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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PublishedJune 5, 2023
Commentary: Congress should freeze Pentagon spending
The debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now been passed into law, and the winner is – the Pentagon! While the rest of the federal discretionary budget is slated to be frozen at roughly this year’s level, the Pentagon and related spending on nuclear weapons at the […]
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Hilary Koch: Hats off to the parents
With graduation season upon us, let’s honor Mama Bears and Hot Messes.
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Our View: Pride Month arrives amid coordinated attack on LGBTQ Americans
As it tries to roll back civil rights and freedoms, the Republican Party is now almost wholly focused on smearing the LGBTQ community.
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PublishedJune 3, 2023
Commentary: Title 42 is done. Is the US ready to get serious about managing migration at the border?
U.S. border policy is stuck in the past. The expiration of Title 42 gives the U.S. government another chance to effectively manage migration and border security, but it will be successful only if it addresses the reality of Western Hemisphere migration. Our deterrence policies and enforcement infrastructure were built decades ago for single adult men […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Commentary: High-speed rail can curb America’s summer travel woes
The summer travel season that gets underway Memorial Day weekend promises to be one of the most challenging ever. As transportation patterns return to pre-pandemic levels, millions of Americans will face the familiar miles-long traffic jams and labyrinthine airport security lines. Following last summer’s chaos in the skies, with nearly 45,000 flights canceled and over […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights
Memorial Day is an opportunity every year to remember the sacrifice so many have made in the name of the freedom we all enjoy. The parades. The speeches. The flags on poles down Main Street, and placed at every veteran’s grave. It’s all so that we don’t forget that winning and defending our rights under […]
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Maine Compass: The rebirth of the Kennebec
You can’t see any fish, flying as we were 900 feet above the river. But we knew they were there, moving upstream to spawn. Flying over the Kennebec River was a fascinating experience and I was grateful for the opportunity to look at the watershed from above, to see and think about the efforts that […]
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Commentary: Honor, loss and perspective from a Mainer on Memorial Day
Honor. Here in Maine — especially where veterans are buried — honor means something. I recently walked Maple Cemetery in Winthrop, Mount Pleasant in Wayne, Fish in Leeds, and stopped to think about those who fell young. Memorial Day is coming, time to pause. Honor is what comes to mind too, washes over you in […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
View from Away: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs
The Biden administration’s sensible new policy for asylum seekers — requiring them to submit applications in Latin American countries before arriving — seems to have preempted a wave of migration to the border, at least for now. But what about those the US has already legally admitted into the country, who are being blocked from […]
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
F.D. Flam: The spike in child mortality won’t go away on its own
For Americans under 20, an epidemic much deadlier than COVID-19 has raged over the last three years. Deaths among those aged 1 to 19 surged 20% — driven by an increase in car crashes, suicide, homicide and drug overdoses. The combined toll of behavior-related deaths on children and teens hit home after a March report […]
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