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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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
Commentary: Cracks showing in NATO
There are really only three ways NATO could end: • The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away. • Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, could break off to try and fend for itself. • Or an outlying member could throw a wrench in the alliance’s decision-making […]
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PublishedDecember 7, 2019
View from Away: Catcalls and the killing of Ruth George in Chicago
It’s not men being men, and it’s not innocent. It’s abusive.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Tom Waddell: There’s no ‘national suicide’
What’s important is that citizens follow the Constitution, not where they or their ancestors came from.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
Our View: What happens when we can’t agree on facts
Opinion matters more than the truth, and President Donald Trump is exploiting it.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2019
View from Away: Fix the unfair trade-war farm bailouts
The Seattle Times
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Martin Schram: Give yourself a rare impeachment gift – truth
The most important truth that reaches Official Washington each day appears not in a bold black breaking-news headline, but in small italic letters just below The Washington Post’s proud front-page, top-o’-the screen nameplate: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” And as we all know: a democracy-killing Darkness descends most rapidly, and lethally, when people are willfully determined […]
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Our View: New distracted driving law needs time to work
The law will ultimately be judged on whether it reduces accidents.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Commentary: ‘Medicare for All’ won’t fix soaring health care costs
The idea of “Medicare for All” advanced another step with the recent release of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s more detailed health proposal. It is expansive and bold, and has brought some excitement to the progressive core of the Democratic Party. While policy mavens can delight in the details, the enormity of the proposal is a sign […]
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PublishedDecember 2, 2019
Our View: Land and Water Conservation Fund needs protecting
The federal program has purchased thousands of acres of land and supported more than 41,000 state and local park projects.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
GOP must continue to stand for Constitution
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