Border Patrol agents, already with immense power, now are all but immunized from individual lawsuits.
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Hilary Koch: Thank you, teachers
Thank you for everything you do, and sorry for all the ways we underestimate and undervalue you.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Pride Month should return focus to where it should be
The conversation around LGBTQ issues in schools should be around making all students feels safe, valid and worthy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Gun violence is a solvable public health crisis
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jay Ambrose: Rebuild the family to stop school shootings
Tribune News Service (TNS)
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: We’ve got to listen to the kids struggling with their mental health
Depression and self-harm are on the rise, showing that adolescents aren’t getting what they need.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tom Waddell: Arguments against abortion a mix of pseudo-science and misinformation
Let me be clear from the start here: The only objection to women having an abortion is religious. Full stop. There are no medical or legal definitions of when a fertilized egg becomes a human being, commonly referred to as when human life begins. Evangelical Christian arguments against abortions are a mix of pseudo-science and […]
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Our View: Judge’s ruling should change handling of police misconduct records
It is clearly in the public’s interest to know the details when police officers are disciplined.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Deadline for June 14 endorsement letters
All candidate endorsement letters for the June 14 election must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 6. Please send letters of no more than 150 words, along with your name, home address and phone number for verification, to: letters@centralmaine.com