The president’s order may not be legal. But that doesn’t mean it won’t work.
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Scholars Strategy Network: Social Security is just one way government works for you
The program brings more people stability than any other, the columnists write.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Nation & World, News
MLK’s assassination in the Kennebec Journal: ‘Grief,’ ‘Chaos’
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we look back at how central Maine responded to his assassination.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: So long, net neutrality, and good riddance
What we’ve learned after a federal court strikes down net neutrality.
Posted inAnimals, Op-Eds, Opinion
Dogs need daily walks for their own well-being
Even in the cold, your dogs should get exercise every day, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: This cancer vaccine should spare future generations from ordeals like my wife’s
In the future people will be able to avoid daily radiation therapy, hospital stays, chemotherapy infusions, infections, and other tough parts of cancer treatment, the columnist writes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Fast action on ‘one big beautiful bill’ could create long-term problems
Putting tax cuts, border and energy policy in one piece of legislation is asking for trouble, the columnist writes.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Kennebec Journal, Maine’s oldest newspaper, turns 200
The Kennebec Journal published its first issue on Jan. 8, 1825, making it Maine’s oldest surviving newspaper.
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Commentary: AI requires creative legislation
The barebones legislation offered in some states represents a good start, a professor writes.
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Commentary: What’s the truth about sobriety? Here’s my answer
“The Shining” (book 1977, film 1980) is about a white-knuckle alcoholic’s descent into his disease and its effects on his mind, career and family. I didn’t learn this until recently. I just thought it was about how scary it is to be married to a writer. I moved from L.A. to New York City three […]