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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. 16, 2020 9:18 am2227d 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 am2231d 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 am2238d 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 am2241d 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 pm2173d 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 pm2261d 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 am2262d 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 am2265d 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 am2269d 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 am2276d ago
Thanksgiving is here. Maybe you’re reading this in dawn’s early light. Perhaps your sleep was interrupted by second thoughts about …
Staff Columnists Nov. 27, 2019 10:04 am2277d ago
We’re hearing a lot of scary cries of ‘socialism!” in 2019 from the politicians on the right as they assail …
Staff Columnists Nov. 20, 2019 1:22 pm2284d ago
When Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady strode into the Iowa House chamber in January 2011, it was no …
Staff Columnists Nov. 18, 2019 9:22 am2286d ago
So there’s a multimillion dollar national conservative Super PAC headquartered in Marion. It’s in an ordinary house on the north …
Staff Columnists Nov. 11, 2019 2:01 pm2293d ago
That U.S. House impeachment inquiry commences with real live public testimony this week. And the whole sordid, televised saga may …
Staff Columnists Nov. 7, 2019 7:00 am2297d ago
Depending on which poll you believe, Joe Biden’s is either spinning his wheels or sliding toward the ditch in Iowa. …

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