Ben Bragdon

Staff Writer

Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Ramesh Ponnuru: Fauci can’t use science to excuse his missteps

by Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg Opinion December 4, 2021December 3, 2021

Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines

by The Editorial Board December 3, 2021December 2, 2021

A proposal to connect Aroostook County to the New England grid is a follow-up of sorts to the CMP corridor.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Douglas Rooks: A fundamental right now hangs by a thread

by Douglas Rooks December 2, 2021December 1, 2021

The Supreme Court is now considering a case directly challenging Roe v. Wade.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Census data distortion leads to baby bust myth

by Gerald W. Winegrad From the Baltimore Sun December 1, 2021November 30, 2021

The Baltimore Sun (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Some of our state’s most serious crimes go unreported

by The Editorial Board December 1, 2021November 30, 2021

The rate of offenses continues to fall in Maine, but that figure doesn’t say it all.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Sappi union president: Mills should support dam relicensing

by Patrick Carleton Special to the Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel November 30, 2021November 29, 2021

We need all representatives of the people to come together for one common purpose: relicense the Shawmut Dam and save 96% of Atlantic salmon on the Kennebec River.