The people making predictions about what’s going to happen in 2024 have not exactly been spreading visions of peace, love, and prosperity. Depending on which expert you ask, you’re likely […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 21, 2023
From Stan Bratskeir, Mike Rice, and Marian Roth
Turning the Clock Back To the editor: The Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association is trying to turn the clock back 200 years, to a time when owning property automatically conferred […]
VIGNETTE
Letter to Santa
STEAMERS
Outlaws
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Entropy Disrupted
Friends and helpers bring order out of chaos
“It’s always something” is a common phrase loaded with meaning. At my place it is the rule. Why is everything always breaking? And what am I to do about it? […]
PREGNANCY AND PROTEST
Haranguing the Vulnerable Is Not ‘Pro-Life’
The root causes of abortion need to be addressed
A “pro-life” organizer working with the Texas-based group 40 Days for Life recently staged 40 days of prayer vigils outside Health Imperatives, the only reproductive health clinic on Cape Cod. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Lights in the Darkness
We’re heading into the shortest days of the year — but the darkness has been feeling especially heavy lately. The suffering and ill will in the world press in and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 14, 2023
From Diane Turco, Barbara Woodward, Brad Reichard, and Jack Austin
Holtec’s Vapors To the editor: Re “Nearly 200,000 Gallons of Nuclear Waste Vaporized” [Nov. 30, front page]: At the Pilgrim nuclear power station decommissioning site in Plymouth, owner Holtec appears […]
STEAMERS
Dejoyous
CEREMONIES
A Treasury of Christmas Lists
The joy and sadness of an annual ritual
I’ve always envied people who keep a journal. What a marvel — to be able to look back, hear your own voice of years ago, and know what mattered most […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Cost of Paranoia
Journalists like to say they serve as watchdogs, ready to bark when they uncover abuses by the powerful — especially by government officials. A healthy skepticism about the performance of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 7, 2023
From Nancy Medoff, John A. Wolf, Mike Shannon, and Anne Freyss
The Truro Conversation To the editor: It’s time to change the conversation in Truro. With the special town meeting now several months away, we have the opportunity to let out […]
VIGNETTE
Grumpy Day
STEAMERS
Jolly Folly
CORRECTIONS
On Making Changes at the County Jail
We need more treatment at every level for the mentally ill
The Independent’s Nov. 16 article “Bridges Granted Pretrial Probation After 4 Months of Incarceration” [page A8] pointed out the tangled relationship between our current mental health and criminal justice systems. […]
