Inner Voices
STEAMERS
Wellfleetopolis
CAMPGROUND ARGUMENTS
The Opponents of Maurice’s Are Ill-Informed
New housing will help mitigate destructive market forces
Most of the arguments for delaying, reducing, or halting the affordable housing project at Maurice’s Campground in Wellfleet are ill-informed or based on false information. First, it’s argued that the […]
VIGNETTE
Spring Follies
STEAMERS
The Whale is Right
KEEPING WATCH
We Are at War With Autocracy
The ‘Hands Off!’ movement is the beginning of resistance
A story that has long haunted me is called to mind by recent events. In 1614, Thomas Hunt, an English explorer and trader, was ordered by his captain, John Smith […]
MAKING SENSE OF MAGA
The Real American Story
The Democrats lost in 2024 because they are on the wrong side of the narrative
A lie could travel from Maine to Georgia whilst truth was drawing on her boots. —attributed to John Randolph, 1844 A friend returned from a motorcycle trip last fall and […]
OP-ART
Lady Liberty Wants to Go Home
TOUGH GUYS
On Power and Stupidity
We kids were not dumb, but we let ourselves be led
I remember hanging out on the corner with the tough guys, waving at passing cars, preening for girls, bumming Winstons, planning turf fights. Stupid stuff. I once was arrested for […]
VIGNETTE
Early Bird
STEAMERS
The Republican Potty
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Crisis Within
How does one respond to meanness and maintain a sense of self?
Many decades ago, I shoplifted a book, just for the hell of it. I do not remember the title (maybe Lady Chatterley’s Lover?) but do remember the thrill of stashing […]
TREES THAT FEED US
Why the Woods Must Be Burned
The National Seashore needs a fire management officer and crew
Last month, at Fort Hill in Eastham, a fire crew carried out the first prescribed burn in the Cape Cod National Seashore since 2021. It’s a moment I’ve been watching […]
