MARION — Was it the wife, or the sun? Only Mr. Frosty “Daddy” Snowman knows. And he’s not talking. Not …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 30, 2009 1:21 pm6115d ago
MARION — Was it the wife, or the sun? Only Mr. Frosty “Daddy” Snowman knows. And he’s not talking. Not …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 30, 2009 5:51 am6115d ago
Did you ever have buyers regret? Sure, you drop a chunk of cash on something and later wonder whether it …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 27, 2009 11:35 am6118d ago
There’s a part of me that’s tempted to wade boldly into the fight over whether the state should finally dump …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 27, 2009 5:58 am6118d ago
Technical problems at home. So I’m late and brief. Mainly, I wanted to point to The Register’s story today reporting …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2009 8:18 am6119d ago
In the “Tower of Invincibility,” Republicans think they have found an exploitable weakness in Gov. Chet Culver’s big bonding plan.Instead, …
Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2009 5:51 am6119d ago
The Sioux City Journal and Iowa Independent each follow a report in Roll Call naming U.S. Rep. Steve King as one …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 12:53 pm6120d ago
Area bloggers are concerned about my troubled industry. I had no idea they cared. But they do. Blog for Iowa carries …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 10:35 am6120d ago
What’s with this teleprompter obsession among Obama’s critics? And is it treatable? It’s rolling again this morning after Obama used …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2009 5:55 am6120d ago
So what’s the bad economy taking away today? Well, if you were planning an nice summer trip to Clermont to …
Staff Columnists Mar. 24, 2009 9:19 am6121d ago
We’re in the middle of hard times, folks. And apparently it’s turned us into a bunch of foul-mouthed, tooth-decayed, sinful, over-stressed …
Staff Columnists Mar. 24, 2009 5:46 am6121d ago
It was inevitable. Gov. Chet Culver would ask Iowa communities to submit proposals for how to spend $750 million in …
Staff Columnists Mar. 23, 2009 2:20 pm6122d ago
Gazette courts coverage guru Trish Mahaffey was kind enough to share her copy of federal Judge Linda Reade’s ruling last …
Staff Columnists Mar. 23, 2009 12:17 pm6122d ago
The Iowa Senate The curious case of Marshall Clemons, the Cedar Rapids custodian/local union leader who was arrested last week …
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