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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 […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
More Than Just Two
“America is now divided between two opposing forces: woke revolutionaries and those who believe in the ideals of the American revolution.” As the New Yorker’s David Remnick points out, that’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 17, 2025
From Brian E. Boyle, Sharon Rule-Agger, John Shuman, Heather Pilchard, Zygmunt Plater, Margaret Rice Moir & Marian Roth
Solar Power in Truro To the editor: Truro is approaching a critical energy transition. Currently, about 25 percent of the town’s energy use comes from renewable electricity with 75 percent […]
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 […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Can Wellfleet Survive?
The opponents of affordable housing in Truro have rallied around the slogan “Keep Truro Rural.” Now we are hearing the same line about the Maurice’s Campground project in Wellfleet. We […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 10, 2025
From Karen Friedman, Mike Trovato, Adrienne Troia, Shirley Spatz, & Stephen Greenberg
The Crisis To the editor: I appreciate Dennis Minsky’s description of his existential dilemma [“The Crisis Within,” April 3, page A3] and trust many of us share his current state. […]
TOWN MEETING
‘Seasonal Communities’ Goes to Voters in 4 Towns
Designation gives towns new options to encourage year-round housing
PROVINCETOWN — All four Outer Cape towns have at least one item in common on their town meeting warrants this spring: a vote on whether to accept the state’s new […]
