The Cedar Rapids City Council celebrated this week’s summer solstice, which brought us the longest daylight of the year, by holding …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 23, 2010 9:43 am5728d ago
The Cedar Rapids City Council celebrated this week’s summer solstice, which brought us the longest daylight of the year, by holding …
Staff Columnists Jun. 22, 2010 3:35 pm5729d ago
If you ever do think of child sex trafficking, you probably picture it happening in some far-off place. Maybe a …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 22, 2010 9:12 am5729d ago
I was blissfully watching Lake Huron shimmer from Mackinac Island last week when text messages buzzed. Flash! Cedar Rapids has …
Staff Columnists Jun. 21, 2010 11:27 am5730d ago
You can’t launch a massive new program without having to iron out a few bugs, so I wasn’t surprised or …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 21, 2010 10:22 am5730d ago
After a week away, I’m back at the corner of Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE. Sifting through e-mail and …
Staff Columnists Jun. 18, 2010 4:29 pm5732d ago
Every dad may be different, but in some ways they’re all the same. Dads take care of you. They are …
Staff Columnists Jun. 16, 2010 4:36 pm5734d ago
I got an e-mail from Sister Mary McCauley this week, thanking me for a recent column about Sholom Rubashkin’s acquittal …
Staff Columnists Jun. 16, 2010 9:02 am5735d ago
For the first time, the U.S. government’s annual worldwide human trafficking report included trafficking data from home, of a sort. …
Staff Columnists Jun. 14, 2010 11:41 am5737d ago
There’s plenty of scientific evidence that shows unstructured play time is a critical part of child development. But every parent …
Staff Columnists Jun. 11, 2010 4:10 pm5739d ago
I’ll be gone for a week, resting, relaxing etc. If you haven’t yet made your own summer travel plans, I hope …
Staff Columnists Jun. 11, 2010 11:16 am5740d ago
I heard from several readers this week who also were disappointed in a Black Hawk County jury’s decision to acquit …
Staff Columnists Jun. 9, 2010 3:34 pm5742d ago
Fall campaign, Day 1. It all started out so nicely. Gov. Chet Culver and his wife Mari arrived around midday at Waypoint …
Staff Columnists Jun. 9, 2010 10:11 am5742d ago
“Daddy, have they started yet?” My daughter Tess, 8, during the bottom of the second inning at last night’s Kernels …
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