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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 Jun. 1, 2017 12:33 pm3186d ago
I figured legal fireworks would be the scorned snout house of summer amusement in the eyes of the Cedar Rapids …
Staff Columnists May. 28, 2017 7:00 am3190d ago
We’ve at long last reached the official opening of the summer grilling season. Grab your tongs. Maybe you noticed the …
Staff Columnists May. 25, 2017 7:00 am3193d ago
I’m simply hoping Gov. Kim Reynolds listens. Sure, business interests, donors and partisans backing her politically will have the new …
Staff Columnists May. 23, 2017 6:00 am3196d ago
We admire leaders who get things done, especially big, visionary stuff. We also admire leaders who stick to their principles, …
Staff Columnists May. 21, 2017 8:00 am3197d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad soon will report for duty in China, a fitting end to Iowa’s one-governor policy. He won Iowa’s …
Staff Columnists May. 18, 2017 7:00 am3200d ago
So state Rep. Todd Prichard, D-Charles City, stopped in Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning to let locals know he’s running for …
Staff Columnists May. 16, 2017 6:30 am3202d ago
So our governor ‘saved” the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture on Friday, unless you think ‘saving” means the center’s vital …
Staff Columnists May. 11, 2017 7:00 am3207d ago
It seems like any account of 1st District U.S. Rep. Rod Blum’s town hall in Cedar Rapids Tuesday night should …
Staff Columnists May. 9, 2017 7:00 am3209d ago
By now, the first folks have cleared the velvet ropes to attend a town hall meeting sponsored by Iowa 1st …
Staff Columnists May. 7, 2017 7:00 am3211d ago
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett tells me he’s already sent out 400 copies of his book ‘Beyond Promises,” mostly to …
Staff Columnists Jan. 12, 2022 12:25 pm1500d 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 pm3216d 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 am3216d 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 am3218d 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 am3221d ago
Last fall, Republicans running for legislative seats deployed TV ads and mailers promising to ‘fix our schools,” among other such …

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