On Wednesday night last week, I attended the final North Eastham Village Center Master Plan meeting at the Eastham Public Library. The design group has done a great job so […]
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COUNTY LINE
Equity Must Be Our Goal
Poverty and homelessness are here among us on Cape Cod
On WOMR’s Alternative Radio the other night, I listened to a compilation of talks by Barbara Ehrenreich, who died on Sept. 1 and is best known for her groundbreaking undercover […]
FIRST LIGHT
‘Water Please’: A Timeless Harmony
Reflections on the continuity of life here
When Mashpee Wampanoag flautist Ej Mills Brennan told me she would be bringing her boom box along with her flutes to play on Sunday morning at Chapel in the Pines, […]
OP-ED
Save the Endangered Cottage Colonies
Small, simple houses represent a viable housing option for the Outer Cape
For the past few months, I’ve read with consternation about plans for 17 Coast Guard Road in Truro, which is currently home to the late-1950s Hi-Land View cottage colony. The […]
OP-ED
Stop the Weapons, End the War
Now is the right time to pursue peace in Ukraine through diplomacy
Set aside for a moment your worries about inflation, Covid variants, mass shootings, climate change, and Supreme Court decisions, and consider instead the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now in its […]
OP-ED
Finding the Old Peace Sign
A time for Howard Zinn’s ‘guerrilla warfare with the establishment’
Somewhere in this old house where I live, full of many generations of treasures and trash, I still have the CNVA pin that I wore in high school (that’s Nauset […]
INCLUSIONARY ZONING
A Disconnect at the Provincetown Planning Board
The board should help advance the town’s housing goals
The Provincetown Planning Board is considering a proposed housing project at 22 Nelson Ave. This project represents an inflection point for the Inclusionary Bylaw and for the ability of the […]
ACCOMMODATION
Shouldn’t We Be More Alarmed?
Overall, Americans do not seem to be shocked by recent shifts in politics and society
I lie awake at night more often than I’d like to admit wondering if this is how it felt in 1933 at the end of Germany’s Weimar Republic. Did people […]
BEARING ARMS
The Supreme Court’s Flawed Reasoning on Guns
The current majority are either hypocrites or bare-faced political operatives
I am not against gun ownership (I have a license to carry), but because I have actually read the U.S. Constitution, I understand the right to own a gun is […]
ABORTION RIGHTS
The Contradictions of Cape Cod Hospital Policy
Limits on abortion access are part of a disturbing national story
Cape Cod Healthcare’s policy of restricting abortion access, as reported in the Independent, is part of a much bigger national story. In the 37 states that still allow women reproductive […]
OP-ED
Things to Be Afraid of Last Year
When the hype misses the real fears and thrills of the Outer Cape
The Outer Cape, we like to think, isn’t quite as scary this year as last year. At least our slowly reforesting landscape can’t be confused with the dark forest in […]
REASONABLE RAGE
On Staying Angry
Because we need to find a way to keep fighting
PROVINCETOWN — I was making sandwiches at my market when I heard the news that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade. I wanted to break down and cry, […]
ALL IN
Bob Costa’s Classic Oysters
A famous Wellfleet recipe from The Joy of Shucking returns
I was delighted to read in last week’s Independent that Bob Costa’s poker game is now up and running again after a two-year Covid pause (“Who’s Got the Cards?” page […]
THE HEAVENLY GAME
Who’s Got the Cards?
After two years of Covid, it was time for poker again
We waited more than two years to get through Covid so we could get together and play cards again. Covid took a lot from us, our game included. You can […]
THE PANDEMIC
When Covid Hits Home
As the number of cases surges, so do the unanswered public health questions
The U.S. reached a staggering milestone in early May — more than one million people have died from Covid. And around the same time, I tested positive for the virus. […]
