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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PublishedSeptember 13, 2023
Commentary: What if the United States is not ripped apart?
What if the United States is not being ripped apart? Before there can be growth, whether you are thinking about the life of an individual, a sports team, a muscle or an entire nation, there has to be tension, conflict, and pain. Otherwise, things are calm, stable, moving along smoothly. The conventional wisdom is that […]
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2023
Commentary: Bidenomics just had its first birthday. Why are so few people celebrating?
Bidenomics just had its first birthday, and less than half the country celebrated. The president has to hope that changes by the policy’s second birthday next August, just weeks before the 2024 election. If more Americans aren’t in a partying mood by then, neither will Democrats be on election night. Yet changing voters’ minds when […]
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2023
View from Away: Holding up military promotions risks compromising military readiness
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most senior commander in the nation’s armed forces, is scheduled to retire at the end of the month. What happens then is anyone’s guess. That’s because football-coach-turned-U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville shamefully continues to erode military leadership and compromise national security by blocking […]
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2023
Commentary: Your body, your work? Hollywood is scanning actors’ moves. What that could mean for the rest of us
Twenty years ago, Jet Li was offered a part in “The Matrix Reloaded.” It was sure to be a hit. But the martial artist said no. In his words, the producers wanted to “record and copy all of my moves into a digital library.” To Li, this would do more than copy his body; it […]
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Commentary: One overlooked way to fight opioid deaths? Give people something to do
Across the country, communities are struggling to respond to the opioid crisis, some with broader access to medical strategies and more treatment programs. Yet the national overdose death rate continues to rise, with opioid deaths in 2022 remaining at an all-time high. There are, of course, many causes of addiction, and community approaches must be […]
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2023
Our View: Low pay for state employees is hurting everyone
Compensation for state workers undervalues their work. As a result, both the workers and the work are suffering.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Commentary: Nearly every battleground state is at risk of election denialism interfering in 2024
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning for re-election. Disinformation continues to run rampant on social media. Large portions of the country still doubt valid election results. Sound familiar? Signs point to 2024 being a redux of 2020. In addition, the recent indictments charging former President Trump and others with a conspiracy to overturn the legitimate […]
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Our View: UMaine System once again fails to be transparent
The state university system is withholding public information related to the bungled hiring of a new president last year at the University of Maine at Augusta.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2023
Commentary: School bus drivers keep our kids safe. Showing them respect could help improve the shortage
How many of us have seen a school bus come to a stop and activate its warning lights and stop arm, and yet a driver proceeds to pass the bus anyway? Imagine the fear that the bus driver must feel, as he or she is tasked with the responsibility of transporting children to and from […]
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2023
Commentary: Nuclear power could save our air quality. At what cost to the water?
You know it was a remarkable week when dumping tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean wasn’t even the lead story. That’s right: While much of the globe’s attention was on the former American president’s legal battles and the mug shot seen around the world, Japan started its 30-year plan to release the diluted […]
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