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 […]
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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. […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Looking for the Blackbird
A futile search yields other breathtaking sights
That damn yellow-headed blackbird: I just couldn’t find it. As William von Herff reported in last week’s Independent (“Rare Birds in Truro,” page B8), this rare Western bird was first […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Algorithm Blues
Northwestern University’s Penelope Abernathy has come out with another study on the demise of local newspapers — her specialty. More bad news, she says. Papers are disappearing at the rate […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 30, 2023
From Barbara Bond, Marsha Rial Davis, and Rochelle Weichman
Fighting Food Insecurity To the editor: I was delighted to see the write-up on the organizations fighting food insecurity on the Outer Cape in your Nov. 23 issue. But I […]
QUEER ‘I’
At My Doorstep
On reconciling fear and pride
I first saw Provincetown when I was 16. I came for a few hours with my parents on my father’s highlighter-yellow boat, a midlife-crisis acquisition we rarely made use of. […]
VIGNETTE
Change of Seasons
STEAMERS
Pilgrim Envy
VOICES OF FAITH
Let Us Put Away Violence
Standing in support of the suffering innocent
Certain dates remain etched in our minds for years because of what happened on those particular days. For many of us, Nov. 22, 1963 and Sept. 11, 2001 are two […]
HORRORS
Thanksgiving, the Slasher Movie
A holiday film in which consumers are terrorized
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, perhaps your mind strays toward violent-enough thoughts about your own family, and you’re not feeling the need to see a new horror film […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Standing Together
The news from the Middle East has been unbearable, and I have avoided writing about it here. There are days when I cannot bring myself even to read the latest […]
