Maine and New England must make sure that food is available here regardless of what is happening elsewhere.
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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Our View: Widespread illness, not COVID policy, closes schools
It’s not that testing and quarantine rules are too strict or schools too cautious. It’s that too many people are sick.
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Our View: Doctors peddling COVID misinformation have no place on legislative panel
If Republicans want a voice in how Maine responds to the pandemic, they should act more responsibly.
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Our View: Judge’s order against The New York Times cannot stand
With very few and exact exceptions, no one in government can tell a newspaper what it can and cannot publish.
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Our View: Public deserves to know reason for low asylum approval rates
Rejections from the Boston regional immigration office far outpace the national average, and federal officials have been slow to explain why.
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View from Away: Climate change is ravaging the planet. We have to act.
The U.S., as one of the nations responsible for the most emissions, bears a special responsibility to move quickly now to cut carbon.
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Our View: Christmas a good time to remember that homelessness is solvable
We have the tools to give people safe, stable housing. We just have to use them.
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Our View: Cutting tax credit will push millions of kids back into poverty
Sen. Joe Manchin reportedly says the checks were wasted; actually, they went toward food, housing and other essentials.
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Our View: Biden misses chance to stand up for American ideals
By ending talks over compensation for the families traumatized by Trump-era border policies, the president is giving in to the worst voices on immigration.
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Our View: For climate, safety, we should build a better transportation system
The rising number of Maine pedestrian fatalities is just one sign that roads are unhealthy and unsafe.