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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 Dec. 2, 2020 11:17 am1742d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds often talks of ‘balance” as she describes her approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. Protect lives and livelihoods. …
Staff Columnists Nov. 26, 2020 7:00 am1748d ago
So you’ve made it to Thanksgiving 2020. Congratulations. The festivities will be pared down this year, as we seek to …
Staff Columnists Nov. 22, 2020 11:13 am1752d ago
So former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver gave me a call this past week. He had ‘read with interest” last Sunday’s …
Staff Columnists Nov. 18, 2020 9:30 am1756d ago
‘Live with it,” is out. ‘This is serious!” is in. ‘If Iowans don’t buy into this, we lose,” Gov. Kim …
Staff Columnists Nov. 15, 2020 7:00 am1759d ago
Back in the spring of 2017, your columnist humbly argued that Iowa Democrats might want to think about tapping a …
Staff Columnists Nov. 12, 2020 7:00 am1762d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stood before reporters this week in a state flooding with COVID-19 and tossed us some paper …
Staff Columnists Nov. 8, 2020 7:00 am1766d ago
So I arose on the morning after the election, after a short night’s sleep, and wrote a column arguing that …
Staff Columnists Nov. 5, 2020 7:00 am1769d ago
Well, Iowa is now a bright red state. Congratulations, Republicans. The Iowa Legislature is redder. The congressional delegation is more …
Staff Columnists Nov. 2, 2020 10:58 am1772d ago
I’ve heard from quite a few Iowans who wish Gov. Kim Reynolds was up for reelection this fall, so they …
Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2020 8:00 am1776d ago
We’re in the anxious homestretch toward Election Day, which ends the long 2020 campaign. It also marks the beginning of …
Staff Columnists Oct. 26, 2020 9:30 am1779d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds might revive her ‘Invest in Iowa” plan next year, economy and election willing, with hopes of …
Staff Columnists Nov. 2, 2020 1:20 pm1772d ago
Our top candidates for the U.S. Senate are fighting over dark money, who takes it, who colludes with it and …
Staff Columnists Oct. 18, 2020 12:09 pm1787d ago
‘We must learn to stop worrying and live with the coronavirus,” said Dr. Strangelove, noted epidemiologist. OK, maybe not. But …
Staff Columnists Oct. 11, 2020 8:00 am1794d ago
It was 13 years ago this past week that I walked into The Gazette as a new columnist. The time …
Staff Columnists Oct. 4, 2020 8:00 am1801d ago
For the first time, no Republican candidates for state or federal office, neither challengers nor incumbents, accepted our invitation to …