In these days of division, it’s easy to forget how much we depend on each other, writes state Rep. Sally Cluchey of Bowdoinham.
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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Commentary: Not much clarity in the Supreme Court’s immunity decision
Anyone who expected the Supreme Court to give clear guidance on the extent to which former President Donald Trump can be tried (and tried and tried) for the crimes of which he has been accused must surely be disappointed with the complexity of what the justices decided in Trump v. United States. The case was […]
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Maine Compass: Biden’s accomplishments put him far ahead of his lying, immoral opponent
If overlooking one bad night is not enough for people to understand the difference between the two candidates, we are in bad shape as a country.
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Commentary: Biden bumbles, Trump lies and we all lose
There were many firsts attending Thursday night’s mud wrestle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It was the earliest presidential debate in history. The first between two candidates of such a ripe age. The only one ever pitting the occupant of the Oval Office against the man he ousted. But for anyone who’s paid even […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Lack of housing is pushing more seniors onto the streets. That’s on all of us
All homelessness is troubling. But there is something particularly unsettling about older people — those age 50 and above — falling into homelessness after decades of lives filled with homes and jobs, faced with spending their last years on a sidewalk. Yet the numbers of older homeless people are rising across the country. The proportion […]
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Commentary: Any day is Flag Day
Be proud of what the American flag stands for, writes a museum curator.
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Backyard Naturalist: A really big spider sends us scrambling
A fishing spider found on a basement floor got the columnist and his grandson looking for a jar big enough to contain it, writes Dana Wilde.
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Commentary: Congress worked across the aisle on a bill to protect kids online. Now pass it
Fifty years ago, my father served as the Republican minority leader in the deep-blue Massachusetts House of Representatives. But during his time in office, he managed to create jobs, protect reproductive rights and author a landmark environmental bill that protects Massachusetts wetlands to this day. (Did I mention he was Republican?) That solutions-minded approach was […]
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Healthy Lakes, Healthy Communities: We all have a seat at the ‘kitchen table’
Everybody has what it takes to contribute to our communities.
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Commentary: It’s far cheaper to help migrants before they leave home
Gardi Sugdub is a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast that is jammed from end to end with housing for about 1,300 members of the indigenous Guna people. The island is sinking beneath rising waters as the planet warms. So Panama has built an inland housing development for the entire population. They’ll move into their […]