The federal government should make more investments like those in Guilford-based Puritan, so that important supplies are here when we need them.
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.
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Our View: Phase Four no excuse to let up on COVID diligence
As restaurant capacity expands and bars reopen, Mainers still have to put public health first.
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Our View: On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, COVID threatens Native communities
The disparity in cases and outcomes shows how years of neglect and racism have left American Indians behind.
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View from Away: Trump squanders a lesson on COVID
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Our View: Deaf Americans should not be left out of debate
ASL interpreters, including a woman from Maine, opened last week’s event to more Americans.
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Our View: Out-of-state waste does not belong in Maine landfills
Regulators and the Legislature should close a loophole that goes against the intent of a decades-old law.
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Scholars Strategy Network: What’s at stake in the November election
Voters face a number of consequential issues, including economic security and environmental stability.
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Our View: Climate change effects becoming harder to ignore
Between smoke from West Coast wildfires and brown grass from a drought, Mainers could easily see how rising temperatures are affecting our world.
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View from Away: Senate is right to move swiftly to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
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Our View: Treat suicide as the public health problem it is
A new task force being formed to help veterans will do the important work of lowering the stigma that is getting in the way of care.