperon the girls’ hockey teams to tournaments around the country, a responsibility
- [Thoughts On Japanese Internments](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/thoughts-on-japanese-internments/) - Recently, an article appeared in a newsletter which reminded me that everyone has a story to tell. The one I was reading contained the recollections of a woman, near my age, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. She was seven at the time but retained vivid memories of her internment, along with her
- [Fanfare For The Straw Man](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/fanfare-for-the-straw-man/) - Last week a woman on Facebook was drumming up support for a Oregon petition. The purpose was to prevent the state legislature from raising the gas tax to pay for road improvements. That people complain about potholes but don’t want to pay to fix them, isn’t new to me . As a former politician, I’ve
- [To Thine Own Self Be True](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/to-thine-own-self-be-true2/) - Last week I laughed when my broker called with a stock suggestion. Believe me, that’s no way to treat a person who has helped me survive my senior years with a modicum of security. I apologized and told him I’d been thinking about selling the stock he’d suggested. The company is restructuring and with good
- [Justice May Not Be Blind But It Can Be Stupid](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/justice-may-not-be-blind-but-it-can-be-stupid/) - 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 latter has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to commit fraud in
- [A Little Necessary Business To Stay Safe](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-little-necessary-business-to-stay2-safe/) - 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
- [Marat/Sade In The Time Of Donald Trump](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/marat-sade-in-the-time-of-donald-trump/) - 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 Charlotte Corday’s 1793 assassination of Jean-Paul
- [To Err Is More Than Human](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/to-err-is-more-than-human/) - 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 might be another of our errors. For example,
- [Finding Your Roots And Getting Tangled In Them](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/finding-your-roots-and-getting-tangled-in-them/) - 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. Studies show only a 0.31 variation exists
- [Is Our Country Too Full?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/is-our-country-too-full/) - 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 facing an unprecedented change in demographics ,
- [Is Our Country Too Full?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/is-our-country-too-full/) - 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 facing an unprecedented change in demographics ,
- [Avoid The Circular Firing Squad](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/avoid-the-circular-firing-squad/) - 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 direction. Unfortunately, and for inscrutable reasons, Republicans have vowed
- [The Great Gatsby Curve](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-great-gatsby-curve/) - 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
- [Never Too Old To Learn](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/never-too-old-to-learn/) - 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 needn’t
- [I Take No Prisoners](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/i-take-no-prisoners/) - Virtue isn’t always a blessing, no matter what the devout might think. Take humility, for example. That got me into trouble last week. I wrote a blog, tongue-in-cheek, about an email from my web designer. She was seeking information about the site. As she’d provided the design, I was amused and said so, never thinking
- [Modern Monetary Theory 101](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/modern-monetary-theory-101/) - In a February blog, I mentioned an economic idea beloved by the far left called Modern Monetary Theory. (MMT) It posits that a country with its own currency needn’t worry about accumulating debt because it can print money to pay off its interest. Sounding too good to be true, I promised to look into it,
- [Chasing Time](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/chasing-time/) - My mother, who recently turned 103, and I had an Indian Restaurant where we liked to have lunch. The moment we stepped through the door, steam rising from the kitchen, beckoned with aromatic fingers. Curry. Cumin. Saffron. Too often, we were the shop’s only patrons. Not because the food wasn’t wonderful. It was. A line
- [Transhuman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/transhuman/) - Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX has a new dream. Beyond technology for the earth and the stars, he wants to redesign humankind. If we don’t use our know-how to enhance ourselves, he believes artificial intelligence will conquer humanity. (“Hacking mortality,” The Week, March 29, 2019, pg. 11.) Many people in Sweden seem to
- [A Delicate Balance](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-delicate-balance/) - The challenge in writing a daily blog is to stay balanced: to choose topics close to centers of interest my readers recognize, while providing enough novelty to prevent them from becoming bored. All writers face this delicate balance. Harry Potter put J. K. Rowling on the map. But when she finished the series and tried
- [Adrian Abramovich Thinks Nobody Cares About Him and He's Right](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/scams/adrian-abramovich-thinks-nobody-cares-about-him-and-hes-right/) - For several months last year, I received more robot calls than there are fruit flies in a banana republic. I let them ring without answering and, recently, they’ve stopped. I don’t know if ignoring them is the reason, but I’m grateful for the silence. To say these interruptions were annoying is like saying perpetual nausea
- [Finding The Right Code](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/finding-the-right-code/) - I have a friend who is averse to reading emails. That makes it difficult for us to arrange to meet for coffee because I’m averse to telephones. As spies we’d do dismally. How would we come together long enough to arrange a dead drop, a place where we would leave and pick up future messages?
- [How To Flap One's Arms Without Really Intending To Fly](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/how-to-flap-ones-arms-without-really-intending-to-fly/) - Last week, a call from my doctor’s office left me stunned. My annual checkup was due, so I’d called earlier to ask if I could pick my “poop” test in advance. I like to get medical “stuff” out of the way before the warm weather. Imagine my surprise when the nurse replied as follows: “Good
- [Long Time Passing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/long-time-passing/) - In pursuit of yesterday’s blog about growing old, I pause here not only to celebrate the 100th birthday of Beat Generation poet, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, but also the publication of his new book, Little Boy: A Novel Unlike other writers in the pantheon of literary history, Ferlinghetti is someone with whom I’ve had passing acquaintance. Once,
- [Moving With The Time](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/moving-with-the-time/) - Scientists are playing around with Time again. A few of them in Moscow say they’ve reversed Time at the quantum level. Those at MIT say “no.” It only looks as though Time’s been reversed. These geniuses on both sides of the argument should stop fooling around, in my opinion. Our country is divided enough. Think
- [Painted By The Numbers](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/painted-by-the-numbers/) - Facebook went down the other day and what a blessing it was. I like keeping up with friends but I hate the commercials I have to scroll through to reach them. If scrolling can be counted as an aerobic exercise, I’m fit. Promos aren’t the only reason I needed a break. I’m tired of proprietary
- [Empty The Head That Wears The Crown](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/empty-the-head-that-wears-the-crown/) - Want to know if you have an empathy deficit? Try this experiment. Without looking into a mirror, draw the letter E on your forehead. If you print the letter as it might appear on the back of your eyelids, rather than the way someone else might read it, you may want to consider an article
- [Don't Poke The Dragon](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/dont-poke-the-dragon/) - Cultural differences can have humorous consequences. Others may be surprising. Still others depict differences that are endearing, as does the video on same-sex marriage I encountered one cultural difference I never forgot was while traveling by train somewhere in east Africa. As I sat down to breakfast in the dining car, the morning was hot
- [Blind Ego; Willful Ignorance](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/blind-ego-willful-ignorance/) - Was it madness or was there method in it? That is a question political historians far into the future will ponder as they assess the conduct of America’s 45th President. Several months ago, I raised the potential for his madness on a local talk show, comparing Donald Trump’s presidency to the reign of Shakespeare’s King
- [Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/breaking-up-isnt-hard-to-do/) - Recently, I received an email from the person who designed my web page. “Caroline, is it possible for me to receive your blogs two or three times a week instead of one every day?” Can she? I don’t know. She created the site. Never mind, I understood what she wanted. “Could I unsubscribe to your
- [How Many Apps Am I Programmable For?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-many-apps-am-i-programmable-for/) - I wonder how many apps developers can create that the public will continue to buy. A new one allows Donald Trump supporters to find restaurants where they can feel safe, not from guns, but from a “socialist goon squad.” (“Only In America,” The Week, March 22, 2019, pg. 6.) Apps like this can help
- [Fantasy And Reality In High Fashion -- When Worlds Collide](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fantasy-and-reality-in-high-fashion-when-worlds-collide/) - Sometimes the difference between fantasy and reality is the difference between a Gucci designed duvet and a lumpy mattress. The cosmetics can be eye-popping but it won’t result in a good night’s sleep. Sitting down to thumb through the latest edition of Town & Country, I opened to a page with an idyllic scene. A
- [When Lewis H. Lapham Speaks](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/when-lewis-h-lapham-speaks/) - On Sunday, April 7, between 10 a.m. and noon, I’ll be the guest author at Jan’s Paperbacks in Beaverton, Oregon. I am mindful of the honor. Phillip Margolin is launching his new book there a few days prior. Being even remotely linked with a bestselling author always gives me a nose bleed. Still, when it
- [Enough Is Enough](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/enough-is-enough/) - Stop by any department store cosmetic counter and you’ll see why the female of the species has mystified men for centuries. The number of eye creams, alone, climbs past double digits, if we count private labels along with national brands. Prices range from a few dollars to over $200. Is there a genuine effect that
- [Welcome To My Bizarre World](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/welcome-to-my-bizarre-world/) - During my conversation with a book editor, recently, she mentioned that, as yet, she’d had no morning coffee and didn’t feel up to facing our bizarre world. I felt sympathetic. The only reason I was awake at that hour was to accommodate a fire inspection scheduled for my apartment building. Even so, sans coffee, the
- [Grappling With The Media And Public Opinion](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/grappling-with-the-media-and-public-opinion/) - The media seems to have ignored Judge Clarence Thomas’s comments during a recent libel case before the Supreme Court. He referred to a 1964 landmark decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, saying he thought it should be overturned. That ruling made it difficult for public officials to bring frivolous law suits against journalists. (“Talking
- [Ruminations On The Pursuit Of Happiness AS An Economic System](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/ruminations-on-the-pursuit-of-happiness-as-an-economic-system/) - A Facebook friend sent me a video in which a pop star proposed we create a new organization to “take back our government.” My reply, I’m afraid, was jaded. We don’t need another political organization to which we can write checks. We’re up to our ears in those, the ACLU and Common Cause, being two
- [Celebrating 9 Years Of Daily Blogging  -- Gone Fishing Today](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/celebrating-9-years-of-daily-blogging-gone-fishing-today/)
- [Your Truth.  My Truth.  Our Truth?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/your-truth-my-truth-our-truth/) - “When it’s impossible to distinguish facts from fraud, actual facts lose their power.” So writes Zeynep Tufekci in his insightful article about identifying falsehood in the media. (“Don’t Trust, Verify: Finding the Facts in A World of Fakes,” Wired, March 2019, pgs. 18-19.) Given that bytes are easier to manipulate than the old form of
- [Rumination On A Double Chin](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/rumination-on-a-double-chin/) - The new series for Just Read It, begins May 1. That’s the 10 minute YouTube program where I discuss New York Times Best Sellers with local writers. To give the program a facelift, I’ve been working with two new cameramen, three cameras and bold lighting. The improvements are stunning, except for my double chin, which,
- [Talk of Cabbages And Kings](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/talk-of-cabbages-and-kings/) - On March 11, 1483, Charles VIII (the l’Affable) became king of France. Only a handful of historians will remember the fact. Far worse, to my thinking, is that a smaller number will note I published my first blog, March 24, 2010. Even so, I feel chuffed about the 9 year accomplishment. Of course, when I
- [Purloined Letters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/purloined-letters/) - My activities on the internet have expanded to a degree that I require 3 email addresses, not counting messaging on Facebook. Initially, I hoped different addresses would make storing my correspondence easier to find later. My experience has proved the opposite. Of course, I shouldn’t complain. Being busy is better than being bored. But my
- [The Unspeakable Pronoun](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-unspeakable-pronoun/) - While I’ve been thrashing around for a transgender pronoun, it appears the transgenders have solved the problem. The preferred word is they. (Brain Nonbinary,” by Virginia Heffernan, Wired, March 2019, pgs. 11-13.) Writer Virginia Heffernan posits they is appropriate because it reflects the “plurality of their experience,” (ibid, pg. 12.) Naturally, when I discovered the
- [The Good Old Days](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-good-old-days/) - Sometimes, the good old days were just that: good. Doctors made home visits -- a blessing when the weather was frightful and you had a temperature of 102. In the good old days, when the thermometer hit triple digits, a kid like me could grab shards from the back of an ice truck, then walk
- [Surviving The 45th President](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/surviving-the-45th-president/) - I know what it’s like to slam my finger in a car door. The pain is intense. Yet, at the same time, I curse myself for being stupid. That’s how I feel whenever I watch the 45TH American president on television. I suffer when he lies; I curse the embarrassment we’ve heaped upon ourselves by
- [About Our Economy: Figures Lie And Liars Figure](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/about-our-economy-figures-lie-and-liars-figure/) - The man I succeeded in public office liked to say, “Figures lie and liars figure.” I won’t speak about liars but figures can be slippery. After 8 years of grappling with a county budget, I gained a healthy understanding that numbers have a plasticity. Many assumptions are built into a budget’s equation. The result can
- [Is Roe V. Wade On Death Row?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/is-roe-v-wade-on-death-row/) - 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 liberal jurists in that decision. He
- [Keep Your Title.  It's Too Expensive](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/keep-your-title-its-too-expensive/) - 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 royals must
- [Becoming An Entrepreneur In the Technology Age](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/becoming-an-entrepreneur-in-the-technology-age/) - 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 problem and in a matter of
- [Estonia Has Our Back](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/estonia-has-our-back/) - 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 California and sat 3 hours,
- [Ending Homelessness. Does San Francisco Have An Answer?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/ending-homelessness-does-san-francisco-have-an-answer/) - 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 have lost faith in our society. In my final
- [Demolition Or A Patch For Obamacare?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/demolition-or-a-patch-for-obamacare/) - 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.) When I read the
- [Manners Or Morals?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/manners-or-morals/) - 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 fishmongers alike. One Dame of high society reports
- [What's In A Label?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/whats-in-a-label/) - Recently, a reader referred me to an article by The New York Times columnist, David Leonhardt. In it, the writer cites Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post. She accuses reporters of being too centrist: “walking down the center line with a blindfold on.” According to her, they confuse centrism with fairness and objectivity. Howard
- [Ocasio-Cortez: A Star Is Born](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/ocasio-cortez-a-star-is-born/) - 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 number of improper activities they can perform without suffering consequences. She asked the questions
- [A Moveable Feast](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-moveable-feast/) - Technology is changing the way we do business, but it is also changing our daily habits. Eating lunch is one example. In the good old days, if we were swamped with work, we might remain at our desks and nibble tuna fish sandwiches from a paper bag. Later, when food carts took to the streets,
- [The Money Magic Trick Known As MMT](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-money-magic-trick-known-as-mmt/) - 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 theory has been around since the 1940s. MMT
- [Tax The Rich?  Okay.  But How?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/tax-the-rich-okay-but-how/) - An interesting poll came out the other day. (“Poll Watch,” The Week, Feb 8, 2019, pg. 17) Fifty-five percent of Americans favor receiving a health care plan through Medicare, but only 37% would be willing to raise taxes for it. Presidential aspirant, Kamala Harris, and Senator Bernie Sanders imagine they can make the rich pay
- [A Subject Beyond Conception](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-subject-beyond-conception/) - My jaw dropped when I read it. More than 100 million women around the world each month use free menstruation-tracking apps with names such as Flo, Glow, Ovia, and Cue.” (“A Different Conception Of Privacy,” by Naomi Kresge et al, Bloomberg Businessweek, January 28, 20.) Never mind the cutesy monikers, which seem a little condescending.
