Todd Dorman

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is coming at us live, raw and unfiltered. I, for one, like it. In case …

There’s been some debate in Cedar Rapids this week over the appropriateness of commemorating the first anniversary of the flood. …

Michael Kinsley makes a case for picking a new national anthem in this morning’s WaPo.  I like the current one, …

These are a couple of pictures I snapped from atop the Crowne Plaza Hotel on June 12, 2008. The top …

The Quad-City Times’ legendary Bill Wundram is making lots of trouble for the rest of us columnistas: Writing a column …

Iowans love our State Fair, except when it spills a suspicious white powder on them. From the AP via the …

For a while Wednesday, Time Check was hopping. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan was there with …

Just when you thought politicians are  just a bunch of unprincipled weather vanes, some state lawmakers are defending the virtue of …

You don’t need to be a high-paid flood consultant to understand the significance of Tuesday’s news that  a $516 million …

Sometimes, you get a dose of perspective and inspiration when you least expect it. Mine came Friday afternoon. My boss …

1. Why are so many politicos jumping on U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley for firing off some testy Tweets on health …

On Thursday evening, Cedar Rapids will bury a 50-year time capsule to commemorate last year’s flood. I think it’s a …

A Des Moines friend forwarded me a link to Glass Half Full, a first-rate Iowa blog dedicated to drinks and …

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the curious Quaker Oats box media kits sent out to national news outlets …

A vacationing friend sends along this pic of a Belgian Coke machine decorated with Brussels’ famous tinkling landmark. The bottom …