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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 10, 2009 11:36 am5860d ago
Our friends at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are urging you to give the gift of disaster preparedness this Christmas: …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 10, 2009 9:56 am5860d ago
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, went to a White House holiday function. And what was on the menu? Cookies and scandal. …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Columnists Dec. 9, 2009 11:59 pm5860d ago
By Todd Dorman Gov. Chet Culver was our storm Lug in chief this week. One minute he was battling the …
Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2009 11:12 pm5861d ago
It isn’t always easy to navigate the Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays minefield. So you look for clues before you let loose …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2009 11:09 am5862d ago
Something to chew on. The Centers for Disease Control maps obesity in the U.S. by county, using 2007 data. At first …
Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2009 9:29 am5862d ago
Stuff I’m reading this AM Budget Tinkering — The Register’s Kathie Obradovich has a great take on Gov. Chet Culver’s …
Staff Columnists Dec. 7, 2009 1:44 pm5863d ago
The weekend that was. Tell Us What You Really Think, Tom — I hope you all caught Rick Smith’s Saturday …
Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2009 7:36 am5864d ago
Gov. Chet Culver was at the wheel when the state’s budget hit a red-ink blizzard and slid off the road …
Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2009 3:38 pm5865d ago
Two packages were on my desk when I arrived at work on Friday. Two hefty pieces quite unlike the thin, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 2, 2009 11:01 pm5867d ago
He jumped in with a tweet. But this week, Christian Fong hit the escape key. Eastern Iowa’s lone candidate for …
Staff Columnists Dec. 2, 2009 9:51 am5868d ago
There was a lot to celebrate Tuesday on World AIDS Day. But that doesn’t mean the fight is over. The …
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Staff Columnists Dec. 1, 2009 8:33 am5869d ago
By Todd Dorman My BlackBerry buzzed around 2:30 Friday afternoon with a Gazette text alert that Tiger Woods had been …
Staff Columnists Nov. 30, 2009 3:49 pm5869d ago
Any minute now, Gov. Chet Culver will be officially lighting up the big Christmas tree on the west side of …
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