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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 Nov. 15, 2020 7:00 am1923d 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 am1926d 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 am1930d 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 am1933d 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 am1936d 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 am1940d 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 am1943d 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 pm1936d 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 pm1951d 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 am1958d 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 am1965d ago
For the first time, no Republican candidates for state or federal office, neither challengers nor incumbents, accepted our invitation to …
Staff Columnists Oct. 1, 2020 8:00 am1968d 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 am1974d 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 am1975d 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 am1979d ago
Terry Branstad is coming back. He always does, whether we like it or not. Ambassador Branstad is leaving China next …

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