The University of Iowa is 12th on The Princeton Review’s list of top party schools. Fellow Big Ten member Penn …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2009 3:30 pm6059d ago
The University of Iowa is 12th on The Princeton Review’s list of top party schools. Fellow Big Ten member Penn …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2009 3:21 pm6059d ago
If you’re one of the hundreds of readers trying to subscribe to my new blog’s RSS feed, here is the link. …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2009 10:18 am6059d ago
The Register’s Jason Clayworth had an interesting piece over the weekend chronicling how state Rep. Chris Rants, now a candidate …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2009 10:41 am6061d ago
It was a very active week in the race to become your Iowa governor. Party of Five – Five Republican …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2009 8:50 am6063d ago
Cedar Rapids Library boosters certainly make a strong case for a new central library. But I wonder whether the $45 …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2009 3:10 pm6065d ago
Christian Fong’s campaign for governor sent out a news release today trumpeting that the Cedar Rapids Republican raked in $100,000 …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2009 10:22 am6065d ago
1. Why do we keep misplacing top state government officials in this country? First, it was the governor of South …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2009 5:36 am6065d ago
Republicans trying to figure out how best to chase Chet from Terrace Hill are feeling nostalgic yearnings. They’re thinking about …
Staff Columnists Jul. 20, 2009 11:51 am6066d ago
This just in for our governor, who will be riding thr rails once again to promote his re-election campaign passenger …
Staff Columnists Jul. 20, 2009 8:53 am6066d ago
Back in the quaint old courting days of Iowa’s casino love affair, the state let you lose only so much. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 17, 2009 12:29 pm6069d ago
This week’s developments in Iowa’s race for governor. 1. Vander Poll— TheIowaRepublican.com continued releasing tasty tidbits from its 612-part poll, including …
Staff Columnists Jul. 16, 2009 10:25 am6070d ago
After 11 years of faithful service, I traded away my 1996 Honda Accord last week. We bought it with about …
Staff Columnists Jul. 16, 2009 7:58 am6070d ago
The words “state” and “resort” don’t exactly fit together. Not like “state” and “penitentiary,” for instance. But our state owns …
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