It’s a fantasy that restricting access to abortion care will reduce abortions, the columnist writes.
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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View from Away: Biden right to resist court-packing calls
The Orange County Register (TNS)
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Our View: How to fill an immediate need for Maine housing
Transitional housing could help all kinds of new residents, not just asylum seekers, find a safe, secure place to start a new life.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tom Waddell: The Supreme Court puts our basic rights on the ballot this fall
The Supreme Court’s recent Christian Nationalist rulings make November elections that much more important
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View from Away: Biden’s gas tax holiday idea should be a nonstarter
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
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Our View: Hearing shows how Trump brought democracy to the brink
Americans who believe in democratic values must learn the lessons provided by the Jan. 6 hearings. If not, authoritarians certainly will.
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View from Away: Does a chatbot have a soul?
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
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View from Away: Latin American dictators get zero tolerance, but Biden gives the Saudis a pass
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
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Maine Compass: My fellow Republicans must stop slide into election denial
Bruce Poliquin, the party’s nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, is complicit in Donald Trump’s efforts to sabotage democracy.
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Commentary: It’s way past time for sensible gun laws, safe spaces for our children and ourselves
Every day when we go to work in a children’s hospital, we know that today could be the day. The day when our community is in the news, and we are called to the Emergency Department to assist in caring for victims of a school shooting. We work more than 1,000 miles from each other, […]