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.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Ramesh Ponnuru: Strengthen the child tax credit before expanding it

by Ramesh Ponnuru December 7, 2022December 6, 2022

Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Warm your heart and theirs — help get dogs out of the cold this winter

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

A soul-crushing sight met PETA fieldworkers one frigid February day: Minnie, a black pit bull who had spent her short, miserable life chained outside, was dead. Her bone-thin body was still tethered to a tree when they found her. Five other dogs on the property were chained, penned or both, like prisoners, but they were […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: How conservatives can reunite post-Trump

by Cynthia M. Allen December 6, 2022December 5, 2022

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: GOP plans payback of Trump probes by investigating Biden over trivial matters

December 5, 2022December 2, 2022

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Rising tide of hate overshadows passage of same-sex marriage law

by The Editorial Board December 4, 2022December 2, 2022

Twelve Senate Republicans, including Susan Collins, helped pass the Respect for Marriage Act last week. But much of the rest of the party remains busy spreading hate and bigotry.