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.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Could Congress finally pass commonsense gun safety measures?

June 20, 2022June 17, 2022

Tampa Bay Times (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Even if the DOJ prosecutes Trump, it’s the American people who need to repudiate the ‘big lie’

by Harry Litman From the Los Angeles Times (TNS) June 19, 2022June 17, 2022

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Op-Eds, Opinion

Hilary Koch: Jan. 6 review asks question, Who is going to defend democracy?

by Hilary Koch Special to Central Maine Newspapers June 19, 2022June 17, 2022

Americans deserve to know how our president, who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect Americans, sat by, watched this attack, and refused to do his duty.