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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 11:04 am5364d ago
This just popped into my inbox, or as I like to call it, my email pavilion: Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 19, 2011 12:05 am5364d ago
State lawmakers often take a beating in this space. So I feel a need to offer praise when I think …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2011 4:00 pm5365d ago
Last week, when I was looking into dredging for a columnon Cedar River flood protection, I asked Ron Fournier, communications chief for …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Apr. 17, 2011 12:05 am5366d ago
We in the media have become obsessive to a fault with anniversaries. Normally, I bristle at all the commemoration commotion, …
Staff Columnists Apr. 16, 2011 3:57 pm5367d ago
Turkey legs aren’t first thing to come to mind when you think about out-of-control tailgating at University of Iowa home …
Staff Columnists Apr. 14, 2011 12:05 am5369d ago
Newly elected Republican governors across the country are in epic fights over huge, statehouse-snarling issues. It’s been in all the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 4:29 pm5370d ago
I don’t doubt Paris is lovely, but give me an April day in Iowa City, when nature has decided it’s had …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 1:02 pm5370d ago
A statewide system of mental health services might not be a bad idea. At least it would even out inequities …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 12:11 pm5370d ago
For a second or two, in the low light of morning, I thought I was reading The Onion. I was …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2011 11:38 am5370d ago
The Des Moines Register carries news of new study using Iowa State University data to show Iowa’s topsoil is washing away …
Staff Columnists Apr. 12, 2011 11:05 am5371d ago
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul stopped by for an editorial board meeting Monday afternoon. I tried to blog about it after …
Staff Columnists Apr. 12, 2011 9:58 am5371d ago
It’s a natural instinct to assume government is going overboard. Healthy even. So I clearly understand how some folks think …
Staff Columnists Apr. 10, 2011 12:05 am5373d ago
We’re in the middle of a great debate over how best to keep the Cedar River from rushing into Cedar …
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