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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

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 Aug. 11, 2008 2:34 pm6243d ago
I’m back. So, without a cheating John Edwards, would Hillary Clinton have won Iowa and cruised to the nomination? Her top …
Staff Columnists Jul. 29, 2008 8:50 am6257d ago
I don’t want to give you the impression that I’m Postville-obsessed, but I found the differences between these two takes …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2008 8:43 am6258d ago
Minneapolis Star-Tribune The New York Times Associated Press CBS News: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagsQ1fojHU]
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2008 2:19 pm6260d ago
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=o83xxWCel8g] As I prepare to to leave for a couple weeks of R&R, I leave you with some good news. From …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2008 1:29 pm6262d ago
So how did that infamous mold get into FEMA trailers, the ones being pulled out of Eastern Iowa at the …
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2008 9:45 am6263d ago
Overreaction — Mold Wars – I understand Lt. Gov. Patty Judge’s concern about mold found in exterior water heater compartments …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2008 11:04 am6264d ago
I like unusual words, and I’m a weather geek, so this item about rough weather overnight and this morning in the Quad-City …
Staff Columnists Jul. 15, 2008 10:28 am6270d ago
1. The New Yorker. What’s more offensive, this magazine cover, or the fact that a candidate who has put himself …
Staff Columnists Jul. 11, 2008 3:10 pm6274d ago
Welcome to this official briefing for the owners of flood-damaged homes. I’m Mr. Abbott and this is my deputy, Mr. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 10, 2008 2:39 pm6275d ago
The Columbia Journalism Review chronicles how some of America’s most trusted news sources handled Jesse Jackson’s cutting remarks aimed at Barack Obama’s …
Staff Columnists Jul. 8, 2008 2:54 pm6277d ago
Some great news from Manager Mark Dukes’ blog, posted on Monday: “The building which houses the Chrome Horse and 3rd …
Staff Columnists Jul. 1, 2008 6:53 am6285d ago
LA paper runs a piece this morning focused on recovery at the Mother Mosque of America and across the city.
Staff Columnists Jun. 30, 2008 2:33 pm6285d ago
One side effect of the new public smoking ban will be the proliferation of no smoking signs. State rules require …
Staff Columnists Jun. 27, 2008 11:20 am6288d ago
Thursday’s column criticizing landlords and property managers who are raising rental rates just as flood-displaced people are looking for housing drew a lot of …
Staff Columnists Jun. 24, 2008 12:17 pm6291d ago
Rumors that I and others have been hearing lately about the watery death of the Chrome Horse Saloon on 3rd …