In Maine and nationwide, municipal clerks are being harassed by people who believe absurd claims about fraudulent voting.
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: People with obscene license plates show everyone who they are
A new law aims to eliminate inappropriate vanity plates. But it’s really up to individuals to decide how they want to present themselves to the public.
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Posted inEditorials, Election 2022, Opinion
Our View: Gov. Mills should stand up to Maine Republicans’ attacks on vulnerable students
Discriminating against LGBTQ Mainers is part of the party’s election strategy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine isn’t the West, but wildfires still a risk
Climate change is altering the state’s seasons, and it could make our forests more vulnerable.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Show kids how to use smartphones the right way
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: UMaine System chancellor losing trust following errors at UMA, UMF
So far, Dannel Malloy’s explanations for the errors have been incomplete, and his interactions with students and faculty underwhelming, and at times dishonest.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: As abortion rights disappear, Collins plays the victim
Maine’s senior senator has refused to assert herself when women’s bodily autonomy is on the line.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: UMaine chancellor wrong to withhold allegations against new UMA president
The failure makes for an awful start for Michael Laliberte, and brings uncertainty — again — to the university.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: 11 tons per mile? Maine has to stop using so much road salt
A new report shows how the state must rethink its winter road maintenance strategy near vulnerable waterways.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Sen. Collins should step up for abortion rights
Concerns that her Supreme Court votes would help restrict reproductive rights have been validated. But it’s not too late to put Roe v. Wade in federal law.