Ben Bragdon

Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel

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Published
December 4, 2020

Our View: Esports shows gaming can be more than idle activity

Twelve Maine high schools are fielding teams in the first year, and finding out that it is helping kids connect to one another.
Published
December 4, 2020

Tom Waddell: What is wrong with how we elect presidents

The Electoral College is the product of discrimination, and it still holds back equality today.
Published
December 2, 2020

Our View: Bipartisan relief proposal better than nothing for struggling Americans

The $908 billion package unveiled Tuesday is not nearly enough, but people need help now.
Published
November 30, 2020

Our View: Climate change putting winter recreation on thin ice

In just one of visible effects of the climate crisis, shorter winters and higher temperatures are making some activities more risky.
Published
November 29, 2020

Commentary: Nurses are crucial to the pandemic response. Why aren’t they on Biden’s COVID-19 board?

Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Published
November 28, 2020

View from Away: Biden builds a solid foreign policy team

Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS)
Published
November 28, 2020

Commentary: A modest proposal for taking partisanship out of the federal judiciary

The Fulcrum (TNS)
Published
November 27, 2020

Our View: Millions of Americans going hungry this winter

Hunger in Maine, and across the country, is rising to historic levels.
Published
November 27, 2020

Our View: Millions of Americans going hungry this winter

Food insecurity in Maine, and across the country, is rising to historic levels.
Published
November 25, 2020

Our View: Thanksgiving story should not gloss over the past

We are a better country when we engage with the truth behind the American experiment.