- [Proving A Negative About Christ's Existence](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/proving-a-negative-about-christs-existence/) - Proving a negative is next to impossible but R. G. Price, author of the new book, Deciphering the Gospel, attempts to do just that. He argues Jesus Christ never existed. Price is no Biblical scholar. He’s a software engineer and data analyst. Still, being an amateur didn’t stop Michael Faraday from being a pioneer in
- [Ruminations On Money And How To Keep It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/ruminations-on-money-and-how-to-keep-it/) - I was wandering around the cosmetic section at Macy’s the other day, looking for an eyeliner. I’d just seen a test edition of a new series of “Just Read It” and noted I looked as pale as a curtain sheer. After 4 years of co-hosting the 10 minute book review program on YouTube with Susan
- [Howard Schultz For President?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/howard-schultz-for-president/) - Recently, the super-rich and super powerful gathered for the annual economic summit in Davos, Switzerland. There, they received a report from Oxfam. It said the 26 richest people in the world own as much wealth as half the human race. (“Davos: Skiing past a world in crisis,” The Week, Feb. 2, 2019, pg. 34.) Its
- [Seeing The Planet With Fresh Eyes](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/seeing-the-planet-with-fresh-eyes/) - In the opening scene of the film, The Graduate, the operative word was “plastics.” Today, Dustin Hoffman is all grown up, though that scene remains a movie classic. For billionaire Jeremy Grantham the new word for this era is “topsoil.” Necessary to feed a burgeoning global population, topsoil is disappearing at the rate of 1%
- [The Wonderland That Is Amazon](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/the-wonderland-that-is-amazon/) - Beware the effects of “greater efficiency.” It can lead to chaos. Housekeeping, at my retirement center, recently sent residents a memo about upcoming changes in the maid service schedule. Curious residents dialed the extension number provided, hoping for more information. Unfortunately, the receptionist hadn’t a clue, leaving people frustrated, as if they’d been directed to
- [Let's Get Smart About Smart Phones And The Economy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/lets-get-smart-about-smart-phones-and-the-economy/) - “Tax the rich.” The chant gets louder as the liberal left begins to flex its muscles Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) cites history as evidence the rich could pay more taxes. She reminds us at one point in our history the tax rate was as high as 70%. I’m no economics major, as she was, but I’m
- [Patriotic Millionaires](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/patriotic-millionaires/) - “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”* For one thing, they don’t pay much in taxes. When the top rate exceeds 48 percent, they find ways to avoid taxes and “government revenues start to fall.” (“A 70 percent tax rate is a liberal fantasy,” by Holman Jenkins,
- [I Miss Those White Old Men](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/i-miss-those-white-old-men/) - Recently, one of the bright lights in the U. S. freshman Congressional class noted that the slate of reporters assigned to cover the 2020 Presidential election failed to include an African-American. As I stared at the list of about 30 reporters, 8 appeared to be of American-Asian descent, four appeared to be Latino-Americans and, though
- [A Face To Meet The Faces That You Meet](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/a-face-to-meet-the-faces-that-you-meet/) - In spite of or because of my age, I get compliments on my complexion from time to time. Unlike Olivia de Haviland, who refused to reveal a secret ingredient in her night cream, I have not secret. Perhaps, my luck stems from a Latin heritage. Perhaps, I’ve benefited from a vegetarian diet. Or, more likely,
- [When Greed Passes For Public Good](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/when-greed-passes-for-public-good/) - A news report in a local paper reawakened some bad memories. The story was about enterprise zones, programs meant to breathe life into depressed areas. The project under review included portions of a tony area in the heart of the city. Developers were going the make a fortune and enjoy some hefty tax breaks along
- [A Cashless Society?  No Thanks](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-cashless-society-no-thanks/) - I don’t care what you think of me. I like money. I’m not talking about quantity. I’m talking about money as a form of payment. The financial industry is coaxing consumers to move to a cashless society. All I have to do is allow someone to stick a computer chip at the end of my
- [Heading For The Last Roundup](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/heading-for-the-last-roundup/) - Ranchers may be getting worried. The Cattlemen’s Association has asked the government to “’define ‘meat’ as a product ‘derived from animals.’” (“Faux Sure!” by Clive Thompson, Wired, Jan. 2019, pg. 26.) Apparently, they feel threatened by growth in the “fake” meat industry. Not long ago, I reported that technology and chemistry have taken plant-based diets
- [Passive And Active Investing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/passive-and-active-investing/) - Recently, I sat down to tea with a longtime acquaintance. She wanted to talk about her broker. He’d earned money for her over the years, but she resented his fees each time she bought or sold a stock. She also wanted to reduce her taxes. To that end, she’d made an appointment with a money
- [The Incalculable Cost](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-incalculable-cost/) - Though it occurred many years ago, I’ll never forget the day when, as a teacher, I walked into the woman’s lounge at school and found a rape victim, a young student, collapsed on a couch, her taffy colored hair cascading over a blue, velvet cushion. With her pupils thrown far back into her head, all
- [Money Can't Buy Everything](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-cant-buy-everything/) - Let me assure doubters that mud at the bottom of a pond is as dark and deep as any to be found in a lake. By mud, I’m talking about power games as they are played from rural Alabama or New York. Near the end of my final term as a county commissioner in a
- [Donald Trump 101](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/donald-trump-101/) - There’s a university professor in Canada who is teaching an introductory journalism course, unique because it focuses on Donald Trump’s ability to keep the media and everyone else off-balance. (“From Tocqueville to Trump,” by Joel Stein, Vanity Fair, Feb. 2019, pgs. 36-37.) The topic seems worth studying. Never, in my long lifetime, has an American
- [Thoughts On The Trump Bull... Market](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/thoughts-on-the-trump-bull-market/) - Trump has always been a president untroubled by his contradictions. When the stock market is up, he takes his bow center stage. When it’s down, he blames Jerome Powell, his appointment as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board. Conventional wisdom discounts either position. “…Presidents get too much credit and blame for the ups and downs
- [The Heart Has A Lonely Hunger](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-heart-has-a-lonely-hunger/) - A friend I hadn’t seen for almost a year dropped by for tea the other day. As the leaves steeped in the pot, she folded her hands in front of her. “I’ve decided to get a dog.” The quizzical look in her eyes made the statement seem more like a question. “Should I?” I was
- [A Password Is A Passport To Your Life](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-password-is-a-passport-to-your-life/) - Not long ago, a company where I’d done business for many years rejected the password to my account. Frustrated, I sent an email, asking if there was trouble on the site. There was none. They confirmed my password by return message. Frankly, I was stunned. I wasn’t aware the retailer could access my password.
- [Thoughts About Revolution, Reform, And Liberation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/thoughts-about-revolution-reform-and-liberation/) - I opened my ACLUmagazine, recently, to read a young woman’s statement: “I realized that I didn’t want to work within the system anymore. I wanted to help reform it.” (Activists in Conservative Country,” by Tim Murphy, ACLUmagazine, Winter 2019, pg. .) I understood her words but not her message. Was this young African-American advocating violent
- [There Is No Them And Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/there-is-no-them-and-us/) - With the Democrats in control of the U. S. House, President Donald Trump seems to be reviving his base with fiery rhetoric. We all know who members of that base are -- Woebegone innocents of earlier days, a time when, if corn prices flourished, so did the nation. As a kid, my father smoked cigarettes
- [Science, Social Science And Jelly](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/science-social-science-and-jelly/) - Wherever there are humans, there is a pecking order. In the field of research, the dividing line lies between science and social science. Hard science works with data that can be measured and the results verified by others. Social sciences can sometimes seem a little more like jelly. Data driven, yes. But conjecture can make
- [Crypto Money -- Virtual Or Real?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/crypto-money-virtual-or-real/) - Living in the real world and the virtual one may be more than my simple mind can handle. My fear gets worse when I realize the virtual world is split in two -- between the worldwide web and the dark web. Add to that bifurcation, my need to remember there are two kinds of money
- [Donald Trump Isn't A Typical Politician. Happily This Isn't a Typical Country](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/donald-trump-isnt-a-typical-politician-happily-this-isnt-a-typical-country/) - Donald Trump doesn’t reason like a typical politician and has no fiscal discipline, says David Hoppe, Paul Ryan’s former chief of staff. (“Hey, Paul Ryan, What’s Up?” by Anna Edgerton, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 17, 2018, pg. 40.) Hoppe blames Trump for a looming financial crisis that is approaching $ 1 trillion, even though Ryan, House
- [The Little Black Box And Other Intricacies Of The Human Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-little-black-box-and-other-intricacies-of-the-human-mind/) - One of my computer gurus ran into trouble with his machine recently. For two days, he bent over it, wondering what went wrong inside its “little black box.” He finally fixed the problem, but isn’t certain why it occurred. I shouldn’t laugh because I depend on this guy’s expertise. Nonetheless, his dilemma struck me as
- [More Secrets Than Victoria Imagined](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/more-secrets-than-victoria-imagined/) - Daniela Karnuts, a fashion designer with Safiyaa in the U. K. observes “A woman is never attractive if she is not comfortable in her skin.” (The Modest Moment,” by Paula Knight, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 17, 2018, pg. 69.) Karnuts is not talking about real skin, of course, but clothes that a woman feels comfortable wearing.
- [The Communist Manifesto, Coca-Cola, And Mark Zuckerberg](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-communist-manifesto-coca-cola-and-mark-zuckerberg/) - 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 touts the idea. So does Mark Zuckerberg, CEO
- [When Free Is Less Than A Good Price](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/when-free-is-less-than-a-good-price/) - Over the holidays, a couple introduced me to their son who was visiting from Boston. As he was a young man, I asked what he did for a living. He said he was a medical researcher and was working on a drug for multiple sclerosis. A lump hardened in my throat as I remembered a
- [Thoughts On Christmas Passed](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/thoughts-on-christmas-passed/) - 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 how you can witness the beauty in
- [Facebook Owns Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/facebook-owns-us/) - The title of this blog says it all. On Facebook, our data doesn’t belong to us. Ditto our “authorial rights” according to information scientist, Amelia Acker at the University of Texas at Austin. (“Preservations Acts,” by Nora Caplan-Bricker Harper’s Magazine, Dec. 2018, pg. 62.) If, like me, you read, but didn’t thoroughly understand the contract
- [New Year.  Same Old Human Race](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/new-year-same-old-human-race/) - The beginning of a new year is a good time to take stock of the human race. Frankly, I’m surprised we’re still around, having been in one conflict or another for the past 2000 years. Beyond that, we spend a good deal of time thinking about money and are willing to gut the planet to
- [Happy 2019](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-2019/)
- [Abortion Rights:  How Many Advocates Are Enough](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/abortion-rights-how-many-advocates-are-enough/) - The woman was screaming into the phone. “How about I tell you what’s under… my sink and in my medicine cabinet and you tell me how to use it.” (“Alias Jane,” by Cindy Wolfe Boynton, MS, Fall, 2018, pg. 39.) She needed an abortion and she needed it soon. The year was 2014. Abortions were
- [Creativity, Good Grades and Intelligence](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/creativity-good-grades-and-intelligence/) - Here’s a surprising comment I discovered in a magazine, recently. “Research across industries shows that while there’s a modest correlation between grades and job performance the first year out of college, after a few years, the difference is ‘trivial’” (“Straight A’s won’t matter in real life,” by Adam Grant, excerpted from New York Times in
- [A Kind Word For Nancy Pelosi](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/a-kind-word-for-nancy-pelosi/) - 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 one
- [Beware: Art Prints Never Come At Reasonable Prices](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/beware-art-prints-never-come-at-reasonable-prices/) - 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 prices.” As an art collector, I
- [My Blog Picture Is Old, Not Me](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/my-blog-picture-is-old-not-me/) - “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,
- [Happy Holidays To All](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/happy-holidays-to-all/)
- [A Christmas Story](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/christmas-story3/) - 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 rows and rows of stuffed animals, red wagons
- [The Bible And The Many Words Of God](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-bible-and-the-many-words-of-god/) - Is the Bible the word of God or manmade? A Kenyan minister and I were debating that point on Facebook, recently. During the course of our exchange, I pointed out European missionaries had brought Christianity to Africa. For some reason he refused to accept that reality and the documentation I provided. “I follow my own
- [If It Be Madness, There Is Method In It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/if-it-be-madness-there-is-method-in-it/) - 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 confuse and blind journalists, making them unable to function
- [America Divided](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/america-divided/) - 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 the 41st President of the United States and Donald Trump, the
- [Vive La Difference?  When It Comes to Language, Maybe Not](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/viva-la-difference-when-it-comes-to-language-maybe-not/) - Would the French, who are among the first to celebrate the difference between the sexes - “vive la difference” - ever consider a gender neutral language? I wouldn’t bet on it. Everyone knows in France a cat is “le chat,” (male) while a mouse, is “la souis,” (female) – a difference which may explain the
