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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. 2, 2022 3:00 pm1208d 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 am1210d ago
Against a backdrop of government giveaways, I see student loan forgiveness as micro economic development
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2022 7:00 am1212d ago
I may have yelled, “Stop the van!” I can’t be sure.
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2022 7:00 am1214d ago
So what about Iowa’s electoral landscape? Well, we’re not in Kansas.
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2022 7:00 am1217d ago
Real problems are no match for manufactured ones in today’s GOP.
Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2022 11:37 am1221d 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 am1224d 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 am1226d ago
Their fealty knows no boundaries.
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1228d ago
Ray’s dream ends when a carbon pipeline company takes his field through eminent domain.
Staff Columnists Aug. 11, 2022 9:32 am1231d 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 pm1231d ago
This isn’t about your fears, beliefs, discomforts or politics.
Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2022 8:35 am1238d ago
This isn’t about speech, it’s about science.
Staff Columnists Jul. 31, 2022 7:00 am1242d ago
Norwood, a Soil and Water commissioner in Polk County, has seen one of the state’s worst water quality sagas
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2022 7:00 am1245d ago
“Settled law” is code for “Don’t worry, everything’s fine.” Things are not fine, and many Americans are worried.
Staff Columnists Jul. 24, 2022 7:00 am1249d ago
You’re sleepwalking through a race for governor with stakes that couldn’t be much higher.

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