As I write this, it is hot, damned hot, insufferably hot. I can take a bit of heat in the daytime, but at night it is just too much. What […]
Inner Voices
OP-ED
There’s No Good Reason to Dredge Nauset Estuary
The goals of the project can be achieved more cheaply and easily
Climate change has intensified storms over the past decade, shifting coastal dynamics and accelerating erosion of the Outer Beach. This has driven more sediment into the Nauset Estuary, affecting access […]
Consensual Errors of Judgment A pictorial and diagnostic, chapter 2
VIGNETTE
Surfers X-ing
INDEPENDENCE
What We See in the Flag
Is America’s brand tarnished?
I remember a time before the Vietnam War when the American flag evoked only positive feelings in me. When JFK was president, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, I […]
COUNTY LINE
We’ve Learned to Collaborate. Let’s Keep Going.
What if the pandemic response were to be expanded and broadened?
The more stories I hear from friends and colleagues, the more I am convinced that the numerous changes in our lives resulting from the pandemic response have not been all […]
UP A CREEK
Re-entry, a Quiz
How will you face the awkwardness of now?
Welcome back! Your entire face is a sight to behold, and it’s absolutely beautiful, but being with you — or any other person, outside of one’s own home — remains […]
STEAMERS
Name That Thing
VIGNETTE
Summer Luncheon
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
How Critical Race Theory Explains a Harvard Professor’s Error
Reflections of a retired English teacher
In June 1935, Wellfleet summer resident Carleton Coons, a Harvard University professor and archeologist, helped supervise the excavation of Native American remains, stone weapons, and shell fragments in the Hemenway’s […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Conservation
SKETCHBOOK
Juneteenth in Provincetown
VIGNETTE
Going Out Again
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Blessing the Fleet
A tradition that still has meaning in this town
The things we celebrate reveal a great deal about us: who we are or who we would like to be. This weekend is the Portuguese Festival and the Blessing of […]
OP-ED
Alloparenting and Survival
An evolutionary perspective on cooperative caregiving
Surrounded by juveniles, that’s what we are. Whether it’s the ruffled chickadee balancing on the railing or the catbird that can’t stop singing. One of the thrilling things at this […]
