An Antidote for Despair To the editor: Most of us know that America is deeply divided. We’ve seen it in our families and communities. It is not just the chasm […]
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Cyr Comes Out
Getting insurance coverage for mental health services is difficult. So is talking about mental illness. That is why state Senator Julian Cyr, a Democrat from Truro, and other legislators are […]
STEAMERS
When The Wild Doesn’t Call
NATURA VIVA
Witch Hazel
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Watching a Red Supergiant Die
One of Orion’s stars could blow any time now, or in 100,000 years
Betelgeuse — the star with the funny name. Maybe you know it from the 1988 movie Beetlejuice, about the eponymous poltergeist-for-hire. Or maybe you’ve heard the name in the news […]
the year-rounder
‘How Slight a Shelter’
What would Thoreau have made of 2020 Cape Cod?
Henry David Thoreau’s residency, starting in 1845, in a 10-by-15-foot shack next to Walden Pond for two years, two months, and two days is generally considered by scholars as a […]
Summer of '43
Little Joe Gould Arrives in Truro
A child’s life becomes less normal when a bohemian comes to town
little joe gould has lost his teeth and doesn’t know where to find them(and found a secondhand set which click)little gould used to amputate his appetite with bad brittle candy […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
So Much to Love, So Little Time
“Teacake’s Take on Romance” by Ellen LeBow
VIGNETTE
Amphibian Love
Vignette by Daniel Dejean
LOOKING BACKWARD
The Black Tiger: Lessons From the History of the Drug Trade
The laws of economics suggest that the cannabis bubble may burst
Edmund Burke, among others, warned that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. So a bit of history is in order in these times when many people […]
METAPHYSICS
The Short-Lived Loves of Local Squid
While males get distracted, females sneak in multiple mates
Squid appeared maybe 700 million years ago. They predate everything we think of as ancient — sharks, fish, and even trees. But they don’t predate sex. That invention happened about […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
It Ain’t Broke
There’s a lot of irony in the news these days. On Jan. 28 the Truro Select Board voted to replace the town’s 56-year-old hand-crank ballot boxes with the ImageCast electronic […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 13, 2020
From L. Michael Hager and Bob Higgins-Steele
What Kind of Nation? To the editor: With national politics dominating both print and electronic media these days, three important issues have generally escaped popular scrutiny: Guantanamo. The prison’s annual cost […]
STEAMERS
“Gumshoe Crab”
Gumshoe Crab by A. Crock
SKETCHBOOK
East Harbor, North Truro
East Harbor, North Truro by Mark Adams
