A New Encounter To the editor: The Independent’s coverage of Native American and colonizer issues — from town seals to book reviews — has been consistently sensitive to the local […]
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VIGNETTE
Selfie With Turkey
STEAMERS
Freedom from Want
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Giving Thanks Is the First Step
Sometimes you have to separate the hype from the essentials
Let’s face it: most of us are not walking around feeling thankful; it’s just not in our nature. We more often concentrate on what we don’t have than what we […]
ENCOUNTERS
Making Space at the Table
A Thanksgiving with Afghan refugees embodied the spirit of the holiday
Last year I celebrated Thanksgiving in the Hyannis home of my friends David and Paloma McLardy, immigrants from Scotland and Spain, respectively. They put a few tables together in their […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Unsung Musicians
The front page of last Friday’s New York Times had a fascinating story headlined “When Climate Talks Stall, She’ll Find the Words.” It was about Sue Biniaz, a veteran attorney […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 24, 2022
From George F. Davis, M.D. and John A. Wolf
Wellfleet’s Town Seal To the editor: There must be some mistakes in your article “Wellfleet Select Board Says ‘No’ to a New Town Seal” [Nov. 10, page A6]. It is […]
VIGNETTE
Bingeing
STEAMERS
Starved The Beast
WINGS OF CHANGE
Why I Ran the New York City Marathon
At mile 20, a small act of kindness changed everything
People say that when you decide to run your first marathon you better do it for the right reason. My first marathon was 11 days ago in New York City. […]
COUNTY LINE
Provincetown’s Sewer Epiphany
Voters accept the dual reality of climate change and the need for more housing
A remarkable consensus developed last week at Provincetown’s special town meeting. A packed town hall auditorium agreed, nearly unanimously, to commit $75 million to an ambitious effort to make this […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Election Aftermath
A week ago we were nervously watching election returns, worried that people had given up on democracy. How different things seem this week. In his election analysis this week, Paul […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter, Nov. 17, 2022
From Harold A. Maio
Unawareness Is Widespread To the editor: In “Nowhere to Turn When the Mentally Ill Refuse Treatment” [Nov. 10, page A7], you reported on the case of Adam Howe, who killed […]
