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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. 1, 2020 8:00 am1804d ago
An election is coming and we’re awash in numbers. But a few stand out. First, there’s 750, as in the …
Staff Columnists Sep. 25, 2020 8:00 am1810d ago
Never mind the gender ‘gap.” In Iowa, it’s a chasm. A recent Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows President Donald …
Staff Columnists Sep. 24, 2020 9:00 am1811d ago
As kids, many of us had that huckster friend who wanted to flip a coin for the last slice of …
Staff Columnists Sep. 20, 2020 8:00 am1815d ago
Terry Branstad is coming back. He always does, whether we like it or not. Ambassador Branstad is leaving China next …
Staff Columnists Sep. 17, 2020 8:00 am1818d ago
Maybe it’s the climate. And maybe it’s exploding trees. ‘When trees fall down, after a short period of time, about …
Staff Columnists Sep. 13, 2020 8:00 am1822d ago
Years ago, on the first day of school for my daughter Ella, she was holding our dog Scuttle’s leash when …
Staff Columnists Sep. 10, 2020 7:35 am1825d ago
In a debate this week, 1st District Democratic U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer and her Republican challenger state Rep. Ashley Hinson …
Staff Columnists Sep. 6, 2020 8:00 am1829d ago
So a skeptical senator walked into a conspiracy theory this week and became a punch line. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, …
Staff Columnists Sep. 3, 2020 8:00 am1832d ago
With Iowa topping the COVID-19 charts this week in per capita cases, and an election looming, we’re going to hear …
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2020 7:30 am1838d ago
A large, dramatic headline was sprawled across the front page of the Aug. 18, 1920, edition of the Evening Gazette …
Staff Columnists Mar. 13, 2023 1:16 pm911d ago
A few weeks back a guy called me to ask me if I was still working from home. When I …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2020 9:21 am1843d ago
When President Donald Trump stopped by this past week to tout his swift derecho aid he neglected to mention his …
Staff Columnists Aug. 20, 2020 8:00 am1846d ago
President Donald Trump jetted into Cedar Rapids this week for an airport briefing on recovery efforts after last week’s big …
Staff Columnists Aug. 18, 2020 4:47 pm1848d ago
So President Donald Trump came to Cedar Rapids Tuesday to be briefed on efforts to recover from last week’s destructive …
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2020 1:53 pm1852d ago
For a few days this past week, it seemed like flattened corn was getting significantly more attention than Iowa’s flattened …