116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

Todd Dorman
I’m a columnist, editorial writer and blogger for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I write about local and state government, politics, social issues, children, dogs, barbecue, or whatever shiny thing catches my woefully short attention span. I’ve been here since October 2007, after covering the Statehouse for nearly a decade, and my blog has been online since November 2007. I was student body president of my high school in 1988-89 and that’s the last time I’ll run for anything. Except maybe a free beer or an ice cream truck. Sign up for my Pints & Politics newsletter, or watch my podcast.
Latest Articles by Todd Dorman
Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2011 4:17 pm5176d ago
Yesterday, we learned that Gov.Terry Branstad asked/demanded that the president and president pro tem of the Iowa Board of Regents renounce …
Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2011 12:05 am5176d ago
I’ve heard the question many times amid big debates over city projects, spending plans, the sales tax and flood protection. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2011 4:37 pm5177d ago
This seems like a very long day. And maybe that’s because a weather radio shattered our silent slumber at 4-something. Later, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2011 1:40 pm5177d ago
I said I’d extend kudos to the first presidential hopeful who wadded up The Family Leader’s “Marriage Vow” and tossed …
Staff Editorials Jul. 11, 2011 12:05 am5177d ago
Homers: What’s going right TRIPLE PLAY: The local economy received three big shots in the arm last week when Intermec, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 10, 2011 12:05 am5178d ago
On many summer days, my mom would go to the grocery store and I would head for the public library. …
Staff Editorials Jul. 9, 2011 12:05 am5179d ago
Reach an agreement. Soon. That’s our message to leaders of both parties in Congress and President Obama as they seek …
Staff Editorials Jul. 8, 2011 12:05 am5180d ago
It was around 7 a.m. on Nov. 2, 1986, when the first jets rolled from the runway toward Cedar Rapids’ …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2011 1:37 pm5181d ago
Bob Vander Plaats tells the Christian Broadcasting Networkthat his group, the Family Leader, is rolling out a 14-point marriage pledge …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2011 11:25 am5181d ago
Ed Tibbetts of the Quad-City Times reports on an apparent deal to end ethanol subsidies as we know them: Key …
Staff Columnists Jul. 7, 2011 12:05 am5181d ago
There is a midsummer haze hanging around the prospects for a revote on the one-cent, local-option sales tax. After the …
Staff Editorials Jul. 6, 2011 12:05 am5182d ago
Back in 2009, when Cedar Rapids put a five-year, local-option sales tax on the ballot, city leaders made it clear …
Staff Columnists Jul. 5, 2011 4:30 pm5183d ago
So I was reading down the list of new appointees to state boards and commissions released by Gov. Terry Branstad …
Staff Columnists Jul. 3, 2011 12:05 am5185d ago
Gentlemen, the Continental Congress has handed to us, this committee of five, the monumental task of drafting a Declaration of …
Staff Columnists Jul. 1, 2011 2:06 pm5187d ago
This is why we celebrate. American ingenuity: