The technology fails to live up to its lofty promises.
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: Maine should lower the high cost of cash bail
Holding people in jail before trial is hurting both taxpayers and incarcerated individuals.
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Our View: Time for Maine Legislature to shine light on ‘dark store theory’
Lawmakers should address a property-tax loophole that favors big-box retailers.
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Our View: On Presidents Day, a few words on the presidency
The power of the highest office in the land has always captured our imagination.
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Our View: Internet outages, dropped charges and child trauma
A Biddeford bus driver is owed an apology, and other comments on recent news.
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Our View: ‘Too graphic’ TV ad could have eased moms’ minds
A commercial pulled from the Oscars broadcast showed postpartum life as it usually is. Why was that so scary to ABC?
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Our View: Counties should explore how to benefit from immigration
Rather than rejecting refugees, rural areas of Maine should consider their benefits.
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Our View: Now-retired telescope gave us a view into the unknown
The Spitzer space telescope answered longstanding questions about our universe, and raised many others.
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Our View: Cellphones at dinner should be off the table
Some Maine restaurants are encouraging patrons to put their devices away – and they’re finding that they’re enjoying their meals out more.
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Our View: After ‘ruff’ start, a rescue dog scores big
Duncan’s life has been a success since he was rescued in an animal welfare case.