- [Salad Dressing And Ink](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/salad-dressing-and-ink/) - Recently, I dined with friends at an upscale restaurant where the waiters wore bow ties. I ordered a Greek salad. Simple enough. Or, so I thought. But the waiter wasn’t satisfied. What kind of salad dressing did I require: “Ranch? Thousand?, French? Green Goddess? Blue Cheese, Ginger….” You get my drift. Feeling waterboarded with so
- [Barbara Streisand, Hillary Clinton And Women Young And Old](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/barbara-streisand-hillary-clinton-and-women-young-and-old/) - Poor Barbara Streisand. While promoting her new music album Wall, she made a boo-boo. She said white women didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential election because they didn’t know their minds and followed the advice of their husbands. The remark caught fire, which may be good for album sales, but it landed
- [Pop Up Shops, Retail Buzz And Ephemeral Events](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/pop-up-shops-retail-buzz-and-ephemeral-events/) - “What’s that?” From the window inside the bus, I pointed to a line of people curling around the street corner of a downtown building. The individual beside me looked up from her reading. “A pop up shop.” As her eyes drifted back to her page, I made a mental note to google the term when
- [Barnes and Nobel Sale So Easy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/barnes-and-nobel-sale-so-easy/) - “You made it so easy.” The woman on the other end of the phone laughed. She was referring to an email I’d sent to friends about Barnes And Noble’s holiday 20% discount on my books. I sent the message more for vanity than for sales. I was tickled to see my novel, Heart Land, promoted
- [Christmas Shopping Teaches An Expensive Lesson](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/christmas-shopping-teaches-an-expensive-lesson/) - Recently, I walked into a local wine establishment to do some Christmas shopping. Every year I give both my stockbroker and his female assistant a fancy bottle of wine. This year, I’d decided on a white bubbly. In the old days, I’d have called it champagne, but that makes France unhappy. The manager understood what
- [Donald Trump's Executive Orders And The Rule Of Law](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/donald-trumps-executive-orders-and-the-rule-of-law/) - Recently, I sat down to lunch at a gathering of former colleagues, all of them eager to discuss the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections. Several expressed hope for the future, but one skeptic reminded us of the numerous executive orders President Donald Trump had signed in the past two years, most of them undermining
- [A Pinch Of Salt](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/a-pinch-of-salt/) - With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas ahead. probably no one wants to hear about managing diet. Of least interest might be a discussion regarding salt. Still, salt deserves our attention. It has a deadly link to plastic. That’s what researchers from South Korea’s Incheon National University and Greenpeace East Asia have learned. Their study revealed
- [Window Dressing Of The Midterm Elections](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/window-dressing-of-the-midterm-elections/) - On the surface, women made impressive inroads during the 2018 elections but were these advances window dressing? Is there an undertow to be considered that works against these achievements, particularly among white women who remain loyal to Donald Trump despite his sexist views? True, support for Trump seems to have dwindled among educated white women,
- [Wikipedia -- Attracting Support With Credibility, Not Hype](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/wikipedia-attracting-support-with-credibility-not-hype/) - As one writer recently observed about Wikipedia, when it began it was “the dumbest idea in history.” (“The Great Upwelling,” by Kevin Kelly, Wired, October, 2018, pg. 43.) The reason? The service was free. How can an enterprise make money when there’s no fee? I wondered myself as I gobbled up reams of information. Then,
- [Aging: A Lesson For The Young](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/aging-lesson-young2/) - Aging is a stealth process. We hardly recognize it’s at work until we see surprise in the eyes of someone we’ve bumped into after many years. “You’re Caroline Miller, aren’t you?” Have I changed so much, I wonder. Apparently I have. Come to think of it, so has the person asking the question. Hopefully, we
- [A Spiritual Understanding Of How To Live](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/spiritual-understanding-live2/) - A funny thing happened on the way to the theater the other night. A friend was driving and while we sped along the darkened streets, she admitted her vision wasn’t as good as it used to be. Like me, she’s in her 70’s so I wasn’t surprised by her confession but noted it was first
- [A Simple Formula For Good Education](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-simple-formula-for-good-education2/) - If there is one area of expertise everyone feels they have, it’s in education. All of us have been students in the classroom, right? We’ve all experienced good and bad teachers. We know what we’d like to change. But how to do it remains the question. After Bill Clinton’s “Benchmarks,” George W. Bush's, “No Child
- [For The Price Of A Single Night At The Theater, I Could...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/for-the-price-of-a-single-night-at-the-theater-i-could2/) - Last week, I asked a retired friend how she planned to close out the summer. She said she’d do what she always did, join friends at the annual play festival in Ashland, Oregon. Ashland is a quaint town in the middle of rural Oregon, dedicated to recreating Shakespeare’s Elizabethan world. I nodded, knowing the outdoor
- [Keep Your Eyes On The Prize](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/keep-your-eyes-on-the-prize2/) - Before I took my seat on the county board of commissioners, my predecessor was famous for saying, “Figures don’t lie, but liars do figure.” In my experience, he and Mark Twain, to whom the quote is attributed, were wrong After a year of the budget cycle, I no longer believed figures didn’t lie. They do
- [A Memoir In Search Of A Message](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-memoir-in-search-of-a-message/) - While sitting with a guest for tea at the retirement center, a gentleman, to whom I’d never spoken, paused by our table. “You’re the writer, aren’t you?” As I strive to be one, I nodded. “ Well, I wanted to tell you about the greatest opening to a novel I’ve ever read.” Singled out, I’d
- [The Compliment That Insults](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-compliment-that-insults/) - In his popular novel, The Overstory, Richard Powers creates a woman who devotes her life to the study of trees. Her diligence rewards her. She makes an astounding discovery. Trees communicate with each other through the air. Though her research is scrupulous, her male colleagues laugh, cast doubts upon the data and even refuse to
- [Algorithm For The Public Good](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/algorithm-for-the-public-good/) - Nobody likes a multi-billionaire who stiffs his workers. Donald Trump accuses Jeff Bezos of greed and Bernie Sanders agrees, suggesting a man who pockets $157 billion a year while his warehouse workers live on food stamps is a man whose conscience is questionable.* While Trump’s strategy for dealing with Bezos is bluster, Sanders has an
- [A View From The Soap Box](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/a-view-from-the-soap-box/) - Weaponizing anger is a dangerous game. Bernie Sanders tried it in the last Presidential election and so did Donald Trump. Trump did it better and he remains a beacon for those who feel disenfranchised. What both candidates did was tap into the residue loathing still with us from the 2008 financial debacle, a time when
- [Public Palaces](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/public-palaces/) - Here’s a great idea for reducing crime in the city. Build more open spaces, more coffee shops and above all, more libraries. Why? Because, as Eric Klinenberg writes in his book, Palaces for People, with so many eyes on the scene, these areas become safer places. (“Come Together…” by Gary Drevitch, Psychology Today, Sept/Oct. 2018,
- [Thanksgiving 2018 -- We Remember](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/thanksgiving-2018-we-remember/)
- [You Don't Get More When You Pay Less](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/you-dont-get-more-when-you-pay-less2/) - In my upcoming memoir, I write about my second measles infection at the age of twenty-two. The occasion was memorable because it was my first brush with Britain’s National Health Service. The time was 1960, so the system, put in place in 1948, had been around for a while. To be honest, it was a
- [No Country For Old Men](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/no-country-for-old-men2/) - Writer Reihan Salem describes the libertarian promoters, Charles (77) and David (81) Koch, as “very, very patient.” (Click) In the 2016 presidential election, they and their cohorts spent $889 million dollars to support candidates who espoused their views. Most of those aspirations were dashed. (Click) Still, they are at it again, having learned nothing from
- [I Send My Thoughts Through Time And Space...(from a poem by J.E. Flecker)](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/i-send-my-thoughts-through-time-and-space-from-a-poem-by-j-e-flecker2/) - I am sick of Facebook. I’m tired of its cutesy messages. I don’t want to celebrate the fact that Rudolf Valentino and I have been friends for 3 days. Nor do I want reports on the number of “likes” my comments receive in a week. Frankly, Facebook, I don’t give a damn. I post my
- [The Dystopian World Of Single Personhood](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-dystopian-world-of-single-personhood2/) - I’m reading two books for an upcoming taping for Just Read It, a book review program fellow writer, Susan Stoner and I air on YouTube. One book is a dystopian novel about life in a space ship after humans have destroyed planet earth, The Book Of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch. The second is The Girl
- [Ransomware -- How To Avoid Capture](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/ransomware-how-to-avoid-capture2/) - The day I was to meet a friend for coffee, an unexpected email arrived from him. As the message was about a contract and included an attachment -- my friend being a real estate agent -- I assumed he had sent the message in error and forwarded it back to him. When we met later,
- [What's In An Alphabet?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/whats-in-an-alphabet2/) - It’s a joke so old, I don’t remember the punch line. A guy stands up in a town hall meeting and shouts a number. People around him laugh. A second person calls out another number and again those present break into applause. The community is so accustomed to one another, they’ve reduced their communications to
- [Faster Than A Speeding Bullet?  Why?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/faster-than-a-speeding-bullet-why/) - I recently upgraded my computer. The new hard drive resides in a box the size of a deck of playing cards. When my installer finished his work, he stood back, with his arms folded. “You’re going to love this,” he assured me. “It’s so much faster.” Sadly, “faster” isn’t what I want. If I had
- [The Human Condition Can Be measured By Its Treatment Of Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-human-condition-can-be-measured-by-its-treatment-of-women2/) - Sometimes the burden of lifting women’s status around the world seems too great to achieve. Still no alternative exists but to try. In some countries large numbers of women are little more than slaves. This is the case for North Korean women when they are caught trying to reach South Korea through China. Eager to
- [Social Security, Retirement And The Young](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/social-security-retirement-young2/) - The government wants people to work into their 70s to relieve social security’s debt obligations. But doing so has numerous effects, most dramatically on the young. When older workers prolong their employment, younger ones can’t find jobs or are forced to take those with low wages while in their most productive years. Keeping the younger
- [Brain Training With Games -- A Follow-Up](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/brain-training-games-follow2/) - Brain training with games, I wrote in an earlier blog, (Blog 9/17/15) showed little evidence the activity could make our thinking sharper. The skills learned weren’t transferable to other activities, the argument went. Despite these conclusions, some researchers continued with their studies and eventually proved the general opinion wrong. Brain function can be improved with
- [The Matrix, The Dreamer And Hot Fudge Sundaes](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-matrix-the-dreamer-and-hot-fudge-sundaes2/) - An article popped up on my computer the other day which suggested we live in a Matrix. Like the film by the same name, our lives may be no more than a dream which we are allowed to think is real. (Click) A few scientists have given the idea enough credence to propose experiments to determine
- [A Summer Read](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/a-summer-read2/) - Heart Land is a fictional memoir of a bright and reckless boy growing up in rural Ohio in 1939, at the close of the Depression and before America’s entrance into World War II. Ockley Green is a sleepy farming community where a kid with an active imagination is as likely to trick his younger brother
- [Pimping For Amazon And Facebook](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/pimping-for-amazon-and-facebook2/) - This morning a notice from Amazon popped up on my screen. The message said a customer had liked my review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Buried Giant but made no mention of whether or not he or she actually bought the book. (Blog 5/5/15) Next I was reminded I’d written 13 reviews on Amazon and 6 had
- [June 8, 2010](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/june-8-2010-2/) - Pooh Bear Demystified Socrates observed that man is a social animal. If I’d have been his contemporary, I’d have added the words, “who likes a story.” When a journalist writes, “First the king died and then the queen died,” we have an article. When an author writes, “First the king died and then the queen
- [June 7, 2010](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/june-7-2010-2/) - POOH BEAR, POUND CAKE AND EZRA POUND Sunday, I took an imaginary walk in the park. In reality, I was somewhere else, but as it was a sunny day, my mind kept wandering to the place where there are trees, a duck pond and an expanse of grass to sit upon. In my mind, I
- [The War Over Gun Control](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-war-over-gun-control2/) - Here’s a fact that should give us pause: “Crime in Japan has become so rare that police often have nothing to do. In 2015, there was just one gun homicide. Guns are virtually illegal there.” (“News,” The Week, October 27, 2017 pg. 16.) No wonder the Japanese have so many festivals. They have much to
- [Harold Pinter, Humor and Donald Trump's Immigration Policy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/harold-pinter-humor-and-donald-trumps-immigration-policy2/) - Recently, someone posted a remark by playwright Harold Pinter on Facebook. It read, “How can you write a happy play? Drama is about conflict and general degrees of perturbation, disarray. I've never been able to write a happy play…” I did a thesis on Pinter when I was a graduate student and can testify he
- [Blockchain -- The New Entanglement](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/blockchain-the-new-entanglemen2t/) - A new wave of innovation is hitting cyberspace which few of us know about and fewer will probably notice -- though the effect on everyday lives will be profound. I write of Blockchain. Blockchain “…concatenates (or chains) cryptographically verified transactions into sequences of lists (or blocks.)” (“Blockchain Mania” by Robert Hackett, Fortune, Sept. 1, 2017, pg.
