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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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Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Our View: Don’t let companies off the hook for their role in opioid epidemic
An investigation by ProPublica found evidence that Walmart sent millions of doses of opioid painkillers to criminal doctors.
View from Away: When will it end? The pandemic question on all our minds
The Baltimore Sun (TNS)
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View from Away: Four ways to shore up American democracy in a time of crisis
The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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View from Away: COVID-19 has postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but it can’t conquer the Olympic spirit
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
View from Away: Congress has to immunize Election Day against fear of the coronavirus
There is one political event that will and must go on as scheduled: the Nov. 3 general election.