Ben Bragdon

Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel

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Published
April 1, 2022

View from Away: Jan. 6 phone record gap hints that Trump may have committed crimes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
Published
March 31, 2022

Our View: There’s no excuse for failing to stop for a school bus

The flashing red lights on top of a giant, yellow vehicle are your sign to stop.
Published
March 30, 2022

Our View: How Maine can help better understand ALS

A registry under consideration by the Legislature would give researchers valuable information on people receiving care for the devastating, always-fatal illness.
Published
March 29, 2022

Our View: What do we gain by cutting school meals?

Waivers that allowed districts to innovate in the face of the pandemic are set to end June 30, and it will do nothing but harm students and schools.
Published
March 29, 2022

Maine Compass: Dental bill would address child oral health crisis

The bill calls for expanding school oral health services to offer core preventive services for all public schools and for restoring the position of a State Oral Health Coordinator at the Maine Centers for Disease Control.
Published
March 28, 2022

Our View: Help Ukraine refugees, and others across the world

The U.S. has stepped back from its position as a world leader on resettling displaced persons. That has to end.
Published
March 28, 2022

Martin Schram: The battle of Russia has begun

Tribune News Service (TNS)
Published
March 26, 2022

View from Away: The Supreme Court needs Ketanji Brown Jackson’s experience

Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Published
March 25, 2022

Our View: To Idaho, with love – and potatoes

The climate crisis has brought together our two states, both of which are dealing with iconic industries upended by rising temperatures and extreme weather.
Published
March 23, 2022

Our View: The question at the heart of Maine’s overdose epidemic

If Maine is going to save lives, we have to ask, what do we get out of all these drug arrests?