Cloverleaf Won’t Help Seasonal Workers To the editor: Re last week’s two op-ed columns [July 23, page A3]: Sen. Julian Cyr, perhaps the best elected official in the state, beats […]
Letters to the Editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 23, 2020
From Jane Leavy and Fred Sperounis, Alex Brewer, Dave Bedard, Stephan Cohen, Susan Kadar, Betty Gallo, Kevin Grunwald, and Judith Cumbler
Visiting Truro While Black To the editor: We appreciate the Independent’s attention to race-based discrimination and reports of racial profiling on the Outer Cape [July 2 and July 16]. In […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 16, 2020
From Martha Magane, Bill Docker, Deborah Grabler, and Michael Spielman
‘Redeem the Dream’ To the editor: Dennis Minsky’s column in the July 9 Independent [“A Higher-Stakes July 4th, ” page A3] spoke to me. This past July Fourth, being like […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 9, 2020
From Michael DeVasto, Meri Hartford, Laurie Veninger, Dianna Morton, Jennifer Weiner, and Jeannette Kinzer
Parking and Elitism in Wellfleet To the editor: Your letter from the editor in the July 2 issue misrepresents the intention and impact of the policy to restrict parking at […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 2, 2020
From Barbara Klipper, Robert S Johnson, and Brendan Noonan
For a 24-Hour Mask Rule To the editor: The best defenses we have against the coronavirus are mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing. Yet as businesses open and more […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 25, 2020
From Ronald A. Gabel and Charlie Nichols
Charting the Epidemic To the editor: Sunday, June 21, marked the 100th day of the Covid-19 epidemic on Cape Cod. The first confirmed case was reported on March 14 and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 18, 2020
From Ngina Lythcott, Tom Lombardo and Tom Ross, and Channing Wilroy
Start the Conversations To the editor: When I was 12 I began to sit in on civil rights protests every Saturday with our local NAACP Youth Council. On Monday evenings […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 11, 2020
From Nacho Trives, John Portnoy, Bob Rice, and Channing Wilroy
‘El País Esta Vivo’ Al editor: Desde España estámos mirando y no sólo es espantoso, es también contagioso. Aquí la extrema derecho, PP y Vox, sigue subiendo y siguen descaradamente […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 4, 2020
From Candace Perry, Joan Holt, and Beata Cook
A Hard Look at Ourselves To the editor: What do we do when confronted with the terrible news of the actions and inactions of the Minneapolis police officers that led […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 28, 2020
From Robert Finch
‘This Planetary Moment’ To the editor: In only a little over six months, the Provincetown Independent has managed to establish itself as an indispensable lifeline and anchor to this extended […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 21, 2020
From John Cumbler, Sheree Brekke, and Kathleen Henry
Dealing With Our Own Failures To the editor: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently claimed there was “enormous evidence” that Covid-19 originated in a lab in China. Few would dispute […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 14, 2020
From David Polando, Channing Wilroy, Fred Schilpp, and Laura Gazzano
Context Is Important To the editor: I found the headline “Day-trippers Uninvited to Wellfleet Beaches” in your May 7 edition [page 5] misleading and hyperbolic. I think context is important. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 7, 2020
From Thomas Thompsen and Wil Sullivan
Alone No Longer To the editor: When I read K.C. Myers’s story about domestic violence [April 30, page 4], I thought to send mine to you. I was sexually and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 23, 2020
From Stephen Greenberg, Butch Mullaney, and Page Kidder
Trump and the Coming Election To the editor: I am a retired lawyer who spent 49 years with two large firms. Real estate lawyers in both firms used to regale […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 16, 2020
From Jay Gurewitsch, Montana Miller, Damon Katz, and Curtis Hartman
Retelling the Story To the editor: Celebrating Passover is indeed a challenge this year [“Year of the Plague,” April 9]. But such challenges are in fact central to the story […]
