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 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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 9, 2020
From Stephen Kovacev, Tom Weidlinger, and Jay Critchley
Where Are the Tests? To the editor: On Jan. 20 a 35-year-old man in Washington state returned from visiting family in Wuhan, China. He became the first person in the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 2, 2020
From John R. Dundas, Laurie Veninger, and William Marvel
Seeing the Elephant To the editor: “Seeing the elephant” is an expression that means “gaining experience at a significant cost.” Its origins in the U.S. are often attributed to early […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 26, 2020
From Susan M. Reverby, Ian Edwards, and Debbie Ullman
Advice for Second-Home Owners To the editor: The Wellfleet Seasonal Residents Assoc. (formerly Wellfleet Nonresident Taxpayers Assoc.) has been keeping members apprised of the effect of the coronavirus on the […]
