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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
Staff Columnists Sep. 15, 2022 1:32 pm1089d ago
Back in May I wrote a column about the ridiculous myth circulating across Iowa and several other states that schools …
Staff Columnists Sep. 11, 2022 7:00 am1094d ago
So what if, in 2025, Iowa remains as red as a baboon’s MAGA hat, and Donald Trump has reclaimed the …
Staff Columnists Sep. 8, 2022 9:32 am1096d ago
So my Sunday column on U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s attacks on the Linn-Mar school district for its efforts to support …
Staff Columnists Sep. 2, 2022 3:00 pm1102d ago
When outrage is sparked, our so-called leaders pour on the cultural gasoline and bask in the warm glow of scorched-earth politics.
Staff Columnists Sep. 1, 2022 7:00 am1104d ago
Against a backdrop of government giveaways, I see student loan forgiveness as micro economic development
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2022 7:00 am1106d ago
I may have yelled, “Stop the van!” I can’t be sure.
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2022 7:00 am1108d ago
So what about Iowa’s electoral landscape? Well, we’re not in Kansas.
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2022 7:00 am1111d ago
Real problems are no match for manufactured ones in today’s GOP.
Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2022 11:37 am1114d ago
Never mind that the intensive row crop agriculture needed to meet demand for ethanol is no friend of the environment, particularly Iowa’s dirty water.
Staff Columnists Aug. 18, 2022 6:45 am1118d ago
So 52 years ago today I was born at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Britt, Iowa. The No. 1 song on …
Staff Columnists Aug. 16, 2022 6:45 am1120d ago
Their fealty knows no boundaries.
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1122d ago
Ray’s dream ends when a carbon pipeline company takes his field through eminent domain.
Staff Columnists Aug. 11, 2022 9:32 am1124d ago
Back when John Kerry was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, he was asked by a Virginia voter about his …
Staff Columnists Aug. 10, 2022 2:20 pm1125d ago
This isn’t about your fears, beliefs, discomforts or politics.
Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2022 8:35 am1131d ago
This isn’t about speech, it’s about science.