Todd Dorman

The Iowa Brewer’s Guild launched has launched  iowabeer.org to showcase Iowa-brewed craft beers and brewers. There’s a useful events calendar and …

So does Iowa have enough casinos? I mean, after years of bellying up to the all-night gambling buffet, could we …

Cedar Rapids City Council member Brian Fagan says it’s too early to jump into the race for mayor. “I’m absolutely …

Something called men.style.com has compiled an amusing slide show of the 13 dumbest cocktails of the recent overwrought mixology era. The list …

Bret Hayworth at the Sioux City Journal talks with State Rep. Christopher Rants about his gubernatorial toe-dipping. The Republican says he’ll decide next …

So I was on WMT radio last week when Bob Bruce asked me why so many people are interested in …

The first time I met state Rep. Christopher Rants was at a Perkins restaurant on Gordon Drive in Sioux City …

E-mailer Tsquires did not appreciate my Sunday column on what I see as the scorched-earth misinformation campaign against the judiciary …

Yeah, I know it’s only May. But the race for mayor in Cedar Rapids is starting to get interesting. So …

Emptying out the notebook at week’s end. Here are a few quotes that didn’t make it into print. “Generally, you …

Change is inevitable. And this morning, it’s in the news. Clark Kauffman over at The Register reports on the interesting …

Partisan politics is butting into Cedar Rapids’ nonpartisan race for mayor. I suppose it was inevitable, with former Iowa House …

The top 5 things I like about the new, narrower Gazette. 5.  The entire A Section now fits perfectly in …

The race to decide which Republican will challenge Gov. Chet Culver next year remains pretty fuzzy at this early hour. …

While his would-be opponents are switching political parties and weighing their options, Cedar Rapids mayoral hopeful Ron Corbett is relying …