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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
Guest Columnists Oct. 19, 2023 5:00 am749d ago
Four years ago, when I was a candidate for the first time for a school board position in Cedar Rapids, …
Staff Columnists Oct. 19, 2023 5:00 am749d ago
Maybe Bad Idea has a line of business wear.
Staff Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am753d ago
Three candidates have been endorsed by Moms for Liberty
Staff Columnists Oct. 16, 2023 3:41 pm751d ago
Cedar Rapids may create new layers of bureaucracy aimed at people who trap, neuter and return, or TNR, feral cars.
Staff Columnists Oct. 5, 2023 5:00 am763d ago
When Aretha Franklin sang “R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me,” it seemed obvious what she wanted when her …
Staff Columnists Oct. 1, 2023 5:00 am767d ago
The vexatious requester saga is shining a spotlight on IPIB
Staff Columnists Sep. 28, 2023 6:32 am770d ago
Dress codes are about sustaining an old social order.
Staff Columnists Sep. 24, 2023 5:00 am774d ago
That’s it. The governor wants to see other candidates
Staff Columnists Sep. 17, 2023 5:00 am781d ago
We don’t want to look behind the curtain
Staff Columnists Sep. 14, 2023 5:00 am784d ago
Ernst is bashing federal employees who are working remotely
Staff Columnists Sep. 10, 2023 5:00 am788d ago
If this process had a slogan, it would be, “The less Iowans know, the better.”
Staff Columnists Sep. 7, 2023 8:14 am791d ago
More than 20 years later, we’re still fighting over official English
Staff Columnists Sep. 3, 2023 5:00 am795d ago
My dad, Howard, was our high school guidance counselor. So, when I was a little skinny freshman, the upper classmen …
Staff Columnists Aug. 31, 2023 4:15 pm797d ago
During 30 years in journalism, I’ve covered countless public meetings, hearings and input sessions where Iowans have pleaded with the …
Staff Columnists Aug. 24, 2023 2:06 pm804d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds had a rare news conference on Monday. It was in Eagle Pass, Texas. But, hey, progress! Reynolds …


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