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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 Oct. 6, 2022 7:00 am115d ago
Our top science brains released their annual Iowa Climate Statement on Wednesday, and it’s kind of a no-brainer. Trees are …
Staff Columnists Oct. 2, 2022 10:51 am119d ago
Iowa Democrats are hoping legal edibles can turn their candidates into electables. When Iowa House Democrats recently unveiled their election …
Staff Columnists Sep. 29, 2022 7:00 am122d ago
Here’s an excerpt from a newspaper editorial supporting abortion rights. “When reasonable people disagree about moral judgments, the reasonable answer …
Staff Columnists Sep. 27, 2022 7:44 am124d ago
In Gov. Kim Reynolds’ latest TV ad, she is sitting in a coffee shop, watching Missouri U.S. Rep. Cori Bush …
Staff Columnists Sep. 25, 2022 7:00 am128d ago
Franken had momentum. This development applied the brakes.
Staff Columnists Sep. 16, 2022 4:22 pm134d ago
There’s apparently a move afoot to switch the symbol of the Iowa Republican Party from an elephant to a bird. …
Staff Columnists Sep. 15, 2022 1:32 pm136d ago
Back in May I wrote a column about the ridiculous myth circulating across Iowa and several other states that schools …
Staff Columnists Sep. 11, 2022 7:00 am141d ago
So what if, in 2025, Iowa remains as red as a baboon’s MAGA hat, and Donald Trump has reclaimed the …
Staff Columnists Sep. 8, 2022 9:32 am143d ago
So my Sunday column on U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s attacks on the Linn-Mar school district for its efforts to support …
Staff Columnists Sep. 2, 2022 3:00 pm148d 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 am150d ago
Against a backdrop of government giveaways, I see student loan forgiveness as micro economic development
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2022 7:00 am152d ago
I may have yelled, “Stop the van!” I can’t be sure.
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2022 7:00 am156d ago
So what about Iowa’s electoral landscape? Well, we’re not in Kansas.
Staff Columnists Aug. 25, 2022 7:00 am157d ago
Real problems are no match for manufactured ones in today’s GOP.
Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2022 11:37 am161d 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.