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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.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Rep. Katrina Smith: Parents’ rights are being taken away at schools

by Rep. Katrina Smith For Central Maine News January 27, 2023January 26, 2023

Schools across Maine are enacting policies that treat a parent as the secondary authority of their child’s emotional and physical well-being, writes the first-term state representative from Palermo.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: We already know which gun policies work

by Francis Wilkinson From Bloomberg Opinion January 25, 2023January 24, 2023

Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Tom Waddell: Fight over abortion rights continues at the state level

by Tom Waddell For Central Maine News January 24, 2023January 23, 2023

Since the Supreme Court all but overturned Roe v. Wade by allowing states to honor or deny a woman’s constitutional right to choose, freedom-loving abortion advocates are pushing back at the state level. California, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New York and South Carolina each acted to protect a woman’s right to an abortion in 2022. Some […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Legalization of marijuana comes at a hidden cost to our young people

January 23, 2023January 21, 2023

Chicago Tribune (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Scholars Strategy Network: The quest for well-being in turbulent times

by John Dorrer & Luisa S. Deprez Central Maine News January 19, 2023January 18, 2023

Turbulent times have given rise to fundamental questions about our future individual and collective security. This has brought considerable attention to the concept of well-being, generating a range of explanations as to what it means and why it is important, especially in the realm of public policy. The World Health Organization defines well-being as “enabling […]