We can’t use every perceived slight and inconvenience as an excuse to lash out.
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: ‘Labor shortage’ is really something much bigger
COVID has caused people to reconsider their work lives, and given them the power to seek out something better.
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Our View: Lack of vaccination clinic at Skowhegan fair a lost opportunity
The largest annual event in Maine’s least-vaccinated county could have reached a lot of people who needed shots.
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Another View: Female draft debate should reopen the whole issue of involuntary service
If the public doesn’t support a war enough to muster an all-volunteer military to fight it, should that war even be fought?
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Our View: Vaccinations remain our best way to return to normal
Mandates by businesses, organizations and institutions can help protect the people who remain vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Another View: What Simone Biles’ latest feat at the Tokyo Olympics shows us about ourselves
Just as remarkable as seeing vulnerability in a seemingly invincible competitor is witnessing society’s growth in understanding mental health.
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Our View: Opioid settlement funds must address addiction crisis
Deals are being reached with the companies responsible for shipping habit-forming medications across the U.S., and the proceeds must be used wisely.
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Our View: Democrats cannot waste fleeting chance to act on climate
Rising temperatures already are causing catastrophic events across the planet, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t act.
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Our View: Movie theaters are back, but they’ve got competition
The movie-going experience has also been a world apart. It’ll have to stay that way to prosper.
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Our View: Getting to the truth of the Jan. 6 attack on democracy
Everything that’s happened since the Capitol insurrection shows why we need to know more about it.