Ben Bragdon – Page 190 – Centralmaine.com

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.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Don’t believe the talking points – Trump’s ‘perfect’ Ukraine call is a very big deal

November 9, 2019December 27, 2019

Americans can be excused for wondering why, of all the possible reasons for subjecting President Donald Trump to an impeachment inquiry, Democrats in the House are focusing on the president’s interactions with the leader of a relatively small country that is not terribly well known or well understood in the United States. Could most Americans […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Cable television fights Maine law – and the future

by The Editorial Board November 8, 2019November 7, 2019

While younger generations flock to streaming services, the cable industry is holding on to an unfair, overly expensive way of doing business.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Warren’s health plan is the wrong way forward

November 8, 2019November 7, 2019

The years since the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s passage have driven home a clear message: Reforming health care is a monumental undertaking even when the policy prescriptions are relatively modest. The ACA was not a radical change despite legions of critics saying otherwise. If it’s been this hard to implement the law’s modest reforms, imagine […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Impeachment testimony is also giving Trump a quid pro quo defense

by Jon Healey November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

President Donald Trump has offered multiple lines of defense against House Democrats’ allegations that he appeared to abuse the power of his office in his dealings with Ukraine’s new government. Some are situational and temporary, such as his argument that the process was illegitimate because it hadn’t been authorized by a vote of the full […]