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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 24, 2012 11:22 am4873d ago
Like a lot of newspapers, The Des Moines Register is preparing to endorse a presidential candidate this weekend. But the …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 23, 2012 10:13 am4874d ago
Radio Iowa picked up on an interesting state audit report detailing how much Iowa spends per-day and per-year on housing …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2012 10:31 am4876d ago
The craziest thing happened when I went up to Minnesota to visit my mom last week. She turned on …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2012 5:05 am4876d ago
There are some places you don’t want to stand. Don’t stand between kids and their Santa haul on Christmas morning, …
Staff Columnists Oct. 20, 2012 1:57 pm4877d ago
Can we set aside the binders full of women for a few minutes and be serious? Because as funny as …
Staff Columnists Oct. 18, 2012 5:05 am4879d ago
I had heard of them, legends mostly. Could they even exist in these polarized conditions? Then I met one Wednesday. …
Staff Columnists Oct. 16, 2012 3:58 pm4880d ago
So I’ve found myself talking up Mitt Romney lately. My daughters started paying some attention to politics for the first …
Staff Columnists Oct. 14, 2012 6:16 am4883d ago
It was disappointing, but not surprising. The people leading the charge to unseat Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins stopped …
Staff Columnists Oct. 14, 2012 12:14 am4883d ago
People can be reluctant to tax themselves for something big and expensive, like a jail, if they don’t see any …
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Staff Columnists Oct. 12, 2012 12:15 am4885d ago
Expanding the public conversation about things our communities most care about has been a major objective of our company for …
Staff Columnists Oct. 7, 2012 2:00 pm4890d ago
If you don’t have any direct experience with them, it can be hard to understand just how profound an effect …
Staff Columnists Oct. 7, 2012 1:11 pm4890d ago
When archaeologists go digging in search of our murky origins, they look for clues that a community cared for those …
Staff Columnists Oct. 7, 2012 5:05 am4890d ago
The odds of Cedar Rapids getting a casino could hinge on the definition of “not devastating.” Those are the words …
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