Our feelings about our bodies may be unfounded, but they no less real.
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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The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
Commentary: Elizabeth, the essential queen, dies
Tribune News Service (TNS)
Our View: Maine’s landmark internet privacy law should set pace for other states
Maine took on powerful telecom companies and won, paving the way for privacy rights to spread across the country.
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If the goal is to protect both right whales and the fishing industry, the debate is heading in the wrong direction.
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Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Another View: Closing of Harlow art gallery is a tragedy
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Commentary: Airline meltdowns are the canary in the coal mine
Chicago Tribune (TNS)