Todd Dorman

It’s time for everyone’s favorite end of the year filler column that saves your burned-out columnist from having to think …

Recently, I mentioned being outside the Iowa Judicial Building in April 2009 when the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down …

A check in the city’s Christmas stocking, perhaps.

He won’t have to worry about getting shucked over in the Tall Corn State for a fourth time.

It’s beginning to sound like Christmas. But if you feel like those catchy carols don’t quite capture the modern spirit, …

Iowa did get redder on election night. But that wave did not reach the school district that was the target of so much Republican derision.

It’s not going to get better at an even redder Statehouse.

Hello, you’ve reached the Butterball politics hotline, how can I help? “I forgot to thaw my turkey. Is there any …

Maybe Iowa needs some more democracy. Yes, we did just have a free and fair election. Voters’ voices were heard. …

A government shrouded in secrecy should be our worst fricking nightmare.

What we don’t know can’t make the DNR look bad.

So a very large jury of our peers has sentenced us to four more years of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds …

Yes, the best is truly yet to come, for some.

As Iowa’s surprisingly close U.S. Senate race takes its final lap, the contrast is stark. Retired Admiral Mike Franken made …

So the disruptions caused by the pandemic hit American schools hard, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also …