Inner Voices
ELECTION 2024
Top-Down Control Thwarts Health Insurance Reform
Big-money players have repeatedly shelved Medicare for All
In his thoughtful op-ed essay “The Choice Facing Peake’s Successor” (Feb. 1, page A3), Stephen Kinzer reflected on the workings of the Massachusetts General Court and on Rep. Sarah Peake’s […]
VIGNETTE
Good Coach
STEAMERS
Extra Uncurricular
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Perspective Versus Hyperbole
Facts are taken in through an emotional filter
Here’s something we all can agree on: we live in a beautiful place, largely free of dissension and stress. The world over the bridge is an increasingly scary place, full […]
BLACK HISTORY
The Historical Power of Storytelling
Four books that tell difficult but true stories
The powerfully told story is the muscle of history. When it is a first-person account, a primary source, the impact is even greater. The history taught during my years in […]
VIGNETTE
Sous-Vide
THEN AND NOW
Three of My All-Time Heroes
WINDMILL WORSHIP
Eastham Is Really Good
The underdog town that rarely makes the front page
I was taken aback by the front pages of the last two editions of the Independent because both had pictures of Eastham. The Feb. 8 issue even had a front-page […]
VIGNETTE
Valentine’s Day Do’s
STEAMERS
True Love
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Losing Our Connection
Baby turtles as a remedy for ‘species loneliness’
I am walking with my dog, Dory, along Provincetown’s Old Colony Nature Trail on an unusually mild January day. I pause at a certain spot, as I do every day, […]
VIGNETTE
Underwater Playground
STEAMERS
Co-Hog Day
ELECTION 2024
The Choice Facing Peake’s Successor
Is it better to be represented by an insider in a flawed system?
The retirement of our state representative, Sarah Peake, after nine terms on Beacon Hill marks a generational change that may affect the Outer Cape in unexpected ways. It raises an […]
