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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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 27, 2023
From Stephen J. Greenberg, Noelle Rilleau, Eliza Miller, and Frank Gallant
Caring for Elders To the editor: Thank you for the excellent article on the home care crisis on the Cape [July 20, page A7], exemplified by the persistent backlog of […]
VIGNETTE
Stepping Out in Style
STEAMERS
Deadbeat Landlords
AT THE MEAT RACK
Cruising With Family
OP-ED
Trying to Help and Getting It Wrong
What a painted pond turtle on Mill Road taught me
Driving down Mill Road in Eastham a few weeks ago, I spotted a painted pond turtle on the pavement. Being a human who has enjoyed enough success, by my modest […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Invisible Evicted
In last week’s Independent, staff reporter Sam Pollak wrote the latest sickening chapter in the story of slumlords David and Carolyn Delgizzi of Weston and their tenants at the Truro […]
