In the heat of July, I found myself dazed and confused, and I remain so still. I have no idea what is going on with this whirling planet of ours […]
Opinion
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OP-ED
A Cucumber for Breakfast
What if there had been no vegetable garden this year?
The first thing I ate this morning was a $60 cucumber. I washed it and set it on a cutting board, contemplating how best to use something that seemed so […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
In a Barbecue, Honor
The Outer Cape has its weeks. Carnival is the big one up next. In the Independent, it is apparently barbecue week: Oliver Egger and Elias Schisgall report from the annual […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 10, 2023
From Nora Mann
‘We Can’t Get Complacent’ To the editor: From your editorial choice to use the term “anti-abortion center” in the headline through the well-researched and thorough coverage of the many issues […]
VIGNETTE
Leap of Faith
STEAMERS
Shark Bank
CIVIL RIGHTS
The Narrowing of the Public Square
An ominous decision from the Supreme Court on serving same-sex couples
The Supreme Court’s June decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, allowing businesses to refuse to serve same-sex couples based on religious objections, took me back to a day in […]
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
The Inherent Worth of Being
An encounter with an insect leads to a revelation
What was I reading that day outside at the café that made me so quiet inside myself? I cannot recall, but I remember the feeling of stillness and receptivity, as […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Politics and Money
A thoughtful letter to the editor from Heidi Jon Schmidt this week questions the Independent’s coverage of First Lady Jill Biden’s coming to town to raise money for the president’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 3, 2023
From Heidi Jon Schmidt, Joan Holt, and Susan Abbott
Jill Biden’s Visit To the editor: I was surprised to see Jill Biden’s visit covered as if it was some kind of entertainment for the very rich, with guests “in […]
VIGNETTE
Save the Wildlife
STEAMERS
Respect of the Dead
INKLINGS
Downtown, Family Week
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
You Are What You Eat
The challenge, as Thoreau said, is to ‘live deliberately’
On a warm, cloudless morning, I am crouched in the underbrush, the only sounds in the woods the song of a pine warbler, the whine of a mosquito, and the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
We Get Letters
The letters to the editor are one of my favorite things about running a newspaper even though they sometimes give me a giant headache. We are lucky to hear so […]
