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THE WORKS
Going Undercover
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Just My Opinion
How to comprehend the incomprehensible
A column is a supporting structure. It can be made of wood, brick, stone, or marble. Columns support grand temples and meeting places, like the Parthenon. But a column can […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Show Up or Die
New Hampshire, famous for its “Live Free or Die” motto and spirit of rugged individualism, is also the home of the Free State Project, which describes itself as “a mass […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 18, 2022
From Elizabeth Gawron, Lee Chase, Ronald A. Gabel, Dan Wolf, and Betsy Smith
A Vote for Peake To the editor: I was devastated but not shocked when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. We saw it coming as soon as the last […]
VIGNETTE
Carnival Parade
OHMM!
An August Meditation
OP-ED
Finding the Old Peace Sign
A time for Howard Zinn’s ‘guerrilla warfare with the establishment’
Somewhere in this old house where I live, full of many generations of treasures and trash, I still have the CNVA pin that I wore in high school (that’s Nauset […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Art’s Discomforting Pleasure
The Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha played at Payomet in Truro last Tuesday, challenging the audience with its insistent message about the war in their native country. At one point, golden-hour sunlight […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 11, 2022
From Mark Gabriele, Jim Vogel, Michael Gaucher, Kevin Grunwald, and Kathy Miller
Whelan’s Immigration Stance To the editor: In your Aug. 4 article about the upcoming sheriff’s election and our county’s 287(g) agreement [“Fate of County’s ICE Pact May Depend on Voters,” […]
VIGNETTE
Global Warming
INCLUSIONARY ZONING
A Disconnect at the Provincetown Planning Board
The board should help advance the town’s housing goals
The Provincetown Planning Board is considering a proposed housing project at 22 Nelson Ave. This project represents an inflection point for the Inclusionary Bylaw and for the ability of the […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
T-Shirts: Express Yourself!
A brief history of the easiest way to make a statement
I am going to tell you exactly how old I am: old enough to remember when T-shirts were white. I remember when they were essentially undergarments, worn with other shirts, […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Singularity of Lives
One of the most important tasks of an obituary writer is to discover the qualities that illuminated the life of an individual in relation to society and the relationships that […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 4, 2022
From Anne Miller, Brian O’Malley & Andrea M. Sawyer, Brian Eastman, and David Agger
Hospital Ethics To the editor: Thank you for your excellent articles on the lack of access to abortion care on Cape Cod, in one of the remaining states that supposedly […]
