Ben Bragdon – Page 86 – Centralmaine.com

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

Maine Compass: My fellow Republicans must stop slide into election denial

by David Andrew Special to Central Maine Newspapers June 21, 2022June 20, 2022

Bruce Poliquin, the party’s nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, is complicit in Donald Trump’s efforts to sabotage democracy.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: It’s way past time for sensible gun laws, safe spaces for our children and ourselves

June 20, 2022June 17, 2022

Every day when we go to work in a children’s hospital, we know that today could be the day. The day when our community is in the news, and we are called to the Emergency Department to assist in caring for victims of a school shooting. We work more than 1,000 miles from each other, […]

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Could Congress finally pass commonsense gun safety measures?

June 20, 2022June 17, 2022

Tampa Bay Times (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Even if the DOJ prosecutes Trump, it’s the American people who need to repudiate the ‘big lie’

by Harry Litman From the Los Angeles Times (TNS) June 19, 2022June 17, 2022

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Hilary Koch: Jan. 6 review asks question, Who is going to defend democracy?

by Hilary Koch Special to Central Maine Newspapers June 19, 2022June 17, 2022

Americans deserve to know how our president, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect Americans, sat by, watched this attack, and refused to do his duty.