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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists May. 1, 2011 12:05 am5352d ago
Tuesday’s sales tax vote is a big decision. I guess that’s why so much of the debate has been about …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2011 12:17 am5353d ago
So if most sex offenders aren’t skulking, drooling horror-movie monsters, who are they? Well, in almost every respect, they are …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2011 2:44 pm5355d ago
The opposing sides in the one-cent local option sales tax rumble have filed campaign finance reports. And if you were …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 28, 2011 12:05 am5355d ago
Twenty-two years ago, I was a bright-eyed page in the Iowa House who sat in on closed-door Republican caucus meetings. …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2011 1:05 pm5356d ago
Checked out the first meeting Tuesday evening of the Cedar Rapids City Council in its downtown digs at the new …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2011 8:52 am5356d ago
We’ve long treated sex offenders as a unique type of criminal, separate from your everyday robbers and physical assaulters. That’s …
Staff Columnists Apr. 26, 2011 12:05 am5357d ago
After a 13-month road trip, your flood-displaced Cedar Rapids City Council is back for a permanent home stand, starting tonight. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 25, 2011 1:10 pm5358d ago
Just as you were about to really get over to Clinton to check out the fried chicken stylings of former Public Enemy and over-the-top …
Staff Columnists Apr. 24, 2011 12:05 am5359d ago
Today’s print column. This sales tax campaign in Cedar Rapids has exposed one of my weaknesses. I’ve been working here …
Staff Columnists Apr. 23, 2011 8:46 am5360d ago
A University of Iowa professor took the bait this week when she fired off a salty “&*#! you” to college …
Staff Columnists Apr. 21, 2011 12:21 pm5362d ago
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A strange confluence of news streams caught my eye this week. First was word that Iowa City School officials may …
Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 4:32 pm5364d ago
I’ve been trying to figure out what, if anything, I should write about the debate in Iowa City over what …
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