- [An Atheist Ruminates On Piety](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/an-atheist-ruminates-on-piety/) - Not long ago a celebrity made news by dying peacefully in his sleep. A woman on Facebook noted his passing with the observation that people are destined to die the way they lived. Her words were meant as a tribute to the deceased, but the statement went too far. Normally, I’d have made no reply
- [Tinkering With Mother Nature](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/tinkering-with-mother-nature2/) - Years ago, actress Dena Dietrich, dressed in Greco-Roman garb, her dark hair encircled in a crown of daisies appeared in a commercial for Chiffon margarine. “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” she warned. Then she stared into the camera, her eyebrow arched, leading us to understand margarine had no business tasting like butter. (Click)
- [We Hold These Truths To Be](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/we-hold-these-truth-to-be2/) - When I was in the 4th grade, I went from being a good student to being a dunce. For some reason, I couldn’t master long division. I fell to the bottom of the class in my teacher’s eyes and in my self-esteem. The harder I tried, the more my frustration grew, ending in fear. Then
- [Snafus And Nonesense That Pays](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/snafus-and-nonesense-that-pays2/) - Susan Stoner and I have been producing, Just Read it, a 10 minute YouTube book review series for over two years. When I first proposed it, I doubted Susan or her cameraman husband, George, would be keen. But they agreed to give it a try, and we’ve been having fun ever since. We never know
- [Wikipedia Meets The Girls, Alexa And Siri](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/wikipedia-meets-the-girls-alexa-and-siri2/) - Before the internet and Wikipedia, when I needed information, I dialed the reference librarian at my local library. The materials I needed could be wide-ranging. How to spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is one example. Or, I might want to know the population of Liechtenstein. The librarian seldom failed me which is why, while I was in public
- [Circadian Rhythms Versus Algorithms](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/circadian-rhythms-versus-algorithms2/) - A woman joined me at the retirement center where I sat drinking coffee and sighed. “My doctor wants me to lose weight, but I don’t eat that much. I skip breakfast, have a muffin mid-morning and only sit for a meal at dinner. Still, I’m gaining weight.” My companion suffers from Type 11 diabetes, so
- [Where Is Mahler's Wife?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/where-is-mahlers-wife/) - Once, I confessed to a dear friend that I longed for someone in my life like Gustav Mahler’s wife. Her eyes swept to the top of her head, as I recall, and this she followed with a pause as she considered whether I was confessing to a lifestyle. I wasn’t. I was referring to two
- [Hope Springs Eternal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/hope-springs-eternal/) - Is globalization good or bad? Will it create a kinder, gentler and more equitable world? Or, will nation-states be forced to live under the tyranny of a universal cabal? According to Randall Schweller, professor of political science at Ohio State University, Donald Trump and his followers see no good outcome from globalization. They believe America
- [Coffee, Tea or Tofu?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/coffee-tea-or-tofu/) - Someone on Facebook asked the question, “What’s the one food you won’t eat.” I replied, “animals.” Soon, a few “likes” attached to my comment. Some vegetarians were cheering me on. Or, maybe they were folks who wanted eliminate meat from their diet but haven’t changed their habit. Not to get too preachy, but If more
- [Waiting For The Pictures](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/scams/waiting-for-the-pictures/) - I’ve been longing for an excuse to write this blog and now I have one. To start, I recently received a blackmail letter in my email. The blackmailer said he or she had obtained pictures of me in pornographic poses. If I didn’t pay $500 in bitcoin within the next 24 hours, the images would
- [Any Age Is The Right Time For A Bucket List](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/aging-musings/any-age-is-the-right-time-for-a-bucket-list/) - Last month the “rent” at my retirement center went up 4%. That’s greater than the living increase from my social security and pension income. Being retired and living off fixed benefits, I’m wondering how I should anticipate further increases, particularly if I proved to be as long-lived as my mother. So far, my strategy has
- [Laying Happy Trails](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/laying-happy-trails/) - Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been adapting to a new computer. Some mischief-makers attacked my old one. The new machine has a hard drive the size of a pack of playing cards, and it’s faster, too The bad news is, I never entirely committed all my passwords to paper, so I’m having to
- [It's More Than A Litmus Test](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/its-more-than-a-litmus-test/) - Around three o’clock each afternoon at my retirement center, a gaggle of residents gathers around the coffee machine to discuss, for an hour, the state of the world. I don’t usually join them because it’s the time I exercise. Sometimes, I pause long enough to grab a cup of coffee and briefly listen to the
- [Democracy Depends Upon The Weather](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/democracy-depends-upon-the-weather/) - September 11 is a day when our nation remembers one of the worst foreign attacks on its soil, a day that ushered in a never-ending war against terrorism. But there are other ways to threaten our democracy besides bombing our structures. In fact, one political threat goes unnoticed: climate change. As writer Samuel McDonald
- [Rethinking Educational Priorities](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/rethinking-educational-priorities/) - Institutions of higher learning like to advertise that a college education can add a $1 million to a student’s lifetime earnings. Lured by that promise, students blindly assume debt that can last a lifetime. One thirty-year-old man, who graduated with an MA in Literature, carries a$100,000 loan. Honoring that obligation costs him $1,100 each month
- [Conspiracy Theories -- Fear That Hides In Plain Sight](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/conspiracy-theories-fear-that-hides-in-plain-sight/) - Is America becoming more conservative or more liberal? That depends upon how you read the demographics. Four out of five Americans live in urban areas, (“Notes” The Week, August 17/24, 2018, pg. 16), and if your believe a report in the Washington Post, urban areas tend to vote liberal. Others suggest the country is already
- [A Level Playing Field](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/a-level-playing-field/) - I may have been born before my time, but at 82, I’m not too old to rejoice in the recent development of fertility phone aps. How wonderful that a young woman can have at her fingertips a device to help her decide when and if she wants to become pregnant. Or, how to avoid pregnancy
- [They Own Us](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/they-own-us/) - Do you know your trustworthiness score? Did you know Facebook has given you one? To avoid accusations they are purveyors of fake news, the company now uses an algorithm to determine a member’s credibility. Twitter, reportedly, is moving in the same direction. (“Facebooks’ reputation store,” The Week, Sept 7, 2018, pg. 19) How Facebook arrives
- [The Calumny Of Misbegotten Freedom](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-calumny-of-misbegotten-freedom/) - Recently, U. S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he plans to create a Religious Liberty Task Force intended to insert faith-based protections into the political agenda. In doing so, he misuses his public office. His is a bald-faced attempt to extend the reach of conservative Christians into everyday life. Worse, what he posits as freedom
- [Smarter Than Dinosaurs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/smarter-than-dinosaurs/) - Dinosaurs ruled the earth for 65 million years. They may have managed it because they had small brains. They didn't possess enough grey matter to imagine how to tinker with their environment. Homo sapiens used theirs to disrupt the planet. So many changes are far from good. Look at the mess Mark Zuckerberg made for
- [Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/let-a-smile-be-your-umbrella/) - Earlier this month, I appeared on a community cable program. The host, known as Dr. Don, interviews local people whom he imagines others will think interesting. He’s in his 90’s and has been doing the series for 15 years. An hour of talk about myself is a challenge, even for me, so when he asked
- [Close Encounters Of The Unimagined](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/close-encounters-of-the-unimagined/) - Scary as it sounds, we humans have the capacity to change the course of evolution. That’s the opinion of Jennifer Doudna, one of the discoverers of CRSPR technology. (The Ultimate Life Hacker,” by Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, May/June, 2018, pg. 158.) CRSPR is the ability to slice or splice DNA to rewrite human code. Two
- [Keeping The Rich Full Of It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/keeping-the-rich-full-of-it/) - I know what dehydration means, especially among the old. More than once, I’ve sat in a local hospital’s emergency room while my ancient mother has needles stuck in her veins to restore bodily fluids. She never was good at drinking water. A cup or two of heavily sugared tea is her habit, and rarely does
- [Can These Stories Be True?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/can-these-stories-be-true/) - Below are three accounts of rescue that should give us pause. Story 1 A parrot has been sitting on the roof of its owner’s home for 3 days, refusing to come down. Eventually, the north London Fire Department arrives to rescue the bird, but none of their ploys succeed. Finally, a fireman suggests they speak
- [These Truths Republicans and Democrats Should Hold To Be Self-Evident](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/these-truths-republicans-and-democrats-should-hold-to-be-self-evident/) - A former student of mine, now in his early 60s, visited me for coffee, recently. We tried to avoid discussing politics, but it was the elephant in the room. Eventually, my “young” friend admitted he found the antics in Washington, D. C. depressing. Knowing he was a liberal Democratic, I understood why. Funnily enough, he
- [Citizens United: Another Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/citizens-united-another-fine-mess-weve-gotten-ourselves-into/) - How in the world did our Supreme Court come to the conclusion that corporations were people? Citizens United The debate over whether they are or not had been going on for 200 years, though I little knew it. As late as 1914, in a case before the Michigan Supreme Court, a brewery lost its bid
- [When It's Time To Come Clean](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/when-its-time-to-come-clean/) - I once negotiated a labor contract while wearing my dress turned inside out. I didn’t realize my mistake, but after we’d concluded our session, the negotiator from the opposite site of the table walked with me to the street. “Say,” he muttered as a motorcycle growled by, “I’ve been wanting to ask about that dress.
- [What's In A Name?  Price](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/whats-in-a-name-price/) - I might have told this story before. If so, forgive me: While on a bus, touring France, my traveling companions and I stopped at a small café. We’d been sitting for three hours, so all twenty of us made a beeline for the toilets the moment we disembarked. Confronted by two stairways, one marked “hommes”
- [Another Stitch In Time](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/another-stitch-in-time/) - With Congress expressing so much concern about Russian interference in the 2016 election, it’s surprising to read the U. S. Senate turned down a proposal to spend additional money to secure our voting system. Certainly, we have fallen behind in maintaining both it and the national grid. A third grid is equally vulnerable, the space
- [Political Ideals And Economic Realities. Is Democracy Doomed?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/political-ideals-and-economic-realities-is-democracy-doomed/) - In the 1960s, I toured Makerere University in Uganda. Later, during that visit, I found myself seated at dinner beside one of the African instructors. The country had recently won its independence, and the gentleman was not only ebullient about the future, he was a virulent critic of British rule. I asked why he was
- [With Justice For All](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/with-justice-for-all/) - As one who supports a woman’s right to choose, I listen to speculations about whether or not the U. S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that granted a woman the right to an abortion. Some pundits are complacent. They argue that after 45 years, Roe v. Wade has too much
- [The Web That Matters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-web-that-matters/) - Sometimes, I forget a web larger than the world-wide web exists. You know the one I’m talking about. Nature, that place where every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That place where a butterfly flaps its wings in Argentina and Japan suffers a tsunami. To be honest, we are so interconnected in nature,
- [To Be Or Not To Be A Robot](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-robot/) - Recently, I got entangled with a company’s phone representative for whom English was a second language. Both her grammar and her accent made communication difficult. Finally, she brought her supervisor on the line. His, too, was hard to understand. “Do you live in the United States,” I asked, with a sinking feeling. “Oh yes, madam,
- [Come November](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/come-november/) - Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan professor, makes a strong case for the cyclical nature of populism in a democratic society. (“The Age of Insecurity, by Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2018, pgs. 20-28.) He argues populism thrives during periods of change, largely economic, when people feel their way of life is threatened. Authoritarianism and a
- [YOU CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS FROM AN OLD BOOK](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/you-can-learn-new-tricks-from-an-old-book/) - Several months ago, I broke with the last of my 4 publishers. I’ve had 4 because the first became ill and closed the business. Another bought a company that held my contract and turned out to be a crook. Law enforcement eventually shut him down. A third tried to change the terms of our agreement
- [By Your Pupils You'll Be Caught](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/by-your-pupil-youll-be-caught/) - Of course it’s true, the rich are different from you and me. They have more money. That aside, if you look closely into any tribe, you’ll find quirkiness. The art world is no exception. Where else but there would an expert who is in jail for art forgery, hold court with dignitaries seeking his expert
- [Tim Berners-Lee And One Giant Step For Mankind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/tim-berners-lee-and-one-giant-step-for-mankind/) - Despite the growing loss of personal privacy on the world wide web, a number of idealists are fighting against the trend. (Click) They are trying to give users command over their personal data. In India, “ a group of activists successfully blocked Facebook from implementing a new service that would have effectively controlled access to
- [The Best You Can Be](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-best-you-can-be/) - Recently, a former student contacted me. She was organizing a high school reunion which included several of my former pupils. She provided the time, date and location of the gathering, then asked if I’d care to attend. I was flattered, naturally, but more touched by her closing comment. She thanked me for working hard to
- [Art For Art's Sake -- xxxTentacion Not Included](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/art-for-arts-sake-xxxtentacion-no-included/) - During an In My Humble Opinion (IMHO) segment of Public Broadcasting Service news (OPB), Amanda Petrusich, music critic for the New Yorker, spoke about the “outdated” notion that a work of art stands apart from the person who created it. The theory is long-standing and known as Art for Art’s sake. (Click) “Outdated,” is a
- [Cloak and Dagger Stuff Without A Trench Coat](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/cloak-and-dagger-stuff-without-a-trench-coat/) - With colleges and universities touting their science and technology departments over humanities and the arts, a person could forget how much fun living the life of Indiana Jones (Click) can be -- minus the poison darts, of course. But it is possible to live the life if one has degrees in art history and archeology,
- [The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/the-turth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/) - Because we have access to more information than at any time in human history, it’s easy to uncover facts which align with our perceptions. Once we do, we cling to them with the tenacity of a dying woman to her rosary. Facts that don’t align, we view with suspicion. That’s why I smiled when Monika
- [Steady As She Goes, The Ship Of State](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/steady-as-she-goes-the-ship-of-state/) - In recent primaries around the country, several left leaning or socialist candidates won their elections handily. The biggest upset was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s defeat of fellow democrat and longtime incumbent, Representative Joe Crowley from New York’s Bronx district. Her platform matches the cradle-to-grave programs popular in Scandinavian countries. (Click) With taxes and government assistance, she hopes
- [Abortion Rights -- RBG Got It Wrong](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/abortion-rights-rbg-got-it-wrong/) - In a recent article, Megan McArdle, a onetime Ralph Nader supporter now turned Libertarian, argues the time has come to throw out Row v. Wade, the High Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States. (Click) To support her position, she points to Ruth Bader Ginsberg who espoused a similar opinion in a
- [Immigrant Children And Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/immigrant-children-and-women/) - In her essay, “Musical Chairs,” Rebecca Solnit parses the numerous splits in American politics. I particularly like her description of the Republican party. She charges it “preaches the gospel of austerity while running up deficits,” and extols individual rights, “except for women.” (“Unmusical Chairs”, by Rebecca Solnit, Harper’s, July 2018, pg. 4.) With regard to
- [Civility In A Civil Society](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/civility-in-a-civil-society/) - Recently, House Representative Maxine Water’s exhorted right-minded people to confront President Donald Trump’s cabinet members in public places to protest his unconscionable policy on immigration. (Click) Several Facebook friends agreed. One man remarked if others weren’t outraged enough to do so, they were asleep. Another mocked the notion of “civility” believing high passion justified bull-dog
- [To Catch A Mole](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/to-catch-a-mole/) - During the 2016 election, I reported my blog had come under Russian attack. My friends laughed. My gurus didn’t. Lately, the blog has experienced another invasion, the source of which is unknown. Three hundred people have subscribed to my blog in the last month alone. They’re not real. They’re generated from a single web-address. Most
- [Fake News And The Other Fake News.  The Stories We Tell Ourselves](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/fake-news-and-the-other-fake-news-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/) - Recently, I opened my Facebook page to take the temperature of the comments left overnight. At the top of the news feed was an msn.com article someone shared (Click) about North Korea’s continuing efforts to strengthen its nuclear capability. The article came from Fox News. They'd picked up a study by a group called 38
- [I'm An Atheist And I Vote](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/im-an-atheist-and-i-vote/) - Somewhere along my 8 years of blogging, I picked up a gaggle of folks from East Africa.. I’ve learned they are deeply religious, possibly members of the same church. Most of the time, I read their patter about what God wants from us and what we must do to be good Christians. As an atheist,
- [A Tale of Mystery, Intrigue, And The Lava Lamp](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-tale-of-mystery-intrigue-and-the-lava-lamp/) - For me, computers pose a mystery. They are as confusing as a black hole or as simple as a line of 0s and 1s. When we get to algorithms, life gets tricky. I haven’t a clue about computer programing, but I remember something from calculus about the difficulty of choosing random numbers. Inevitably, a pattern
- [How Emojis Are Born](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/how-emojis-are-born/) - Six years ago, I wrote that Moby Dick was being translated into emoji. (Click) I hardly knew what emojis* were at the time. Since then, Facebook emojis have become familiar, but I’ve never given much thought to how they came into being or how there could be enough to translate a novel. Virginia Heffernan gives
- [The Moral Property Of Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-moral-property-of-women/) - Last week, I wrote about the return of midwifery to this country, and its underground movement to teach women to perform self-induced abortions. (Click) Another option exists for the same purpose, but it isn’t widely known. The drug, Mifepristone, can be effective if self-administered during early pregnancy. It is not to be confused with Plan
- [Is There A Doctor In The House?  Nope.](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house-nope/) - I live in an urban area. My doctor is so close, if I touch the end of my nose, my elbow brushes against her office. To be precise, she’s a block and a half away. My dentist is 6 blocks away. Three 3 hospitals are within spitting distance of my residence. When it comes to
- [The Working Class -- A Different Breed And Growing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/the-working-class-a-different-breed-and-growing/) - One of two women who clean my apartment at the retirement center stopped me in the hall to apologize for failing to wipe the upper corners of my living room windows. I’m not surprised at her failure. She stands about 4’ 10. Her partner, near the same height, couldn’t help either. Besides, the latter has
- [The New Underground -- Self-Induced Abortion](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/the-new-underground-self-induced-abortion/) - While women have been helping other women have abortions for centuries, self-induced abortions have an equally long history. (“The New Abortion Underground,” by Nina Liss-Schultz, Mother Jones, March/April, 2018, pg. 49). Generally, the procedures were safe. Nonetheless, in the late nineteenth century, a fledgling institution, The American Medical Association, (AMA) campaigned to criminalize the activity.
