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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 Jan. 31, 2020 2:24 pm2048d ago
So they’re leaving us, Iowans, the candidates, their staffers and, saddest of all, the traveling media. Soon jets filled with …
Staff Columnists Jan. 30, 2020 9:05 am2049d ago
Statehouse politicians are taking aim at political bias. In other news, mosquitoes are opposed to itch and irritation. State Sen. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 27, 2020 7:00 am2052d ago
Stacy, just your average mom, has got a lot going on. In fact, ‘Stacy” is a mom, wife and teacher …
Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2020 7:00 am2056d ago
When Republicans’ legal arguments don’t prevail in Iowa courts, they don’t reconsider their misguided legislative proposals. They seek instead to …
Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 2:16 pm2009d ago
This tax cut game is rigged. For all of the two decades or so your columnist has been watching state …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2020 9:18 am2063d ago
So after nearly a decade of waiting, an Iowa governor has rolled out a plan for, finally, filling the Natural …
Staff Columnists Jan. 12, 2020 7:00 am2067d ago
Can a bulldozing Iowa Legislature learn the virtues of a gentle tweak? Count me as skeptical. We’ll soon find out …
Staff Columnists Jan. 5, 2020 7:00 am2074d ago
Lots of scribes are making predictions for 2020. Most will be wrong. So why not be really, really wrong, I …
Staff Columnists Jan. 2, 2020 8:00 am2077d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds did the right thing last month when she agreed to continue accepting refugees for resettlement in …
Staff Columnists Mar. 10, 2020 2:51 pm2009d ago
So 2019 was wordy. Many can’t be repeated in a family newspaper. But what were the words that defined the …
Staff Columnists Dec. 13, 2019 2:07 pm2097d ago
Here are some Christmas songs I’ve rewritten to capture the modern spirt. Enjoy, or not. ’Get Lost You Tweeting Gentlemen” …
Staff Columnists Dec. 12, 2019 9:16 am2098d ago
By now, we should have known the buffers would be rebuffed. You might recall a column back in August about …
Staff Columnists Dec. 9, 2019 9:26 am2101d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds talks often of the need to give Iowans who made serious mistakes a second chance. Apparently, that …
Staff Columnists Dec. 5, 2019 7:39 am2105d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds is working on it. But who is she listening to? The ‘it” in this case is potential …
Staff Columnists Nov. 28, 2019 6:00 am2113d ago
Thanksgiving is here. Maybe you’re reading this in dawn’s early light. Perhaps your sleep was interrupted by second thoughts about …