Bloomberg Opinion (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.
Our View: Consider what we don’t know about COVID-19
We shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the early response to the novel coronavirus, which was sunk in part by flawed information.
View from Away: The oil market went negative, but gasoline will still cost you money
Oil futures prices went negative earlier this week, but nobody’s going to pay you to fill your gas tank. What happened among oil speculators this week is no reason for the rest of us to panic, but it does reflect a very serious supply glut that will have long-term implications for the economy. On Monday, […]
Our View: Smaller food producers need access to aid
The USDA should make sure its recently announced program reaches everyone who needs it.
View from Away: Partisanship is more deadly than the coronavirus
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Our View: Most Mainers support doing the right thing to stop outbreak
The vast majority of residents know that following social distancing is helping save lives.
Our View: Poverty is harmful, in and out of widespread emergencies
Robust assistance programs are needed now, and after the outbreak goes away.
Tyler Cowen: The coronavirus will make the digital divide even worse
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
View from Away: Good thing states, not Trump, call shots on COVID-19 exit
The Mercury News (TNS)
Our View: Outbreak no excuse for shutting out the public
The Mills administration held private briefings with legislators, robbing the public of its right to know what its government is doing.