Ben Bragdon is deputy managing editor for local news, overseeing enterprise reporting projects for 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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PublishedApril 24, 2020
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, […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
Our View: Smaller food producers need access to aid
The USDA should make sure its recently announced program reaches everyone who needs it.
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PublishedApril 22, 2020
View from Away: Partisanship is more deadly than the coronavirus
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
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PublishedApril 21, 2020
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.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Our View: Poverty is harmful, in and out of widespread emergencies
Robust assistance programs are needed now, and after the outbreak goes away.
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Tyler Cowen: The coronavirus will make the digital divide even worse
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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PublishedApril 18, 2020
View from Away: Good thing states, not Trump, call shots on COVID-19 exit
The Mercury News (TNS)
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
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.
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
View from Away: Let the free market fly: No to Boeing, United bailout packages
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is negotiating the delivery of billions in financial assistance to Boeing, United Airlines and other large aviation companies to protect them from coronavirus fallout. Mnuchin should cancel this costly exercise in favoritism. We’re not rooting for any company’s failure, nor for hardship to befall employees of any industry. Rather, we’re opposed […]
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
David Trahan: Rooks column got gun shops all wrong
Rather than have another fight over firearms, let’s concentrate on opening Maine businesses safely.
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