Inner Voices
RESTORATION QUESTIONS
Herring River Project Involves Losses and Risks
Questions remain about liability and unintended consequences
The Herring River Restoration Project, which has been in the planning stage for decades, has finally begun. The clearing of dead vegetation in the Duck Harbor basin is underway as […]
MISMANAGEMENT
What Wellfleet Deserved
How the select board should have reacted to the town’s accounting crisis
A while ago I swore that I would put Wellfleet’s financial troubles out of my mind and not write another letter to the Independent about this mess like the one […]
VIGNETTE
Snowman
STEAMERS
The Wildlife of Legend
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Robert, the Down East Philosopher
‘We are born into a narrative,’ says a visiting dissident
Most of the philosophers I have ever met have been from Maine. I am not sure why, but they seem to crank them out up there. Perhaps it is their […]
VIGNETTE
Walking With Dogs
CHOOSE YOUR OWN EPITAPH
Low Point on a Winter Mood Swing
TEACHABLE MOMENTS
What’s Wrong With Saying ‘All Lives Matter’
It’s a truth more often observed in the breach
One of the greatest joys for a teacher is when students encounter the magic of the tangent: the moment when an event, a question, or an opinion takes a carefully […]
AUTHORITY
Our National Intimidation Problem
A bromide is brandished to divert us from the real issue
Anne Needel’s great piece on this page last week [“The Kids Are Watching Us”] was a sight for sore eyes. Yes, adults need to model moral courage, for children and […]
VIGNETTE
Sunbath
STEAMERS
Wish You Were Here?
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Life Flows Through Us All
How the living behave and create meaning
On a cold gray day trying to be blue, large blowsy snowflakes swirl out of a pewter sky. There is no wind. The harbor and the bay beyond are calm […]
ANTI-RACISM
The Kids Are Watching Us
Teaching our students how to stand up to bigotry
Last week’s Independent reported the story of a student who withdrew from Nauset Regional High School because of anti-Semitic harassment. An unnamed girl who participated in that harassment was said […]
