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Opinion
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VIGNETTE
They’re Back
STEAMERS
The Enemy Within
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Aftermath
How will we react to the inevitable changes that are coming?
I am a United States citizen in good standing. I have voted in every election since I was old enough to do so, received an honorable discharge from the U.S. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Hope Here at Home
In the week since the election, I have read more than my fill of hand-wringing analyses, chilling predictions, and assignments of blame. I’m not going to add to that bleak […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 14, 2024
From Jay Critchley, Zygmunt J.B. Plater, Heidi Jon Schmidt, Chuck Leigh, Stephen Aiken, and Beverly Hobbs
‘The World Is Stunned’ To the editor: A bird flew into my house on the morning of Nov. 6, a little chickadee. The windows had been opened to the fall […]
VIGNETTE
The Hangover
STEAMERS
Bogs
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What to Do After Tuesday
We must continue to call things as they are
Dear Reader: I am writing to you from the past, specifically late October. If this column manages to get itself written, edited, and published, it will appear in the issue […]
ELECTION
The Reckoning to Come
“As is so with every story, once the end reveals itself the beginning and the middle can be understood anew.” —James Carroll (Constantine’s Sword, 2001) I’m reading James Carroll’s fascinating […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Bubble Bursts
As this most anxiety-provoking presidential election campaign comes to a climax, we are here at our desks with our heads down, working against the weekly deadline on stories about affordable […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 7, 2024
From Jackie Barchilon, Kait Blehm, Roger Yochelson, Betsy Smith, & Ronald A. Gabel
‘Don’t Cave In’ To the editors: Re “Contractor Says Demolition Did Truro ‘a Favor’ ” [Oct. 31, front page]: Despite the load of bluster from Thomas Pappas of Cape Cod […]
VIGNETTE
Uncanny Rides
STEAMERS
Darkness Falls
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Harris for President
“Why We Don’t Endorse” was the title of a column I wrote in April 2023 explaining why the Independent was not endorsing any candidates in town elections that year. “We […]
