A moderate recession will become a severe one — and most of us will feel the difference in our everyday lives.
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: Congress seems to be courting a long recession
The House has a bipartisan COVID relief package, but Senate Republicans have failed to grasp the moment’s urgency.
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Our View: Congress comes together finally to help national parks
The Great American Outdoors Act was a great step, but the work shouldn’t end there.
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View from Away: Trump wants to invade your privacy in the name of immigration enforcement
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Our View: COVID-19 prevention measures are there for a reason
Carelessness and failed leadership turned a few cases of the coronavirus into the state’s biggest outbreak.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Melville Fuller’s career put on trial
An extraordinary letter from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court asking that a statue of jurist be removed lacks compelling evidence.
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Our View: President Trump fails to acknowledge suffering caused by COVID
As the U.S. passed 200,000 deaths from the virus, the president said it “affects virtually nobody.”
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Our View: ‘Long haulers’ reveal true scope of COVID crisis
Millions of Americans who contract the illness could need care for years.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Long-haulers’ reveal true scope of COVID crisis
Millions of Americans who contract the illness could need care for years.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: With global heating, expect inferno seasons in the American West
Los Angeles Times (TNS)