Thanksgiving showed that death and illness aren’t enough to keep a lot of people home.
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: There’s no denying that air pollution is deadly
A ruling in Britain on the death of a 9-year-old girl should get attention here in the U.S. too.
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View from Away: Facebook might pose dangers, but it isn’t a monopoly
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Our View: Students, teachers have earned their snow days
After a tough year, schools should take a break when it storms, even if remote learning makes it unnecessary.
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Our View: Health care workers deserve first shots of the COVID vaccine, and much more
The arrival of a vaccine gives hope, but coronavirus cases are surging and hospitals are struggling.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: After-school meals programs another way to help hungry kids
The programs are the next logical step after lunch and breakfast service, but they need to reach more students.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: How the death of local news has made political divisions far worse
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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View from Away: An open letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on the occasion of his Supreme Court filing
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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Our View: Maine astronaut reaches beyond her childhood dreams
Jessica Meir, who recently realized her dream of conducting a spacewalk, is on a short list to go to the moon, with Mars perhaps to come.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Eli Lake: Iraq troop withdrawal was Austin’s failure — and Biden’s
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)