Opinion | Commentary
Opinion | Commentary
Hampton Fields, III | Hi Neighbor!
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Weekly excerpts of the ridiculous, 100% fabricated, yet weirdly plausibleOpinion | Commentary
Dean’s Diatribes | A car nerd embraces the (electric) future
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In spite of my once heartfelt love of gas stations, I find that love has diminished.Exedra Columnists
Jeff Bleich | Brand vs Quality
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We depend on a tight fit between brand and quality. But those things are less aligned today, thanks to technology, speed and the internet.Letters to the Editor
Amal Smith | My campaign was not self-funded
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The Piedmont Post November 14 cover story on campaign finances reported that my campaign “self-funded roughly $6,500.” That is incorrect and would be a surprise to my campaign’s fundraising volunteers and to the dozens of campaign donors. [MORE]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
