Author Archives: Ira Wood
Can Cape Cod handle the love?
Can you smell the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant?
On almost any given week there’s a demonstration protesting the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. Or should I say, yet another demonstration protesting the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant? It’s not that I’ve got anything particularly exciting lined up as an alternative. …
Congratulations! (But do I have to go to the wedding?)
Last June the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, the truly hateful law that barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in states that permit them. Right now, thirteen states and the District of Columbia have …
Do you have cats? Or tomatoes?
Listen now. Do you have cats? Or do you grow tomatoes? Although this might seem like a ridiculous dichotomy, I can assure you that it not only makes sense to me but is a choice I’ve been grappling with for …
Schadenfreude is an all too human emotion
Listen now. One morning this week I opened the newspaper to an article reporting that the chief of cardiac surgery at Cape Cod Hospital was pursued and arrested after allegedly running over a state police trooper’s foot while fleeing police …
Do I have to censor my ipod in Provincetown?
Listen now. I’ve waited awhile to write about the Provincetown Banner article headlined, ‘Witness says chief flew into rage at local restaurant?’ because it was troubling and I wanted to figure out exactly why I was troubled. When we read …
Should we tax people for being stupid?
An intriguing article in the New York Times broached the idea of something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and that is, taxing people for being stupid. Okay, the word stupid may be a bit impolite, although it’s …