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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 Sep. 10, 2018 10:18 am2720d ago
Tim Gannon, the Democratic nominee for Iowa secretary of agriculture, stopped by our shop about a week ago. We talked …
Staff Columnists Sep. 2, 2018 8:00 am2728d ago
John McCain was funny. That’s what I’ll remember. Yes, of course, he was a war hero, a towering figure in …
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2018 8:00 am2731d ago
So I was sitting on a terrace overlooking downtown Austin, Tex., last week when word came that newbo evolve had …
Staff Columnists Aug. 19, 2018 8:00 am2742d ago
Soon, we’ll finally get our chance to climb new trails ascending Mount Trashmore and enjoy the municipal vistas from its …
Staff Columnists Aug. 16, 2018 12:06 pm2745d ago
A couple more roundabouts are on the drawing board in Marion. And that made me wonder, could it be Iowa’s …
Staff Columnists Aug. 12, 2018 8:00 am2749d ago
In the end, after celebrating a now-fulfilled promise of federal flood protection funding for Cedar Rapids, the honorables and luminaries …
Staff Columnists Aug. 9, 2018 1:23 pm2752d ago
So our governor is curtailing her weekly scheduled Q and As with Statehouse reporters. This, we’re told, is no big …
Staff Columnists Aug. 5, 2018 9:00 am2756d ago
August marks my 48th anniversary as an Iowan. That’s a somewhat roundabout way of saying my birthday is fast approaching. …
Staff Columnists Aug. 2, 2018 8:00 am2759d ago
So last week, President Donald Trump was back in Iowa. Officially, he was here to talk about jobs. Obviously, he …
Staff Columnists Jul. 30, 2018 11:09 am2762d ago
Iowa Republicans are assailing Fred Hubbell for his record running Younkers 30 years ago. They say the Democratic nominee for …
Staff Columnists Jul. 25, 2018 11:47 am2767d ago
Back in the 1980s, when Donald Kaul was a columnist for The Gazette, our paper frequently ran an ad promoting …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2018 11:08 am2769d ago
So Republican U.S. Rep. Rod Blum says he wants a dozen debates with his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Abby Finkenauer. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 19, 2018 7:00 am2773d ago
On the eve of the Republican National Convention in July 2016, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst was asked about Donald Trump’s …
Staff Columnists Jul. 15, 2018 8:00 am2777d ago
When Fred Hubbell, the Democratic nominee for governor, was chairman of Younkers department stores in the late 1980s and early …
Staff Columnists Jul. 12, 2018 9:54 am2780d ago
I first met a governor on the same day I first rode in a helicopter. That was a big day …

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