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PRIVILEGE
Covid Gets Me off the Hook
Confronting a system that targets ‘driving while Black’
EASTHAM — Before the pandemic, I often led classes for the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The students had been cited for speeding and other infractions. The curriculum was supposed to […]
TEACAKE'S TAKE
The End
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 28, 2021
From Chuck Madansky, Mark Buck, Kathy Hull, and Mary Ann Larkin
Please Vaccinate To the editor: I implore my neighbors to get a Covid-19 vaccination as soon as one becomes available. The reasons given to abstain range from “The pandemic is […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
A Lot of Work to Do
The pages of this newspaper are, as I write this, being assembled from various locations, including an Eastham basement, various Provincetown and Truro bedrooms, and our dining room table in […]
VIGNETTE
Circled Wagons
OP-ED
The Bookworm’s Manifesto
Repairing the world by reading and writing about books
Should I be so lucky as to reach old age, I imagine I will be asked what I did during the pandemic year, when a virus set fire to the […]
SKETCHBOOK
Winter Walk #3
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Origins of Hatred
Can we overcome differences and preserve the republic?
My last column (“The Bradford Street Wave”) came out on Jan. 7. In it, I decried the threat of violence that hung in the air and pled for reaching out […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 21, 2021
From David Bernstein and L. Michael Hager
‘A Pitiful Display’ To the editor: My heart almost broke for the much maligned and persecuted Nick Nickerson and his “wife of two weeks” [“Nick Nickerson’s Day of Infamy,” Jan. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Truth Flow Problem
I’ve been thinking about the relationship between local newspapers and town leaders and wondering if what happens in small towns bears any resemblance to what’s been going on (and not […]
CAPITOL HAVOC
The Chickens Come Home to the Coup
Our deepest social and political crises are self-created
TRURO — By fomenting a violent uprising against democratic rule last week, President Trump did something unique in American history. He unleashed terror in his own country. Previous presidents have […]
ECHOES OF DR. KING
Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe
A call to action on Black women’s health
Living in Provincetown is a unique experience. It seems as if we are at the end of the world, tucked away on a beautiful spit of land, surrounded by glorious […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Time for Corrections
Mistakes were made, as they say. When newspapers make them (as we did last week, including getting the sponsor of the annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast wrong), we print […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 14, 2021
From Karen Tice, Paul Mendes, Deborah Ullman, Deborah Magee, Harriet Jerusha Korim, Frederick B. Goldsmith, and David Agger
Truro Tempers To the editor: Off-season Cape Cod has always been my favorite time. People wave to each other on the roads, the traffic lessens, and the pace of things […]