- [HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, AMERICA](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/happy-fourth-of-july-america/)
- [Daimonds Are A Gir's Best Friend?  Think Again](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/daimonds-are-a-girs-best-friend-think-again/) - Some friends invited me to see the movie Ocean’s 8. The actresses are great, but I could care less about females stepping into men's worn-out roles. Liberated women can do better. The last Ocean’s movie I saw starred the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr., with Angie Dickinson as
- [Why Phantom Thread Fails](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/why-phantom-thread-fails/) - Film critic Jason De Rosso makes a telling observation when he writes about the film, Phantom Thread, presumably the swan song of acclaimed actor, Daniel Day Lewis. “Maybe it's because Phantom Thread comes close to landing flat on its face that it ends up such a breathtaking experience.” (Click) I agree. For three-quarters of the
- [Thoughts On The New Alphabet Soup Of Sex](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/thoughts-on-the-new-alphabet-soup-of-sex/) - LGBTQ? Ask the web questions about most subjects and it will provide a clue. (Click) I thought I was up on my alphabet until I came across the term pangender. (Click) Scratching my head, I paused to wonder what some cake baker in Colorado would make of that. (Click) More importantly, I wondered how pangender
- [Kings And Queens Without A Country](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/kings-and-queens-without-a-country/) - After the romantic flap over the wedding between England’s Prince Harry to American, Meghan Markle, Oregon Public Broadcast announced 70% of the British population favored maintaining the monarchy despite the expense and the grumbling of detractors. Surprisingly, a number of other countries are guilty of the same “sentimentality,” including the Vatican. (Click) Not all monarchs
- [The Virtual World: Too Many Men And Too Few Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-virtual-world-too-many-men-and-too-few-women/) - Last week, I wrote a blog capped by a cartoon which amused my web manager. (Click) It exposed the gobbledygook terms that accrue to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Apparently, the alphabet soup expresses different purposes. Or, as a tweet from a recent article revealed, “It’s AI if you’re trying to raise money, ML [Machine learning] when
- [A Light In The Piazza](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-light-in-the-piazza/) - A funny thing happens when you ban girls from a boys’ club. Not only do they create their own, (Click) but what they build tends to have wide appeal. That’s what happened for Pooja Nath Sankar, now CEO of a Palo Alto Company called Piazza. Sankar didn’t plan to build a business. Her idea was
- [Weakest Of The Weak](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/weakest-of-the-weak/) - Donald Trump's Cabinet appointments seem to be based on each candidate’s ineptitude. Rick Perry, head of the Department of Energy, forgot the department existed in his disastrous bid for president. (Click) Scott Pruitt, assigned to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) is on record as an advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda.” (Click) Betsy DeVos,
- [Technological Updates](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/technological-updates/) - Crispr is a technique that has added a large body of knowledge to our understanding of the human genome. (Click) (Click) It is a gene-editing technique which allows human DNA to be altered in the hope of ending deadly diseases like cancer and sickle-cell anemia. Two women worked together to advance the process, Jennifer Doudna
- [Women Who Are More Than Mad Hatters](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/women-who-are-more-than-mad-hatters/) - It might be too early to worry about reverse discrimination with regard to women, but women-only colleges, like Wellesley, Mills and Smith are thriving and so are the ladies who lunch and wear extraordinary hats. They are the ones who’ve kept the women-only associations alive. Membership in these organizations, largely charitable, has altered over the
- [In His Own Words](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/in-his-own-words/) - In my upcoming memoir, I write about a Southern Baptist missionary I met in the 1960s, while living in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). She was a savvy woman, devoted to her work and endowed with a terrific sense of humor. Although I was an atheist, we became friends and from her, I learned much about life
- [The Path To Forgiveness Is Green](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-path-to-forgiveness-is-green/) - It’s not true that “Money can’t buy you love.” It can. Charities are eager to love me. Contribute to one and I hear from any of their neighbors who are within shouting distance. Each time I contribute, I’m aware I’m added to a list which is sold to other non-profits. These lists are a commodity
- [Upgrades Be Damned](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/upgrades-be-damned/) - Recently, I spent a terrible morning trying to keep up with various upgrades on my browser, on my e-books platform for Apple and for the site where I launch my blogs. “Upgrade” is the most annoying word in the English language, in my opinion. Demands for them never seem to stop. Worse, they pop on
- [Mocking Does Not Become Her](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-media/mocking-does-not-become-her/) - My morning began, as it usually does, by taking the pulse of Facebook. England’s royal wedding got most of the comments, which didn’t surprise me. What did raise my eyebrows was a gentleman's remark, someone who is usually supportive on women’s issues. “Just can’t sleep,” he wrote. “What kind of dress will she wear?” His
- [After The Fall, Don't Blame The Women](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/after-the-fall-dont-blame-the-women/) - After the 2008 financial crisis in the United State -- the result of Wall Street bundling bad mortgages together and selling them as investments -- writer Michael Lewis wrote, The Big Short, a best seller about what happened. Primarily, he focused on the few canny investors who saw the coming tsunami and, instead of sounding
- [Blame The Robot](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/blame-the-robot/) - I’ve done some hand wringing about robots, wondering about the degree to which they will change our world. Take self-driving cars, for example. Who is responsible if a self-driving car has an accident. The designer? The manufacturer? The automobile owner? Or, can we blame a hacker? Insurance carriers have sleepless nights over how to write
- [The Cult Of Fear](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/the-cult-of-fear/) - In 1936, Aldous Huxley observed that if democracy is to work, one must govern with the consent of the people. (“Modern Despots,” by Aldous Huxley, reprinted for a 1936 article in Harper’s, February 18, 2018, pg. 37.) Thanks to gerrymandering and the Electoral College, who constitutes “the people” is in question. The nation has fallen
- [Words From The Wise](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/words-from-the-wise/) - Make no mistake, after a writer completes a book, the work is less than halfway done. Of course, there’s the editing and the publishing, but the greatest piece is the promotion. As publicist Joanne McCall made clear in the first of my free summer seminars for writers, the trick is to stand out like a
- [Is Thirty Tool Old?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/is-thirty-tool-old/) - Four years ago, I wrote a blog in which I quoted 29- year-old Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, as saying young people were smarter than anyone else. (Click) By my math, he turned 34 on May 14 of this year, and when I read his recent testimony before Congress, I had to smile. (Click) He blames
- [Memoir, Truth And Beauty](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/memoir-truth-and-beauty/) - Writer Geoff Dyer recounts a lunch where George Orwell’s wife, Sonia, and her husband’s biographer, Bernard Crick, almost came to blows over whether the famous writer did or didn’t shoot an elephant in Burma. (Nothing But,” by Geoff Dyer, Harper’s, May 2018, pgs. 73-74.) At one point, Sonia shouted, “Of course he shot the fucking
- [And The Children Shall Lead](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/and-the-children-shall-lead/) - Folks in the business world sometimes survive the political one by appeasing both sides of the aisle. When I sought corporate contributions for my campaigns, I wasn’t surprised to learn my opponent had left some office with a check before me. I felt no ill-will. I usually left with a check, too. I understand why
- [Twenty-Six Percent Of The American Population](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/twenty-six-percent-of-the-american-population/) - I joked with a friend, recently, that if religious conservatives have their way, abortions will be illegal at the point of coitus. We both laughed. But I’m not laughing anymore. Iowa’s woman governor, Kim Reynolds, has signed a bill that makes abortion illegal at the first sign of a fetal heartbeat. That’s about 6 weeks.
- [Down The YouTube Rabbit Hole](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/down-the-youtube-rabbit-hole/) - I have a friend who thinks whatever appears on YouTube must be true. Though a sensible woman in all other respects, she thrives on conspiracy theories, and YouTube abounds in them. There, she can find fake news on the cabal to poison our water systems; a threat to destroy organic food producers; and our government’s
- [Donald Trump's Sleight Of Hand To Pervert American Justice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/donald-trumps-slight-of-hand-to-pervert-american-justice/) - President Donald Trump will probably appoint a Supreme Court Justice during his presidency. That appointment will tilt the current balance between liberal and conservative justices on that bench. His choice will be of great concern and keep journalists up to their elbows in ink for months. Unfortunately, that concern diverts us from another one of
- [A Brief History Of Stephen Hawking](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawking/) - If the young want to know why the old keep looking to the past, I’ll tell them. Sometimes, we old folks don’t like where the future is taking us. Our measuring stick is Time and being longer than theirs, the old can recognize the difference between progress and change. We also know the difference between
- [The Relative Comfort Of Prison](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-relative-comfort-of-prison/) - When I served in public life, common knowledge was that the number of jail inmates swelled in winter. Desperate to come in from the cold, the indigent resorted to petty crimes and waited for the police to arrest them. Law enforcement officers became social workers. Their job was to escort the homeless to shelters, most
- [A Blogger's Life](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/a-bloggers-life/) - I live two lives, one as a writer of books and the other as a blogger. I love both. The memoir I’ve been working on has been intensely satisfying. But to complete the memoir, I’ve obliged my readers to live on blog re-runs. I am thankful for their patience. During the interval, however, an important
- [The Infinite Black Holes Of The Mind](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-infinite-black-holes-of-the-mind/) - I bumped into an acquaintance at the grocery store the other day. He said the previous weekend he’d attended a conference for writers. What he learned from one book agent surprised him. According to her, some authors are finding inspiration by using Google’s search engine. They look for trends and wrap stories around them. I
- [The Right To A Room Of One's Own](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-right-to-a-room-of-ones-own/) - Recently, Ben Carson, head of Housing and Urban Development, proposed reducing rent subsidies almost threefold for the poorest of the poor. If his proposal were to pass Congress, it would mean the indigent would have to spend almost 2/3 of their income for housing, leaving 1/3 for other necessities, including food and medicine. (Click) Carson
- [FREE IS A VERY GOOD PRICE](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/free-is-a-very-good-price/) - Happy to say the memoir I've been working on is now in the hands of an editor, and I can return to my blog. Thank you all for sticking with the re-runs and for you patience. But before I return to my usual routine of social comment, I want to extend an invitation to all
- [Gender Language, Locker Room Talk](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/writings/gender-language-locker-room-talk2/) - Recently, I spiced up a blog (2/2/2017) with a little alphabet profanity: WTF. A couple of readers chuckled and seemed surprised that I either knew or would use the expression. I may have been a school teacher at one time, but life in the Labor movement and in politics gave me a rich vocabulary. I
- [Patriarchal Thinking -- It's All In A Name](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/patriarchal-thinking-its-all-in-a-name2/) - Yesterday’s blog (1/31/17) was about blue-collar workers and the potential for them to find new jobs in computer coding. That’s good news. But the job market has had a number of work opportunities for some time which men have been slow to consider. I’m talking about pink collar opportunities -- work traditionally performed by women.
