Ben Bragdon – Page 90 – 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.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Show kids how to use smartphones the right way

by The Editorial Board May 16, 2022May 15, 2022

The technology in their pockets can be used for good or bad. It’s up to parents and schools to help students see when its helpful, and when it’s doing harm.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: We have a duty to protect the unborn

May 16, 2022May 13, 2022

The Heritage Foundation (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Protesting for Roe at justices’ homes is self-defeating and wrong

May 14, 2022May 13, 2022

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: UMaine System chancellor losing trust following errors at UMA, UMF

by The Editorial Board May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

So far, Dannel Malloy’s explanations for the errors have been incomplete, and his interactions with students and faculty underwhelming, and at times dishonest.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: As abortion rights disappear, Collins plays the victim

by The Editorial Board May 11, 2022May 10, 2022

Maine’s senior senator has refused to assert herself when women’s reproductive rights are on the line.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Scholars Strategy Network: The tax code is unfair, but it doesn’t have to be

by Ryan LaRochelle Special to Central Maine Newspapers May 10, 2022May 9, 2022

Americans don’t seem to agree about much today. But one thing they do agree on is that the American tax code is unfair. A 2017 Pew Research poll found that 56% of Americans, including majorities of both Democrats and Republicans, viewed the tax system as unfair. Political scientist Vanessa Williamson’s research shows that Americans actually […]