The attacks brought out our worst selves, and we’re still suffering from it 20 years later.
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 CDC should speed up processing of COVID tests
Along with the nationwide shortage of tests, the backlog of positive results is making it harder to fight the virus.
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Our View: COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on U.S. economy
After a disappointing summer, it’s more clear than ever that masks and vaccines are the best path to normalcy.
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Our View: Maine cannot continue to underfund nursing homes
Everyone should have a safe, comfortable place to live in their later years.
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Our View: Want to help health care workers? Get the shot
It’s the persistent stress at hospitals that is hurting nurses and others, not the vaccine mandate.
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Our View: Maine leading the way on COVID rental relief
Housing challenges remain, here and everywhere else. But unlike residents of other states, Mainers are getting the assistance they need.
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Our View: COVID-era improvements in school air quality will have long-term benefits
Maine schools are using federal funds to improve ventilation as a way to fight COVID. But it could also improve learning.
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Our View: Vandals should have to step up, heed ‘be better’ challenge
In a lesson to everyone who lashes out in hate, a Bangor man is able to see the humanity in the people who marked his car with racial slurs.
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Our View: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine years in the making
Fully approved Monday, the shot was created and received emergency approval in record time, but it is the result of a long commitment to science.
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Our View: What we know about mysterious ‘long COVID’ is concerning enough
Even if only a small percentage of COVID sufferers experience long-term symptoms, it could still alter quality of life for millions of Americans.