- [Coal Miner As Techie](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/coal-miner-as-techie2/) - Geometry was my downfall in high school. Languages weren’t much better. I have an aversion to memorizing material. All those theorems and all that vocabulary made my head spin. On the other hand, my brief but spectacular introduction to organic chemistry was a delight. I loved puzzling out how elements combined to form compounds. Years
- [Planned Parenthood -- The Enemy Within](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/planned-parenthood-the-enemy-within2/) - What if children in this country were treated as precious commodities, the way the desert treats rain drops? What if each infant were given sufficient nurturing – healthy meals, a safe environment and a decent education? What would our society look like in the future? We’ll never know if we continue to tolerate raising so
- [Before Roe V. Wade](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/before-roe-v-wade2/) - The woman in this coroner’s photograph was called Gerri. She died in 1964 attempting to give herself an abortion with a coat hanger. Something went wrong and she bled to death alone on her bathroom floor. If the picture offends anyone, I am sorry, but the circumstances should offend you more. This is life as
- [Chattel Minds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/chattel-minds2/) - In a recent blog (Blog 12/14/2016), I wrote my thoughts about the centuries of patriarchal thinking that have painted women as inferior to men. I referred to women who accepted this view as having a “chattel mind.” That I was guilty of the same misperception became clear when I recently sat down to coffee with
- [Getting From Here To There Without Becoming Stupid](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/getting-from-here-to-there-without-becoming-stupid2/) - I continue to be amazed at how little we humans know ourselves: how our brains work, what motivations govern us -- many of which are unconscious -- and how technology alters our mental processes. Take, for example, the GPS systems in today’s cars. Not only does research show these programs, designed to make driving easier,
- [Don't Blame The Fairies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/dont-blame-the-fairies2/) - I recall in my college readings a story about David Hume, a philosopher of the 18th century, who believed only what his eyes confirmed -- though he was wary of that information as well. During a conversation with the literary figure James Boswell, Hume asserted a gap existed between the real world, whatever that was,
- [Fools Never Wonder](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/fools-never-wonder2/) - At a party years ago in Tanganyika, (Tanzania) a newly elected Nigerian official sat to my left at dinner. During the course of the meal, he leaned in my direction with a furrowed brow. “Tell me, in a democracy, when one party wins an election. why does it tolerate the existence of an opposition? Why
- [One Of These Days...](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/one-of-these-days2/) - Stanley Bing is a columnist who appears regularly on the last page of the monthly editions of Fortune Magazine. I don’t know why he’s included among serious speculations about the stock market and China’s currency. But he is. And he makes me laugh. This May he wrote petulantly about medical studies that insist exercising for
- [What The Poet's Heart Knows](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/what-the-poets-heart-knows2/) - Years ago, while having a friendly discussion with a psychologist, I reached across the coffee table to pat his hand. He’d said something amusing and my reaction had been automatic. “You know what’ve you done?” he said, when I’d settled back in my chair. “You’ve anchored the moment.” I must have looked blank because he
- [The Death Master File](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/the-death-master-file2/) - One summer, between my freshman and sophomore year of college, I worked in a bank -- a bank vault to be exact. I had three duties. I allowed people access to their safe deposit boxes. I filed historical records. And daily, I read the obituaries in the city’s two newspapers. My job was to compare
- [Writing A Memoir Or Daring To Think About It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/writing-a-memoir-or-daring-to-think-about-it2/) - I have in my mind an idea for a short memoir about my three-and-a- half years abroad. During that time, I taught everything from biology to the American Revolution in English schools, one in the Midlands and the other in Essex. Holidays brimmed with foreign adventure until I came to rest in Zimbabwe, known then
- [Thoughts On A Telephone Pole Manifesto](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/2thought-telephone-pole-manefesto/) - Walking back from the park the other day, I came upon a manifesto of sorts, typed in single space and nailed to a telephone pole. The message declared that no one should remain silent while another was persecuted for the color of his skin or his impoverished condition. Evil, the words proclaimed, must never be
- [Sexual Harrassment](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/sexual-harrassment2/) - “Casting couch,” is a phrase that’s been floating around Hollywood for decades. A casting couch is where a comely actress drops her dress in exchange for a role in a movie. My mother, a ringer for Hedy Lamar, did a few laps around that couch before giving up her dream of stardom. It should come
- [Ramblings About Spiderman, Charlie Brown and Innocence Remembered](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/ramblings-about-spiderman-charlie-brown-and-innocence-remembered/) - I confess I’m a fan of the television series, Big Bang Theory. The 30 minute program centers on scientists who are captivated by comic book heroes. Sexual gags aside, the program exudes a childlike innocence, not dissimilar, I suppose, from the curiosity a scientist feels when probing the mysteries of the universe. That capacity to
- [Child Brides In The United States -- A Practice Alive And Well](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/child-brides-in-the-united-states-a-practice-alive-and-well2/) - I wrote recently about khatatna in the United States, the practice of slicing a girl’s gentiles, behavior common in the Middle East. (Blog 6/30/17) Though a cultural ritual, it has no place in the United States. Perpetrators should be caught and punished. Khatatna may be an abusive tradition brought to us by immigrants, but another
- [Born Again -- A Little Magic Is Still Possible](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/born-again-a-little-magic-is-still-possible2/) - It was a dark and stormy night…. Well, it was a sunny afternoon, actually. I was browsing through publishers’ listings for a short story I wanted to sell. That’s when I saw a call for original, but previously published, fairy tales. Not what I was looking for, but I’d published one such story in 2007
- [Random Thoughts On My Upcoming 77th Birthday](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/random-thoughts-on-my-upcoming-77th-birthday/) - “Someone else’s success isn’t your failure,” a person wisely wrote on the Facebook recently. Good advice. Still, at almost 77, I admit to envy. That slant-eyed villain works hand-in-hand with my insecurity. What’s more, my life as a writer fosters self-doubt. Each manuscript I submit to a publisher competes with hundreds of others. I can
- [Hear Her Roar](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/hear-her-roar2/) - An employee at my retirement center belongs to a religion that prohibits men and women from touching one another unless they are family members. I was warned of the taboo through the grapevine not as official written policy. Still, I have respected the stricture, though I balk at the notion of being “untouchable.” Virtue that
- [Divine Nature -- A Rumination](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/divine-nature-a-rumination2/) - I had a long and convoluted conversation with my stock broker this morning. Times are volatile for the market and for the world, and so we bent our heads together to examine ways to preserve capital. In the end, we concluded no place was safe. Putting money in a bank, bonds or in an annuity
- [The Virtual Afterlife](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-virtual-afterlife2/) - When I was a child, I’d often stand in front of the Philco radio and pretend I was a concert conductor. “Beethoven’s Fifth” and “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” gave me a good, aerobic workout as did Mussorgsky’s, “Great Wall of Kiev.” 70 years have passed and I don’t do much conducting anymore. That may
- [Living With A Wild God](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/living-wild-god2/) - In August, I read a review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s new book, Living with a Wild God. (Blog 8/11/14) The work centers around an experience in her early life which she describes as a shift in her level of consciousness. Having had a similar experience in my 40s, I decided to get my hands on the
- [Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fraility-thy-name-woman2/) - Tomorrow, October 26, women of Saudi Arabia will take to the streets in their cars in a mass protest against the taboo that forbids them from driving. The current prohibition isn’t a matter of Islamic law. What women are facing is a long held prejudice that presumes driving is a privilege reserved for males. http://news.yahoo.com/top-saudi-cleric-says-women-drive-risk-damaging-092329183.html
- [Good Housekeeping Gives Death No Stamp of Approval](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/good-housekeeping-gives-death-no-stamp-of-approval-2/) - On the way to the gym at my retirement center, there’s a table with a small basket resting on it. Sometimes the basket is empty. Sometimes it isn’t When it isn’t, it’s full of condolence cards addressed to the family of a resident who has died. As yet I know so few people in the
- [Taking Up Line Dancing](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/taking-line-dancing2/) - One of the adjustments I’ve had to make at the retirement center where I’ve moved is that I'm obliged to associate with people I don’t know but with whom I am now living cheek by jowl. There must be 300 residents in the complex and odds are that when I sit down to a meal, it’s
- [To Fall In Love While Reading Dostoyevsky](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/fall-love-reading-dostoyevsky2/) - One of the disadvantages of living in my new location is there are no used booksellers nearby. I’m beginning to miss the convenience of my snooty bookstore even though they treated my trade-ins as if they were used oil rags. At least I had access to cheaper books. And I miss the musty old place,
- [Random Acts Of Niceness](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/random-acts-niceness2/) - “Random Acts Of Niceness,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner surprised me. (Ladies Homes Journal, June 2014 pgs. 21 23.) I wasn’t prepared for her insights about “niceness” which were deeper than one might expect from a homemaking magazine. The story began with the author’s decision to practice being nice every day for a period of time. By
- [The Child Is Father Of The Man](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/writing-publishing-agents/child-father-man2/) - A friend who knew I was unacquainted with the work of children’s writer Shel Silverstein gave me one of his books recently: “The Giving Tree.” Amused I breezed through it, even read it aloud as if to entertain the child inside me. But when I closed the cover, I wasn’t amused. I was moved by
- [School Daze](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/book-reviews/school-daze2/) - The other day a friend was gossiping about a party his daughter threw for a few friends after their final year of college. Much of the conversation was about how to pay off their student loans. One young woman volunteered she had no debt. Her grandparents had provided for her education. A few eyeballs rolled
- [An Idea Greener Than Money](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/an-idea-greener-than-money2/) - A while ago, I wrote a blog suggesting that while oil stocks are depressed, it might be a good time to invest in them, because the economy isn’t going to eliminate fossil fuels any time soon. The observation irked one reader enough to drop his subscription to my blog, and I got a couple of
- [A Dream Come True](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/a-dream-come-true2/) - A new chapter has opened for the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. (Blog 12/30/14) Having endured the German invasion of World War II, this bookstore, home to waves of struggling and famous writers, would have died with its owner, Sylvia Beach, if George Whitman hadn’t stepped in to run the place. He continued the
- [Clutter And Creativity](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/clutter-and-creativity2/) - Clutter can be a sign of a creative mind at work. Clive Thompson writes that a person with pack rat behavior may have an effective “organizational strategy.” Call it, “serendipity.” (“Clutter Clash,” by Clive Thompson, Wired, March 2016, pg. 49.) When disparate items are put together, they create an opportunity for the mind to make
- [Playing The Odds With The Grim Reaper](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/dreams-death-illusions/playing-the-odds-with-the-grim-reaper2/) - Recently, I had a long chat with my broker. The subject was how long I could be expected to live and how that projection could affect my investment funds. My mother is 100. Assuming I inherited her longevity genes, I could go on for another 20 years. My father and his two brothers died much
- [Making Saints Of Sinners Or Settling For Something In Between](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/making-saints-of-sinners-or-settling-for-something-in-between-2/) - I wrote a blog recently (1/16/17) that mentioned Planned Parenthood favorably. The next day a man remarked he could never support a group that sold baby parts. Surprised, I considered my two choices. I could attempt to educate a man with the grammar of a two-year-old or ignore him. I decided upon the latter and
- [If I Were Queen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/if-i-were-queen2/) - Chatting over coffee, a friend told a joke that not only made me laugh, but also made me think: “Donald Trump dies and finds God peering down at him from his golden throne. ‘Well Donald,’ God asks in a booming voice. ‘What have you to say for yourself?’ Trump doesn’t hesitate ‘You’re in my chair,’
- [The Jangmadang Generation](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/the-jangmadang-generation2/) - During the North Korean famine between 1994-1998, the government, unable to feed its people, allowed private markets to spring up so that individuals could buy, sell or barter among themselves for basic goods. This small, capitalistic experiment, called jangmadang, was so successful, it continues to this day, writes Jieun Baek, (“The Opening of the North
- [Flying Solo And How To Enjoy It](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/money-matters/flying-solo-and-how-to-enjoy-it2/) - A former student came to visit me at the retirement center this week. As we sat down over coffee he managed a cheerful, “Wow, for 81, you look great.” I gulped twice. First, I wasn’t 81 and second, I hate that caveat, “for your age.” At almost 81, it’s like hearing, “Wow! You look better
- [Wish Upon A Star Because It Ain't Over Until It's Over](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/wish-upon-a-star-because-it-aint-over-until-its-over-2/) - “What do you want to do when you grow up?” The question is one we often ask children, but how often do we hear an equally important question asked of those facing retirement? “What do you want to do as you grow old?” The question never occurred to my father at the age of 62.
- ["Let's Have Lunch" -- The Most Terrifying Words To My Ears](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/lets-have-lunch-terrifying-words-to-my-ears2/) - Let me tell you about my work day. I do so because I wish to make a point. My mornings begin at my computer, preferably before 10 am. I practice this ritual 7 days a week. Monday through Friday, I compose essays that will appear later as one of my blogs. Composing occupies me until
- [Hope And Dreams](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/hope-and-dreams2/) - Recently, I came across a line in a news report that gave me pause. “Mexican drug cartels earn some $25 billion selling drugs in the U. S.A.” (“The World at a glance…” The Week, May 19, 2017, pg. 8.) Add the profit from the Middle East drug trade and the sum doubles, enough money to
- [Do Not Look Back With Disdain](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/do-not-look-back-with-disdain2/) - Understand, there are decades between me and the new arrivals to feminism. I’ve welcomed the Baby Boomers, the Gen Xers and now the Millennials. Each generation interprets the movement according to its values. For a time, there were those who thought being called a “feminist” was an insult and I feared the struggle to achieve
- [A New Kind Of Choice](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/a-new-kind-of-choice2/) - Female genital cutting (khatna) is alive and well in the United States, even though it was outlawed in 1996. (“It Happens Here,” by Tasneem Raja, Mother Jones, July, August, 2017 ,pgs. 13-15.) It survives because women, largely of the Muslim Bohras sect, (Click) protect the practice with a wall of silence, even though they are
- [No Failsafe Against Human Nature](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/no-failsafe-against-human-nature/) - Several years ago, a woman, who would later become the first female governor of Oregon, snapped at my observation that politics would be better off without political parties. People should vote directly for candidates without needing approval from an “old boy” network, I said. She and I had always been on good terms, so I
- [Feast Or Famine](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/our-minds-our-bodies/feast-or-famine/) - Never ask a carnivore chef if the restaurant can accommodate a vegetarian His or her idea of feeding one is tantamount to handing the guest a head of lettuce and saying, “My work here is done.” The chef at my retirement center falls into this category. He’s never met a recipe he imagines a bit
- [The Butterfly Effect](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-womans-world/the-butterfly-effect/) - We’ve all heard about the butterfly effect: a butterfly flaps its wings in New Mexico and causes a hurricane in China. The expression seems mystical, like a Japanese koan, but it’s simply a matter of cause and effect. One of the best examples starts with a dress. In the 18th century, Marie Antoinette posed for
- [Fire And Fury -- Donald Trump's Nuclear Strategy](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/social-concerns/fire-and-fury-donald-trumps-nuclear-strategy/) - During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton described Donald Trump as “temperamentally unsuited” for the office. How prescient her words were. Most of us now know the holder of the nation’s highest office is, indeed, temperamentally unsuited. Neither a prudent nor thoughtful man, he prides himself upon being a disruptor. Certainly, the world needs disrupters.

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- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/) - Welcome to Caroline Miller’s website! From this location you can learn about her books, her play, view Caroline’s videos and access her blog. She is a woman of many distinctions!
