It is a showy move to begin a personal essay with a Virginia Woolf quote, but I am a showy person. So, here is Woolf: “What does it mean, then? […]
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VIGNETTE
Pied-à-terre
STEAMERS
Happy Labor Day
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reflections on Carnival 2022
Provincetown witnesses the exuberance of emancipation
One day a few years ago, I sat in the office of Provincetown’s director of public works. I saw on the wall what can only be termed a flow chart: […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Wellfleet’s Moment Arrives
Wellfleet will have a chance on Sept. 10 to make a real difference in the housing crisis. Articles 6, 7, and 8 on the special town meeting warrant are about […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 1, 2022
From Brian Morris, M.D, Max Lewis, Myra Slotnick, and Steve Roderick
A Carnival Thief To the editor: For decades, I visited Provincetown as a tourist. I felt that P’town was a very special place, almost magical. Everybody seemed nice. People from […]
VIGNETTE
Summer Love
OP-ED
Stop the Weapons, End the War
Now is the right time to pursue peace in Ukraine through diplomacy
Set aside for a moment your worries about inflation, Covid variants, mass shootings, climate change, and Supreme Court decisions, and consider instead the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now in its […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
This Is on the Record
In his “Year-Rounder” column last week, Dennis Minsky wrote that disputes between neighbors are sometimes “the most bitter fights of all.” He might be right, judging from the emails and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 25, 2022
From Eric Chivian, M.D., Dorothy M. Smith, Stephen Kinzer, James E. King, and Sarah Hill
Glyphosate and Cancer To the editor: Re “Killing Weeds With Herbicides Is ‘Last Resort’ ” [Aug. 18, front page]: There is no question that the reed grass Phragmites australis is […]
VIGNETTE
Beach Party
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 […]
