Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Contaminated deer show the far reach of ‘forever’ chemicals
The contamination caused by decades of spreading sludge from paper mills and wastewater plants does not stop with the farm fields it was spread on.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Virginia’s results are no mystery, if you know your election history
The Fulcrum (TNS)
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Food insecurity in military says a lot about hunger in U.S.
Thousands of military families struggle to get enough food, for the same reasons that other families do.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Only response to drug crisis is to save as many lives as possible
The approach to addiction that backgrounds or sidelines harm reduction in favor of punishment and stigma is not working.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Conservatives are the ones asserting victimhood these days by talk of race
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Cover hearing aids, not a questionable Alzheimer’s drug
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: High school athletes can have the winter season they deserve
Strong statewide policy using masks, vaccinations and regular testing can keep students and the community safe.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Another winter, another COVID surge coming to Maine
All signs say that infections will rise, and it is the low-vaccination areas that will take the hardest hit.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Blame will fall on Biden and Democrats unless economic turnaround comes quickly
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)