- [Grimahlka and Other Fantasies](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/grimahlka-and-other-fantasies/) - Grimahlka and Other Fantasies Grimahlka and Other Fantasies is a collection of long stories I’ve published over the years, which I brought together as an anthology. The lead story explores a witch’s love for a foundling and pays tribute to mothers of every ilk, including the often-maligned stepmother. Like Grimahlka, each adventure encourages the
- [Getting Lost To Find Home](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/getting-lost-to-find-home/) - Join Caroline Miller’s youthful adventure of the 1960s, just out of college, engaged, and headed for the English countryside when heartbreak forces her to detour to East Africa. It’s a turbulent time as empires crumble and UHURU, the cry for freedom, shatters the peace. Anne Hillerman, Author of the Chee/Leaphorn/Manuelito mysteries including The Way
- [Trompe l'Oeil In The Press](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/trompe-loeil-press/) - What Bloggers Say What Critics Say What Readers Say
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- [Video Vault](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/carolines-video-vault/) - As a convenience I’ve created an easy way to access my recorded interviews. I’ll add to the list as my video vault grows! To access and subscribe to my videos directly on YouTube, Click Here and click on my SUBSCRIBE button in red.
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- [Heart Land - Behind The Story](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/heart-land-behind-the-story/) - Heart Land is a fictional memoir of a boy growing up in rural Ohio between 1930 and 1940, a time of social and historic importance that still resonates in American political life. Caroline Miller establishes a humorous and poignant tone in a style that is arresting from the first page. At heart, the story is
- [Favorite Artists](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/favorite-artists/) - My Favorite Artists This page will grow over time. It will feature links to artists I especially enjoy. Charlie White Studio John Legry - Designer Darlene Caplan - Soft Brush Studio
- [Favorite Blogs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/news/favorite-blogs/) - These are a few of my favorite blogs: Silver's Reviews Maggie Stuckey - Author, Editor
- [Writer Resources](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/writer-resources/) - Useful links for writers It’s important that writers learn from the experience gained by others. I plan to routinely add links that offer a helping hand or a timely warning in this creative process. In that spirit, here are a few links I found important. Urban Muse - Welcome to My World Spywriter.com - List
- [News](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/news/) - Summer seminars for 2019. Please pass this on to interested authors!
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- [About](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/about/) - 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, Oregon in January/February 2015 Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens Caroline published her fourth and most recent
- [Gothic Spring In The Press](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/gothic-spring-press/) - What Bloggers Say about Gothic Spring What Critics Say What Readers Say Read what people who have purchased this book on Amazon have to say about Gothic Spring. See what fans have to say about Gothic Spring who purchased this book on Barnes & Noble.com. More Fan Coments
- [Trompe l'Oeil](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/tromp-loeil/) - A novel from Caroline Miller: Death, intrigue, Trompe l’Oeil asks readers, “Is this real...or some trick of the eye? (Portland, Oregon) – A French chateau with a shadowy history. An unexpected windfall for a young college graduate on her first professional assignment. Suspense builds and reality becomes unrecognizable in Trompe l’Oeil, the latest novel by
- [Book Excerpts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/book-exerpts/) - Samples from Caroline’s novels I add this page to offer select portions of my novels for your review. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I had writing them! Chapter One, "Ballet Noir" (PDF) Chapter One, “Gothic Spring” (PDF) Chapter One, "Trompe l'Oeil" (PDF) “Burlap” chapter from “Heart Land” (PDF)
- [Gothic Spring By Caroline Miller](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/gothic-spring-by-caroline-miller/) - Gothic Spring showcases a story within the conventions of the Victorian era, but the novel describes a larger societal setting. Caroline Miller: Many young women don’t remember this but in the 1960s, when I was fresh out of college and looking for work, job advertisements in the newspapers were divided into two columns: “Jobs for
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- [Interviews](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/interviews/) - Here is a link to interviews that are general in nature. Ones that specifically deal with my books are listed below. General Press Ballet Noir in the Press Trompe L'Oeil in the Press Gothic Spring in the Press Heart Land in the Press
- [Ballet Noir](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/ballet-noir/) - The fourth novel from Caroline Miller: Ballet Noir BALLET NOIR – THE STORY BEHIND THE NOVEL In 2006, I collaborated with the former lead dancer for the Oregon Ballet Theater, Alexandrous Ballard. He had recently retired and his dream was to start a new company, one which combined the grace of classical ballet with the more
- [Heart Land In The Press](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/heart-land-book-reviews/) - What Bloggers Say What Critics Say What Readers Say
- [Plays](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/plays/) - Reviews of Woman on the Scarlet Beast Reed Magazine, "Woman for All Seasons", Playwright Caroline Miller ’59, MAT ’65, dusts off script after a dramatic pause lasting four decades. June 2015The SouthEast Examiner, Fertile Ground Fest 2015, One of the performances in SE is Woman on the Scarlet Beast, a new drama written by SE author
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- [Samples from Caroline's novels](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/2-2/) - I add this page to offer select portions of my novels for your review. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I had writing them! Chapter One, “Gothic Spring:” http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9269929/Gothic%20Spring%20CHAPTER%20ONE.pdf “Burlap” chapter from “Heart Land:” http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9269929/BURLAP%20sample.pdf
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## Portfolio

- [Bill Kenowar's podcast Author2Author with Caroline Miller](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/bill-kenowars-podcast-author2author-with-caroline-miller/) - Podcaster Bill Kenower welcomes novelist Caroline Miller to discuss her memoir Getting Lost to Find Home. Published January 24, 2024. Bill welcomes novelist and memoirist Caroline Miller to the show. Caroline is a former elected member of the county commission of Multnomah County, Oregon, and a published author. Since leaving the political arena, she has
- [Just Read It: reviews The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-code-breaker-by-walter-isaacson/) - Posted July 1, 2023 With guests Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito and Botum Chhay, host Caroline Miller reviews the book The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and turning discoveries into inventions, Jennifer Doudna would help to make
- [Just Read It: reviews Vera, or Faith: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart, Shannon Tyo, et al.](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-vera-or-faith-a-novel/) - With guests Jane Fellows and Jane Mantiri, host Caroline Miller discusses Vera, or Faith: A Novel, narrated by 10-year-old Vera, who navigates her family's struggles in a near-future, dystopian America while trying to find her birth mother and keep her parents together.
- [Just Read It: A True Crime discussion with writers Rebecca Morris and Rosemary Reynolds](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-a-true-crime-discussion/) - Posted May 1, 2026 With True Crime writers Rebecca Morris and Rosemary Reynolds, host Caroline Miller sits down to discuss the art of researching and writing about True Crime. Or click here to watch this on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: A poetry discussion with award winning poets, Catherine Marenghi and Charlotte Gould Warren](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/a-poetry-discussion-march-2026/) - Posted March 1, 2026 Join Caroline Miller in a poetry discussion with two award winning poets, Catherine Marenghi and Charlotte Gould Warren Or click here to watch this on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews “So Far Gone: A Novel” by Jess Walter](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-so-far-gone/) - Posted January 1, 2026 With guests Kate Hawkes and Sydney Stevens, host Caroline Miller reviews “So Far Gone: A Novel” by Jess Walter. A reclusive journalist is suddenly thrown into a wild, suspenseful journey to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren. Or click here to watch this on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews “First Lie Wins” by Ashley Elston](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-first-lie-wins/) - Posted September 1, 2025 With guests Jan Baross and Lauren Kessler, host Caroline Miller reviews “First Lie Wins”. Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. Or click here to
- [Just Read It: reviews “The Last Twilight in Paris” by Pam Jenoff](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-last-twilight-in_paris/) - Posted November 1, 2025 With guests Stephanie Salvey and Elizabeth Lyon, host Caroline Miller reviews "The Last Twilight in Paris". A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace, and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love and survival, from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff.
- [Just Read It: reviews “The Lion Women of Tehran” by Marjan Kamali](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-lion-women-of-tehran-by-marjan-kamali/) - Posted July 1, 2025 With guests Amy Stinnett and Butch Freedman, host Caroline Miller reviews "The Lion Women of Tehran", a portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism, set against three transformative decades in Tehran. Or click here to watch this on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: Interview with award winning writer, Willy Vlautin](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interview-with-willy-vlautin/) - Posted May 1, 2025 Host Caroline Miller, with award winning author Willy Vlautin, discusses his novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family. Or click here to watch it on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-last-devil-to-die/) - Posted March 1, 2025 With guest Marybeth Van Cleave, Caroline Miller discusses The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman, a mystery where an antique hunt turns deadly. Or click here to watch this on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-paris-novel-by-ruth-reichl/) - Posted January 1, 2025 With guest Deni Starr, host Caroline Miller reviews The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl, an adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris. Or click here to watch it on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: Interview with internationally famous mystery writer, Rhys Bowen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interview-with-internationally-famous-mystery-writer-rhys-bowen/) - Posted November 1, 2024 Host Caroline Miller interviews Rhys Bowen. Rhys Bowen, world-famous mystery writer discusses how she works to engage her audience using history as well a puzzle to draw them in. Or click here to watch it on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews “Trust” by Hernan Diaz](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-trust-by-hernan-diaz/) - Posted September 1, 2024 With guests Dian Greenwood and Suzy Vitello, host Caroline Miller reviews "Trust" by Hernan Diaz. Trust won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize. Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the
- [Just Read It: reviews The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-way-of-the-bear/) - Posted July 1, 2024 With guests Nancy Townsley and Bill Kenower, host Caroline Miller discusses The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman. An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Park raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and
- [Just Read It:  Interview with Brendan Slocum, bestselling author](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interview-brendan-slocum/) - Posted May 1, 2024 Host Caroline Miller interviews best-selling author Brendan Slocum and discusses his books, The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets.  Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Violin Conspiracy by Brendon Slocumb](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-violin-conspiracy-by-brendon-slocumb/) - Posted March 1, 2024 With guests Jane Vogel Mantiri and Yasmin Ruvalcaba, host Caroline Miller discusses The Violin Conspiracy by Brendon Slocumb. The plot hinges on the mystery of his Stradivarius (worth millions) being stolen as he prepares for an international competition. Or click here to watch it on YouTube.
- [Just Read It:  Interview with Karl Marlantes, author of the book Deep River](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interview-with-karl-marlantes-author-of-the-book-deep-river/) - Posted January 1, 2024 Host Caroline Miller interviews author Karl Marlantes and discusses his book, Deep River, a family saga about Finnish immigrants who settle and tame the Pacific Northwest, set against the early labor movements, World War I, and the upheaval of early twentieth-century America.  Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-book-of-hope-by-jane-goodall-and-douglas-abrams/) - Posted November 1, 2023 With guests B. Lynn Goodwin and Craig Stewart, host Caroline Miller discusses The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams. Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Doug Abrams, an international bestselling author, explore--through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue--one of the most sought-after and least-understood elements of human
- [Just Read It: reviews Miss Eliza’s Kitchen by Annabel Abbs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-miss-elizas-kitchen-by-annabel-abbs/) - Posted September 1, 2023 With guests Adrienne Flagg and Veronica Esagui, host Caroline Miller reviews the book Miss Eliza’s Kitchen by Annabel Abbs. Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, writes about the real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks around the world. Or click here
- [Life Talk interview with Donna Briggs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/life-talk-with-donna-briggs/) - Life Talk with Donna Briggs, the Big Talker 1850 AM, interviews Caroline Miller, author of Gothic Spring and Heart Land, about her life as a writer and the role of women in society. The show aired on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Eastern. View on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvGzwwBEh78&feature=relmfu The Donna Briggs
- [Caroline Miller is Interviewed by Don Merrill of KBOO Radio](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/cm-kboo-radio2/) - Caroline Miller discusses her new play, "Woman on the Scarlet Beast" Posted January 23, 2015 Author Caroline Miller has been known to the Portland writing community for many years. But her latest endeavor is a play, and her new play is called "Woman on the Scarlet Beast". She talks with Don Merrill about the joys
- [KBOO Labor Radio - Technology's threat to jobs in the US](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/kboo-labor-radio-technology-threat/) - Caroline Miller on KBOO Radio's, "Labor Radio", June 29, 2015 Program: Labor Radio - Of the working class, by the working class and for the working class Novelists Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller discuss technology’s threat to jobs in the US and Labor’s role in making sure wealth workers share wealth in a robotic age.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-other-black-girl-by-zakiya-dalila-harris/) - Posted May 1, 2023 With guest Katana Redbird, host Caroline Miller reviews the book The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Two young Black women compete for promotion at a New York City publishing house, but what’s at stake isn’t what the central character expects. Or click here to watch it on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Magician	by Colm Toibin](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-magicianby-colm-toibin/) - Posted March 1, 2023 With guests Alan Rose and Eric Shanower, host Caroline Miller reviews the book The Magician by Colm Toibin. The portrayal of a writer in a lifelong battle against his innermost desires, his family, and the tumultuous times between World War I and World War II. Or click here to watch
- [Just Read It: reviews The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-man-who-died-twice-by-richard-osman/) - Posted January 1, 2023 With guests Sydney Stevens and Casey Killingsworth, host Caroline Miller reviews the book The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story
- [Just Read It:  Interview with Phillip Margolin](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interview-with-philip-margolin/) - Posted November 1, 2022 Host Caroline Miller interviews New York Times multiple best-selling thriller author Phillip Margolin and discusses his latest books, The Darkest Place and Murder at Black Oaks.  Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: Interview with Rebecca  Morris](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-interviews-rebecca-morris/) - Posted January 1, 2022 Host Caroline Miller interviews Rebecca Morris, a best-selling crime writer. They discuss her book, Boy Missing. 7-year-old Kyron Horman living in Portland, Oregon disappears from school, which results in a massive search that ends in failure but uncovers adultery and murder for hire along the way. Click here to watch
- [Just Read It: reviews The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-lincoln-highway-by-amor-towles/) - Posted September 1, 2022 With guests Dale Hess and David Fuks, host Caroline Miller reviews the book The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. An American Road Novel tails four boys — three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a brainy 8-year-old — as they set out from Nebraska in June 1954, in an
- [Just Read It: Reviews Piranesi by Susanna Clarke](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-piranesi-by-susanna-clarke/) - Posted July 1, 2022 With guests Susan J. Tweit and Dale Hess, host Caroline Miller reviews the book Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Though he is unaware of his circumstances, Piranesi is a prisoner, living in a dimension other than the one of his origin. He imagines he is the caretaker of a house, battered by
