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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. 12, 2022 12:25 pm1337d ago
Yet again, there was no love for the Cherry Sisters. More than a century ago, Marion’s hometown vaudeville act endured …
Staff Columnists May. 2, 2017 4:28 pm3053d ago
So let me get this straight. In December, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller made a snap judgment on the question …
Staff Columnists May. 2, 2017 7:00 am3053d ago
A month or so from now, barring some unforeseen book tour blunder or Rotarian fiasco, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2017 7:00 am3055d ago
A few weeks ago, we finally succumbed to the fast-growing peer pressure carpeting so much of our suburban existence in …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2017 10:38 am3058d ago
Last fall, Republicans running for legislative seats deployed TV ads and mailers promising to ‘fix our schools,” among other such …
Staff Columnists Apr. 25, 2017 11:42 am3060d ago
We were told again and again how water quality would be a top priority under our Golden Dome of Wisdom. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 31, 2022 12:27 pm1318d ago
In these troubled times, when sharp, intransigent disagreement has become the new inhaling and exhaling, I offer you an alternative. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 20, 2017 7:00 am3065d ago
So there are days under Iowa’s Golden Dome when you’ll hear soaring oratory praising the infinite wisdom of Iowans, we …
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2017 10:05 am3067d ago
Once again, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is putting the show ahead of the dough. The show in this …
News Apr. 16, 2017 12:00 pm3069d ago
Politics can be a killer of curiosity. Take the intriguing question of whether Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds truly becomes …
Staff Columnists Apr. 13, 2017 7:00 am3072d ago
Iowa-born conservationist Aldo Leopold famously wrote about a region known as the Driftless Area. Our Iowa Legislature operates in a …
Staff Columnists Feb. 14, 2023 1:59 pm939d ago
Jack Hatch had 98 problems in 2014, and now, apparently, I’m one. The former Democratic gubernatorial nominee and state senator …
Staff Columnists Apr. 9, 2017 6:00 am3076d ago
So amid the deepening political divisions and thrill-a-minute volatility of our post-truth Trumpian times, Republicans running our Legislature think the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 6, 2017 7:55 am3079d ago
Among Cedar Rapids’ many post-flood public recovery projects, the McGrath Amphitheatre is among my favorites. It revitalized a decaying stretch …
Staff Columnists Apr. 4, 2017 9:50 am3081d ago
Back when I was in high school, Des Moines was considered by many of my female classmates as a good …