Equity is important, but requirements designed to promote fairness should be reconsidered.
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: There are lessons to be learned from mild flu season
A “twin-demic” never materialized, and figuring out why could save lives in the future.
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Our View: After Friday’s final ‘Jeopardy!’, what will we do without Alex?
After 37 years and more than 8,000 episodes, we say goodbye to a television legend.
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Our View: Lagging vaccine rollout needs major boost from federal government
The Trump administration has failed to meet a challenge they had months to prepare for. Joe Biden must do better.
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Our View: If we want a better new year, it’s all up to us
The calendar didn’t cause the catastrophes of 2020, and our problems weren’t magically solved when it turned to 2021.
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Our View: Greater Portland Council of Governments shows how Maine communities can work together
Some problems need a regional solution.
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Our View: Greater Portland Council of Governments shows Maine communities can work together
Some problems need a regional solution.
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Our View: Cheaper, more effective hearing aids should be on their way
The FDA has been slow to implement a 2017 law designed to deregulate the industry.
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Our View: Is free Netflix enough for you to stay home this week?
We’ve already seen, at Thanksgiving, that the risk of a spike in death and illness won’t keep a lot of people from travel and socializing.
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Our View: There’s no denying that air pollution is deadly
A ruling in Britain on the death of a 9-year-old girl should get attention here in the U.S. too.