A wedding party celebrated on a large East End deck on a sunny Sunday afternoon and on into a moonlit evening, with a live local band — Steve Morgan and […]
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The Catch
UP A CREEK
Dear Friend
An easy-to-use fill-in-the-blanks end-of-summer form letter
Dear ________ (friend / family member’s name), So sorry to have missed you in ________ (July, August)! Option A: I understand you were very disappointed that we couldn’t get together. […]
VIGNETTE
The Last One
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Radically Rural
As I write this week’s column, two of the Independent’s staff members are on their way to Keene, N.H. to take part in the fourth annual Radically Rural Summit. Paul […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 23, 2021
From Bonnie Nuendel and Brian Dupré
What Eastham Has Lost To the editor: I hope Eastham’s T-Time Development Committee acknowledges what anyone who reads the local news knows: Cape Cod has an overwhelming housing shortage. It’s never […]
VIGNETTE
Back Home
THE ICE MEN
And Then There Was One
Plymouth sheriff’s exit leaves Cummings as the last man standing
Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald announced last Friday that he was ending his 287(g) agreement with ICE — the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. This marked the second 287(g) […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Tastes Like
URINATION
Yes Wee Can: Aim for Trees, Not Toilets
‘Every man wants to piss outdoors,’ says one psychologist
I’m having dinner with a group of friends in a dark, woodsy back yard in Wellfleet. After a few glasses of wine, I feel the urge to pee. Should I […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Bad at Math
Ambrose Bierce’s 1911 Devil’s Dictionary defines a lottery as “a tax on people who are bad at math.” That still sounds right. The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot, […]
VIGNETTE
For Rent
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Swimming for Our Lives
Whether you live or visit here, the water defines your experience
Many years ago — 55, to be exact — I was on the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea. I had met a young British woman there, and we […]
OP-ED
‘First, Do No Harm’
Cape Cod Healthcare waffles when asked about vaccinating its providers
Should health-care providers be required to be vaccinated against Covid-19? “First, do no harm” is taught to medical school students early in their education. That ethical principle is the bedrock […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
In It Together?
Twenty years ago this week, time stopped as we watched the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. For weeks, we could think of little else but the […]
