Exedra Columnists
Shanti Brien | I am not Pocahontas: My urban, half-breed, anti-princess version of the story.
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It seems ironic to base our Native American citizenship, the very identity of our people, on a policy of the colonizer that explicitly sought to wipe us off the face of the earth.Opinion | Commentary
Jeff Bleich | Fame vs Achievement
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We mistake fame for achievement. We've gone from Neil Armstrong to Lance Armstrong.Opinion | Commentary
My First Job | Engineering intern on the Great Highway
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I was an interning Engineer on the Great Highway in San Francisco when I was eighteen years old. I had just completed my first year of Civil Engineering at U.C. Berkeley, and donning boots and a hard hat was a welcome change to my word processing job that required typing 80 words a minute.Soapbox
Dean’s Diatribes | Chores are for winners!
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We first moved to Piedmont nearly 12 years ago, just as the bubble was bursting, and trust me we were freaked out! Along with our beautiful, but somewhat neglected house, we acquired a scary-big mortgage and a sizable project. But this was our dream—to take this house and make it our own.Opinion | Commentary
Remember Piedmont When
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Fran Bishopric Wolfe has lived in Piedmont for three quarters of a century and reflects on what has changed.Exedra Columnists
Kelly Corrigan | The temptation to know things that are hard or even impossible to know.
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They are, sometimes, the three worst words in the English language to hear. From the pilot when you’re stuck on the tarmac. From a doctor looking at your test results. From the person you just proposed to.Opinion | Commentary
Bob McBain: In Support of Re-Election of Amal Smith to School Board
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Amal has a strong, demonstrated record of leadership and proven experience. She has earned and deserves to be reelected.Exedra Columnists