I lie awake at night more often than I’d like to admit wondering if this is how it felt in 1933 at the end of Germany’s Weimar Republic. Did people […]
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COUNTY LINE
Law Enforcement and Our Mental Health Crisis
Locking people up has never been a good approach to psychiatric illness
I was in a Brewster back yard on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon that was made for the beach but was instead an introduction to some unfamiliar — to me […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
Be an Owner of the Indie
The question of who owns the news media is important in a democracy. Though it can somehow seem impolite to talk about it. With some exceptions: We grew up understanding […]
VIGNETTE
Dinner Plans
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reflections on the Fourth
Taking exception to American ‘exceptionalism’
The Fourth of July has come and gone. I enjoyed the parade, the street lined with bunting, the widespread cheer — but I felt like a fraud. I am a […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Who Will Care for Kids?
There is a sliver of good news this week in the child-care department: a rental subsidy program administered by the Housing Assistance Corp. will begin next month, offering $450 per […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 21, 2022
From Laura Lubetsky, Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Nicola Moore, M.D., Wil Sullivan, and Alice Brainard
For a Women’s Health Center To the editor: The Independent’s excellent coverage of the availability of abortion and other pregnancy-related health care on the Cape has been revelatory, upending reasonable […]
VIGNETTE
Trash
BEARING ARMS
The Supreme Court’s Flawed Reasoning on Guns
The current majority are either hypocrites or bare-faced political operatives
I am not against gun ownership (I have a license to carry), but because I have actually read the U.S. Constitution, I understand the right to own a gun is […]
STEAMERS
Scooter Heck
ABORTION RIGHTS
The Contradictions of Cape Cod Hospital Policy
Limits on abortion access are part of a disturbing national story
Cape Cod Healthcare’s policy of restricting abortion access, as reported in the Independent, is part of a much bigger national story. In the 37 states that still allow women reproductive […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Silence on Abortion
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came on June 24, eliminating the federal guarantee of abortion rights established in 1973 by Roe v. Wade. Since […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 14, 2022
From Steven Kopits, Bob Nee, and James McAuliffe
For a Cycling Paradise To the editor: As noted in last week’s Independent, biking from Wellfleet to Provincetown has become more problematic, as the Old County Road bridge south of Mill Pond Road in […]
STEAMERS
Praise-A-Potty
OP-ED
Things to Be Afraid of Last Year
When the hype misses the real fears and thrills of the Outer Cape
The Outer Cape, we like to think, isn’t quite as scary this year as last year. At least our slowly reforesting landscape can’t be confused with the dark forest in […]