- [Just Read It: Reviews The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-only-woman-in-the-room-by-marie-benedict/) - Posted March 1, 2022 With guests Richard Lovett and Debby Dodds, Caroline Miller discusses the stunning story of a young Jewish actress who finds her life in Austria threatened by Hitler's rise. She marries a Jewish weapons manufacturer hoping his wealth and influence will offer protection, but he proves to be menacing as well, forcing
- [Just Read It: Reviews A Better Man by Louise Penny](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-a-better-man-by-louise-penny/) - Posted May 1, 2022 With guests Sydney Stevens and Serena Zilliacus, host Caroline Miller discusses A Better Man by Louise Penny. Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache when he returns to Quebec. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: Reviews Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-water-dancer-by-ta-nehisi-coates/) - Posted September 1, 2021 With guests Susan Stoner and William Stack, Caroline Miller discusses The Water Dancer. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same
- [Just Read It: Reviews Things In Jars By Jess Kidd](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-things-in-jars-by-jess-kidd/) - Posted November 1, 2021 With guests Richard Lovett and Sarina Dorie, Caroline Miller discusses Things In Jars. Bridie Devine, female detective extraordinaire, is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, the secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted
- [Just Read It: Reviews Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-furious-hours-by-casey-cep/) - Posted July 1, 2021 With guests Serena Zilliacus and Debby Dodds, Caroline Miller discusses the stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members
- [Just Read It: Guest interview with writer Anne Hillerman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-guest-interview-with-writer-anne-hillerman/) - Published May 1st, 2021 Host Caroline Miller interviews guest writer Anne Hillerman about her upcoming mystery, Stargazer, and why she decided to take over the series about Navajo Tribal police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee from her father, Tony Hillerman. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: Reviews The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/the-spies-of-shilling-land/) - Posted March 1, 2021 Host Caroline Miller and guests Serena Zilliacus and Suzanne Parry discuss The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan. Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her divorce. Broken but unbowed she heads for London to find her daughter Betty. Little does she
- [Just Read It: Reviews Permanent Record—Memoir by Edward Snowden](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-permanent-record/) - Posted November 1, 2020 Host Caroline Miller and guests Suzy Vitellio and Richard Lovett discuss Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. The story of Edward Snowden, a brilliant computer expert who had to weigh his charmed life against his conscience and chose the latter. Now he lives in Russia, after exposing the U.S. government’s program of
- [Just Read It: Reviews Warlight by Michael Ondaatje](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-warlight-by-michael-ondaatje/) - Posted January 1, 2021 Host Caroline Miller and guests D’Norgia Taylor-Price and Ruth Lindemann discuss Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently
- [Just Read It: reviews Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-natural-causes-by-barbara-ehrenreich/) - During the virus pandemic, we thought it would be fun to re-watch some of the oldies but goodies! Here is the third. Reposted September 3, 2020 – Originally posted May 1, 2019 Host Caroline Miller and guests Suzy Vitello and Dan Berne discuss Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich, published in 2018. Barbara Ehrenreich discusses wellness,
- [Just Read It: reviews A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-a-gentleman-in-moscow-by-amor-towles/) - During the virus pandemic, we thought it would be fun to re-watch some of the oldies but goodies! Here is the second. Reposted July 1, 2020 - Originally posted July 1, 2019 Host Caroline Miller and guests David Fuks and Dale Hess discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, published in 2016. A Russian
- [Just Read It. reviews The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/jri-the-orphan-masters-son/) - Host Susan L. Stoner is joined by Caroline Miller and Jason Reynolds During the virus pandemic, we thought it would be fun to re-watch some of the oldies but goodies! Here is the first. Reposted May 1, 2020 - Originally posted May 27, 2014 Three writers examine the pros and cons of Adam Johnson’ fiction
- [Just Read It: Guest interview with writer Carola Dunn](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/interview-carola-dunn/) - Published March 1st, 2020 Host Caroline Miller interviews writer Carola Dunn. An English-born American writer of detective fiction, Carola Dunn lives in Eugene, Oregon. She writes two detective series: The Daisy Dalrymple stories, and the Cornish Mystery series. Her works, including her earlier Regency works, are available in translation around the world. Click here
- [Just Read It: Reviews The Woman Who Broke Code  by Jason Fagone](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-woman-who-broke-code/) - Published January 1, 2020 Host Caroline Miller and guests Kelley Baker & John Dover discuss The Woman Who Broke Code, the true story of a husband and wife team who invented modern cryptology, with a spotlight on Elizabeth Smith whose innovations were often credited to her husband William Friedman. Click here to watch on
- [Just Read It: Reviews The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-ninth-hour-by-alice-mcdermott/) - Interview published November 1, 2019 Host Caroline Miller and guests Eric Witchey and Jane Greenbaum discuss The Ninth Hour, a story about poverty, love and cloistered life in Brooklyn in the early part of the twentieth century. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-the-tuscan-child-by-rhys-bowen/) - Interview published September 1, 2019 Host Caroline Miller and guests Jeff Stookey and Myrlin Hermes discuss The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen, published in 2018. A young woman travels to Italy to discover her father’s secret past, when he was stranded in Italy in World War II. Her search unearths a murder, a mystery and
- [Just Read It: reviews The Girl Before by J. P. Delaney](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-girl-before/) - Published March 1, 2019 Hosts Caroline Miller, Susan Stoner and guest, Debby Dodds discuss The Girl Before, published in 2017. At different points in time, two woman, recovering from personal trauma, rent a house of austere and barren lines which makes them feel safe. The owner’s curious application, a lengthy and personal questionnaire, intrigues each
- [Back Pages Heart Land Interview](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/back-pages-heart-land-interview/) - Here, Caroline appears on Jody Seay’s Back Pages program on Oregon’s Wireless Instruction Network. The topic this time: her novel “Heart Land” and the path it took from creation to print. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NquZCjQ0mmk&feature=relmfu
- [Judy Seay Interview with Caroline Miller](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/judy-seay-interview-caroline-miller/) - Caroline appears on Jody Seay’s Back Pages program on Oregon’s Wireless Instruction Network. The topic this time: The challenges in writing a novel, finding a publisher and promoting the work. She compares notes with Jody Seay and concludes: it’s much harder than it appears! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAMSngt0nQ&feature=relmfu
- [Gothic Spring Interview with Dr Asagui](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/gothic-spring-interview-dr-asagui/) - Portland-based author Caroline Miller discusses Darkness, Love and Betrayal in her novel,“Gothic Spring” with Dr. Veronica Asagui on “The Author’s Forum.” Other issues Ms. Miller touched on include Cruelty, Family, Fiction, Women’s Issues and Writing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlGcQEL4z0&feature=relmfu
- [Heart Land Interview with Dr Asagui](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/heart-land-interview-dr-asagui/) - Portland-based author Caroline Miller discusses Darkness, Love and Betrayal in her novel,“Heart Land” with Dr. Veronica Asagui on “The Author’s Forum.” Other issues Ms. Miller touched on include Cruelty, Family, Fiction, and Writing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV_sM_G1Aq0
- [Is Motherhood Really for You?](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/is-motherhood-really-for-you/) - Caroline Miller, Reveal What's Real, hosted by Erin Donley Posted September 9, 2012 Most women fall naturally into motherhood. But today, growing numbers of women are choosing to go childless or they’re unsure if it’s truly right for them. While motherhood isn't easy, Caroline Miller discusses is motherhood really for you... Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAuX_cypvIM#!
- [NW Focus Video Interview](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/nw-focus-video-interview/) - Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller appears on KNMT-TV program NW Focus to address issues of aging, acceptance of life as portrayed in her new book, “HEART LAND.” In addition, Ms. Miller mentions the upcoming release of a new 2009 release, “GOTHIC SPRING.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWwomqa9CZc&feature=relmfu
- [Janis Collins Heart Land Interview](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/janis-collins-interview/) - Here, Portland author Caroline Miller appears on TVCTV with host Janis Collins to discuss issues of aging, acceptance of life and the American character in her novel, “HEART LAND.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMvnywwMgjQ&feature=relmfu
- [Janis Collins Gothic Spring Interview](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/janis-collins-gothic-spring-interview/) - Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller appears on TVCTV with host Janis Collins to discuss women and intolerance in her new novel, “GOTHIC SPRING.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ycV0tGoUQ4&feature=relmfu
- [A Woman of Many Distinctions](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/a-woman-of-many-distinctions/) - Caroline Miller is interviewed by Dr. Don Posted September 10, 2018 Television host Dr. Don interviews author Caroline Miller on the many roles she’s played in her long life and why people should treasure growing old. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Kitchens of the Midwest by J. Rayan Stradal](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-kitchens-of-the-midwest/) - Published July 1, 2018 Caroline Miller, Susan Stoner and guest Maggie Stuckey discuss J. Rayan Stradal’s book, Kitchens of the Midwest. Eve is a girl born with an extraordinary palate but born into an unhappy family. She copes by cultivating her gift and becomes a famous chef who shares her love through her culinary artistry.
- [Just Read It: reviews Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/harmony-by-carolyn-parkhurst/) - Published on May 1,2018 Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Suzy Vitello discuss Carolyn Parkhurst’s, Harmony, in which a family turns to the cult life in the New Hampshire woods in hopes of reaching the mind of their autistic daughter. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews God Help the Child by Toni Morrison](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-god-help-the-child/) - Published March 1, 2018 Caroline Miller, Susan Stoner and guest Sydney Stevens discuss Toni Morrison’s, God Help the Child, the story of a light skinned African American who rejects her beautiful dark skinned daughter, Bride, and how Bride copes with her insecurity as an adult. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Book of Joan by Lida Yuknavitch](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-book-of-joan/) - Published on January 1, 2019 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Cathy Camper discuss The Book of Joan , published in 2017. Dystopian world where planet earth people are forced to flee and live on a vessel in space where a tyrant rules. Two women who have never met, plot to overthrow that tyrant
- [Just Read It: discuss Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-discuss-man-called-ove/) - Published on 11/1/2018 Hosts Caroline Miller, Susan Stoner, and guest Mike Nettleton discuss Man Called Ove, published in 2017. Ove works on become the grumpiest man alive while he plots his suicide. But new neighbors and a scruffy cat force him to change his plans. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Lab Girl by Hope Jahren](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-lab-girl/) - Published on 9/1/2018 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Dale Hess discuss Lab Girl, published in 2016. Memoir of a biologists honoring her lifetime of work in the field of plant study and drawing parallels between the environment and the human struggle to understand it as she work with her life-long colleague and friend.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-woman-who-walked-in-sunshine/) - Published January 1, 2018 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Carolyn Rose, discuss book #16 in Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine. Mme Ramotse takes a holiday from her Botswana detective agency but can’t stay away to the despair of her associate, Mme Makutsi. Click
- [Just Read It: reviews Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-under-the-harrow/) - Published November 1, 2017 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Kate Ristau, discuss the mystery novel Under The Harrow by Flynn Berry. Nora walks into her sister’s kitchen in Marlow, England hoping for dinner but finds her sister has been brutally murdered. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-world/) - Published July 1, 2017 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Marilyn Owen, discuss Ta-Nehisi’s, Between the World and Me, an open letter to his son about growing up black in America. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Medea Complex by Rachel Florence Roberts](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-medea-complex/) - Published March 1, 2017 Guest Terri Patrick with hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller review The Medea Complex. A Victorian aristocrat wakes up in an asylum, accused of murdering her child. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-buried-giant/) - Published September 1, 2017 Hosts Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and guest, Leigh Goodison, discuss Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant. Laced with Arthurian legend, this parable set in heraldic times follows the journey of an elderly couple as they set out in search of their son. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-cherokee-rose-tiya-miles/) - Published January 1, 2017 Guest Bill Leslie, with hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller review Tiya Miles’ historical fiction, Cherokee Rose. Miles writes about Cherokee ownership of African slaves in the early period of American history, weaving into it a modern tale of three women of mixed race, who are strangers to one another. They
- [Just Read It: reviews Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-miss-peregrines-peculiar-children-ransom-riggs/) - Published May 1, 2017 Sarina Dorie joins hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller on "Just Read It" to discuss Ransom Riggs' fantasy about children locked in a time warp during World War II. Imbued with supernatural powers, they are pursued by phantom demons. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Interview with Don Merrill of KBOO Radio - Ballet Noir](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/interview-don-merrill-kboo-radio-ballet-noir/) - Caroline Miller discusses her latest book, Ballet NoirPosted August 20, 2016Don Merrill of KBOO Radio interviews Portland writer Caroline Miller about her new novel, "Ballet Noir," the story of a prima ballerina pursued by love, death and the paranormal during a whirlwind tour of Europe. Caroline Miller is the author of three novels, a dozen short
- [Caroline Miller is Interviewed by Don Merrill of KBOO Radio](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/cm-interview-kaboo/) - Caroline Miller discusses her latest book, Trompe l’OeilPosted January 25, 2013Don Merrill of KBOO talked with Ms. Miller about her latest book, Trompe l’Oeil and her lifelong way of seeing humanity and the world. Caroline Miller is an Oregon author who has worked in city and county government, as well as with union workers, students
- [Just Read It: reviews We Need New Names by Noviolet Bullawayo](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/12965/) - Published July 1, 2016 Hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller with writer Anna Johnson discuss Noviolet Bullawayo’s novel, “We Need New Names,” the story of a young girl’s journey from Zimbabwe to America. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It:  reviews Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-reviews-rock-with-wings/) - Published September 1, 2016 Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller with guest writer, Dan Berne, review Anne Hillerman's second novel, "Rock With Wings" which revives Tony Hillerman's detective series. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Station Eleven by Emily St. John](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-reviews-station-11-emily-st-john/) - Published November 1, 2016 Co-hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller with guest author Patricia Kullberg discuss Emily St. John Mandel's sci-fi novel "Station Eleven”, an apocalyptic novel with two worlds views before and after a world-wide disaster. Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: reviews Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-whered-go-bernadett/) - Host Susan L. Stoner is joined by Caroline Miller and Myrlin HermesPosted July 17, 2014Just Read It: writers Susan Stoner, Caroline Miller and Myrlin Hermes review Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria SempleThree writers examine the pros and cons of Maria Semple’s fictional novel of techie life in Seattle.Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-incorrigible-children-ashton-place/) - Co hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller are joined by Richard LovettThe writers discuss youth novel, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood and Jon Klassen, a tale of wolves and mayhem, with sci-fi author, Richard Lovett.Posted September 9, 2014Click here to watch on YouTube.
- [Just Read It:  reviews The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom](https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/portfolio/just-read-it-time-keeper/) - Co hosts Susan Stoner and Caroline Miller are joined by Don MerrillThe reviewers discuss a fable about the first man to invent a clock and who is punished for attempting to measure time.Posted November 3, 2014 Click here to watch on YouTube.
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