The Philadelphia Inquirer (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.
View from Away: The jury is out on whether Republican senators will take their impeachment oath seriously
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Our View: Legislature right to take on packaging waste
Cardboard, paper and plastic from packaging and containers is filling up the waste stream, and costly taxpayers.
Commentary: Supreme Court should erase state laws that hinder religious freedom and school choice
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Our View: It’s up to hunters to help bald eagles poisoned by lead
The state is working on a campaign to switch people to copper ammunition, and Mainers should listen.
View from Away: Five ways to still make your life and your community better in 2020
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Our View: ‘Deaths of despair’ call for a coordinated response
The increases in substance abuse, suicide and obesity are related, and need to be treated that way.
View from Away: Justice overdue for Iran hostages
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
View from Away: We should all take a knee over the Olympic athlete protest crackdown
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Our View: Schools should be safe for all students
An ugly moment last week in Skowhegan shows why transgender students need gender neutral bathrooms.