It is indeed true that men are less likely to talk about their cancer diagnosis than women. This is particularly true of men with prostate cancer. Women with breast cancer talk about their condition and join support groups. Men with prostate cancer are generally very reluctant to discuss their situations with anyone and usually avoid […]

Regarding the ongoing staffing and delivery problems at the United States Postal Service: The service from our newspaper carrier has been excellent – on-time and consistent. Perhaps the Portland Press Herald should take on U.S. mail delivery as well. Richard Akers Portland

Re: “Postal workers protest over delivery delays” (Dec. 19, Page A1): The United States Postal Service should get real about its ongoing staffing shortages. Why not deliver to neighborhoods in Portland on alternate days? I’d be perfectly happy to get mail only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and other neighborhoods could get delivery on Tuesdays, […]

On Dec. 9, the Press Herald published a letter from Gail Knowles of Falmouth, imploring it to excise Donald Trump photos because she finds his “self-satisfied smirk disgusting.” On Dec. 15, the Press Herald published my response criticizing the paper’s hypocrisy in publishing the Knowles hate-Trump letter and 40 column inches detailing Trump’s legal battles, […]

Like many, I was excited to read the recent announcement that scientists have achieved the dream of producing more energy from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. I hope this will one day help us solve our energy needs, but I worry that people will forget we need to act on climate […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Child can’t get care until parent proves she’s not sick” (Dec. 13): I know the medical field is overworked and understaffed, but not seeing a sick child unless they test negative for COVID? Why can we not access rapid strep and influenza tests at home like they did for COVID? […]

Wabanaki people have their own sovereign political and cultural existence, many thousands of years older than this settler state. Today (Dec. 9), in the index on Page A1 and again in an article on Page B1 of the Local & State section (“Sovereignty constraints hurt tribes financially, study finds”), you repeatedly imply the Wabanaki people […]

The fishermen and hunters of Maine should pay close attention to this presidential administration in the process of imposing more regulations on the industry. Serving 200 lobsters at the White House, while not meeting with Maine lobstermen regarding his administration’s regulations, is despicable and a stick in the eye of the state of Maine. The […]