Todd Dorman

A local businessman stopped by the paper today to express some outrage over remarks President Obama made in Virginia recently. …

I know I’m a little late to the latest skirmish over excessive tippling at the University of Iowa. I’ve read …

Last week, when I wrote about Cedar Rapids’ proposed panhandling ordinance, I tossed in some stuff near the end about …

Taegan Goddard’s political wire flags a couple of pieces that put the actual scope of “national” politics in perspective. One …

Harry Truman famously said: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” I found out in the last …

So the race to become my state senator in Senate District 34 has taken an odd turn. Republican candidate Randi …

Sometimes, the newspaper covers a problem and then provides a solution in the same edition. It’s like magic. On Tuesday, …

Every time President Obama returns to Iowa, he takes a few steps down memory lane. After all, this is the …

The FEC has a site listing all the “Independent Expenditure Only Committees,” aka Super PACs. Some of the names are …

Cedar Rapids will play host to President Obama today. Or, as the chairman of the Republican National Committee insisted over …

Happy Independence Day, one and all. Soon, perhaps at dawn’s early light, I will be inflating every pool, slide and …

Our governor says Iowa will not bow to federal “blackmail” by expanding Medicaid to cover more Iowans, now that the …

Meanwhile, inside the Continental Congress. “Gentlemen, now that the Congress has approved a Declaration of Independence, we must turn to …

So our dog, Clover, died Thursday. She was with us for nearly 17 years. In that time, we’ve had a …

It’s highly unlikely that Cedar Rapids will ever get a casino. I won’t say impossible. You never know when it …