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You know you haven’t made it in public life if you haven’t been compared to Hitler. Beautiful Atrocities illustrates the point beautifully with a Hitler analogy compendium: In the future, everyone will be Hitler for 15 minutes Here’s my entry (scroll down to the 12th picture to see the artwork of a talented Berkeleyite who [...]

The CEO of Advanced Micro Devices says $100 laptops may be available in less than three years. UC Berkeley professor Jasper Rine should be relieved.

A new exhibit at the Berkeley Public Library shows the positive side of the Black Panthers: BERKELEY — Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once called the Black Panthers the “greatest threat to the internal security of the country.” But a collection of black-and-white photographs on display at the Berkeley Public Library shows a softer [...]

A San Francisco Chronicle editorial writer reports on how Berkeley residents have had enough of tax-hiking ballot measures. Mirabile dictu! What’s next? A Reagan memorial at the People’s Park?

CalStuff has excellent coverage of the event, including photos of both protesters and supporters, the news media, and campus police (who, by the way, did a great job maintaining order). Great column by Melanie Smith at the Cal Patriot. An excerpt: Prior to the event, I asked a few prospective protestors what they thought of [...]