Opinion
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STEAMERS
Shiny Village on a Hill
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
Choosing Between Democracy and Theocracy
The U.S. is in danger of abandoning its historical secular ideals
The Wellfleet Community Forum met on Feb. 26 to discuss how we might bring more civility and efficiency back to our town. Moderator Dan Silverman reminded us that conflict and […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
How Old Is Too Old?
At the start of the recent Wellfleet Community Forum, Sheila Lyons informed the large crowd that had come to talk about the precarious state of town government that Irene Daitch […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 14, 2024
From Marian Roth, Necee Regis, Joe Cavicchi, John Portnoy, and Sharon Dunn
Provincetown Developments To the editor: Last week I read an article in the New York Times about a couple who buy rundown houses, fix them up, and then rent to […]
QUEER ‘I’
The Shameless Plan for a ‘New Fire Island’
An idea for a ‘gay paradise’ provokes ire — and unflattering reflections
If you’ve heard of it, then you probably already hate it. You’ve groaned and eye-rolled about it. So has the Provincetown Business Guild: in an Instagram post, the Guild wrote, […]
VIGNETTE
Eyes for you
STEAMERS
The Way It Used to Was
MARCH MADNESS
Napiville
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Ruled by Our Stuff
Does a man own his house or does the house own him?
I have never forgotten a story I heard over 50 years ago. A guy I worked with had an epiphany (perhaps inspired by something he read, perhaps by psychedelics) and […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
White-Collar Criminals
Before we started the Independent, I worked at the Provincetown Banner, where a weekly feature was the “police blotter.” That’s what we called it, at least, but it wasn’t full […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 7, 2024
From Mia Saunders and Jeannette de Beauvoir
Sending a Message To the editor: The death of Aaron Bushnell, a local boy who was raised in the Community of Jesus in Orleans and was a student in the […]
VIGNETTE
Breath of Spring
STEAMERS
Doesn’t Spark Joy
ELECTION 2024
Top-Down Control Thwarts Health Insurance Reform
Big-money players have repeatedly shelved Medicare for All
In his thoughtful op-ed essay “The Choice Facing Peake’s Successor” (Feb. 1, page A3), Stephen Kinzer reflected on the workings of the Massachusetts General Court and on Rep. Sarah Peake’s […]
