Opinion
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Bloody Facts
“If it bleeds, it leads” is an old saw in the news business. Stories of crime and violence sell, and in newsrooms driven by competition for viewers and readers, the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 8, 2020
From Dan Katz, Marian Roth, Dina Harris, Laura Gazzano, and Holly Ballard-Gardner
A Nice Guy To the editor: Todd Silva’s letter in last week’s Independent [“Noises of the Waterfront”] was the most restrained, polite, and neighborly reply imaginable to a jerk. Imagine complaining about […]
VIGNETTE
Small Talk
OP-ED
The Moment When the Tide Turns
Thoughts on steering the leaking ship of state
EASTHAM — It started as a quick trip down the steps to the pond, with sandwich in hand, before a run into town to fetch bird seed from the Bird […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
High School
PRESERVATION
Questioning Rock Harbor Plans
Should the Eastham side be developed into ‘a destination’?
EASTHAM — One of the reasons my husband and I decided to move back to Eastham from Orleans was its scenic beauty. When I lived in Orleans, I was a […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 1, 2020
From Todd M. Silva, Anne Greenbaum, Todd Schwebel, Emily Achtenberg, Tricia Aurigemma, and Brent Harold
Noises of the Waterfront To the editor: I am a commercial lobsterman fishing out of Provincetown, as my father and grandfather did before me. After a week of unfishable weather, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Meetings Are Adjourned, for Now
Now that all four of the Outer Cape towns have held their annual town meetings, gathering outdoors on athletic fields and in a parking lot, maintaining safe distancing and observing […]
PERSONAL HISTORY
How I Survived the Bullies at School
My classmates had realized I was different before I did
The first time I was bullied, I was in second grade. It was a classic case. A kid my age with a scary, tough way about him stole money from […]
SUNSET
R.B.G.
I stare at this photograph The setting of the sun Over the ocean the dunes My world Luminous So alive Without her body She pours her love Upon us Dare […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hope Is the Thing With Flowers
A blossom survives in the corner of a playground
I aspire to be a writer. My two young granddaughters, though, ages four and seven, would not care if I never wrote another word. They are staying with us now, […]
STEAMERS
Cheers?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 24, 2020
From Rebecca Johnson and Kevin Galligan
Playing With Space and Time To the editor: Marnie Crawford Samuelson’s interview with and portrait of my brother, Miah Nate Johnson, were sensitive and wonderful [“Laugh! Laugh Out Loud,” Sept. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Lot of Life Left
Things go wrong sometimes. That’s always of interest to reporters and editors. We’re tuned to ask what happened and tell the story of how things came apart. It’s good to […]
