Wellfleet will have a chance on Sept. 10 to make a real difference in the housing crisis. Articles 6, 7, and 8 on the special town meeting warrant are about […]
Editorials
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
This Is on the Record
In his “Year-Rounder” column last week, Dennis Minsky wrote that disputes between neighbors are sometimes “the most bitter fights of all.” He might be right, judging from the emails and […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Show Up or Die
New Hampshire, famous for its “Live Free or Die” motto and spirit of rugged individualism, is also the home of the Free State Project, which describes itself as “a mass […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Art’s Discomforting Pleasure
The Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha played at Payomet in Truro last Tuesday, challenging the audience with its insistent message about the war in their native country. At one point, golden-hour sunlight […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Singularity of Lives
One of the most important tasks of an obituary writer is to discover the qualities that illuminated the life of an individual in relation to society and the relationships that […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
Be an Owner of the Indie
The question of who owns the news media is important in a democracy. Though it can somehow seem impolite to talk about it. With some exceptions: We grew up understanding […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Who Will Care for Kids?
There is a sliver of good news this week in the child-care department: a rental subsidy program administered by the Housing Assistance Corp. will begin next month, offering $450 per […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Silence on Abortion
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came on June 24, eliminating the federal guarantee of abortion rights established in 1973 by Roe v. Wade. Since […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Slow-Walking With Safire
Regular readers of the Independent may wonder why we make certain language choices in editing the paper — for example, why we won’t permit the word “informational” to be used, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Fighting With Facts
Heather Cox Richardson teaches history at Boston College and writes a blog called “Letters From an American” that has become one of the most widely read newsletters in the U.S. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Name-Calling by the Nameless
People often send us unsigned letters and emails, wanting us to investigate transgressions they think the community should know about. When these writers go to great lengths to conceal their […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Revolted by the Mob
The hearings now being held in Washington by the committee investigating the riot that took place on Jan. 6, 2021 remind us of the danger we faced as a nation […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Wellfleet’s Choice
The next chapter in the saga of Wellfleet’s financial misadventures will be written this Saturday at the annual town meeting. I live in Wellfleet, so I will be there, and […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
On Asking Questions
When I was little, my father would tease me for asking outlandish questions. “In baseball,” I once asked, “if a batter hits a home run so powerful it flies all […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Remember Jesse Silva
Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran Paul Mendes suggested that we do a Memorial Day story about Staff Sgt. Jesse Arnold Silva. He said that Silva, a paratrooper, was the first […]
