In the summer of 2008, I published a quickly forgotten book titled Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium. It was not optimistic. But it came out […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Asleep at the Tweet
When Twitter launched in social media’s early days (it was 2006 when Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet) most journalists scoffed at the idea of living by 140-character soundbites. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 25, 2024
From Frank Korahais, Anthony Garrett, Dennis O’Brien, Harry Irwin, Mary Bergman, and Shawn Fiedler
Part-Timers and Voters To the editor: Your July 18 article “Truro Now Has Two Part-Time Residents Groups” [page A9] was factually in error about me in serious and harmful ways. […]
VIGNETTE
Outdoor Shower
STEAMERS
Bummer Time
JUST SAYIN’
My Ongoing Conversations With The Dead
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Truro: It’s Not Provincetown
Taking stock of the best that each town has to offer
Lately I have been trying to imagine what it’s like to live in Truro. Really, I have no idea. Although I have been next door, in Provincetown, going on 60 […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Elections Under Threat
I received my official 2024 vote by mail application today from the Mass. Elections Division, and it reminded me of the systems, checks, and balances that make sure our elections […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 18, 2024
From Michael Gaucher, Joanna Buffington, M.D., M.P.H., and Eliza Miller, M.D.
Alternates Voting To the editor: Thank you for your coverage of the recent Provincetown Planning Board elections [“Mulliken Quits After Failed Bid to Become Chair,” July 11, front page]. I […]
VIGNETTE
Bug Beat
STEAMERS
The Elephant Men
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Writers’ Block
We started this newspaper with plans focused on the future — one where small-town newspapers thrived again. But some of the things we hoped for were old-fashioned. We wanted people […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 11, 2024
From Mike Shannon, Michelle Haynes, and Dotti Freitas
‘Put Your Money Where Your Mud Is’ To the editor: In his July 4 letter, Joe Aberdale, chair of the Wellfleet Marina Advisory Committee, says that Wellfleet Harbor could accommodate […]
