Deals are now being reached with the companies responsible for spreading pain medications across the country, and the money must be used wisely.
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: Democrats cannot waste fleeting chance to act on climate
Rising temperatures already are causing catastrophic events across the planet, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t act.
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Maine Compass: Vaccinations are the way to end this pandemic
Getting a shot can save your life and the lives of loved ones around you, a central Maine physician writes.
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Our View: Movie theaters are back, but they’ve got competition
The movie-going experience has also been unique. It’ll have to stay that way to prosper.
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Commentary: Making blue foods central to global food systems
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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View from Away: Is the US finally taking cyberattacks seriously?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
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Our View: Getting to the truth of the Jan. 6 attack on democracy
Everything that’s happened since the Capitol insurrection shows why we need to know more about it.
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Stephen L. Carter: Vaccine mandates and personal liberty can coexist
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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View from Away: Climate change is driving extreme floods, wildfires and heat. Will the world meet the moment?
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Maine Compass: The University of Maine System must mandate vaccines
We must avoid another disruptive, mid-semester shift to looking at squares on a laptop, a UMaine student writes.