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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.
Latest Articles by Todd Dorman
Staff Columnists May. 28, 2020 7:49 am
It was one of those jarring juxtapositions that make our state’s true priorities clear. On Friday, according to the Iowa …
Staff Columnists May. 24, 2020 8:52 am
If all goes according to plan Sunday afternoon, we’ll be arriving at Door 10 at Linn-Mar High School for my …
Staff Columnists May. 21, 2020 10:31 am
In a couple of weeks, Iowa lawmakers will be back at the Statehouse after more than two months on a …
Staff Columnists May. 16, 2020 11:55 am
Not so long ago, Iowa’s leaders of all stripes took pride in coming up with Iowa solutions to problems. They …
Staff Columnists May. 13, 2020 5:09 pm
Iowa’s gaming parlors are closed. There’s no sports betting without sports. Slots are silent. But thanks to Gov. Kim Reynolds, …
Staff Columnists May. 8, 2020 11:14 am
In August 1919, the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette opined in favor of the passage of a $5 million congressional appropriation …
Staff Columnists May. 6, 2020 4:06 pm
Chet Culver really should have known better. Iowa’s former Democratic governor wrote a letter to current Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds …
Staff Columnists May. 4, 2020 6:50 pm
Maybe you’ve read, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, about the resurgence of happy hour or cocktail hour among Americans looking for …
Staff Columnists Apr. 30, 2020 9:04 am
Who is she listening to? It’s a question I’ve heard a lot lately as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds navigates the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2020 8:45 am
Iowa Democrats have tried candidates from Des Moines, and nominees handpicked by national party leaders. But U.S. Senate candidate Michael …
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2020 11:04 am
Each time the governor shares the day’s COVID-19 numbers, she makes sure the media and Iowans know how many cases …
Staff Columnists Apr. 16, 2020 9:26 am
A sharp-eyed reader called to my attention that the group Americans for Prosperity has been actively pushing back against blanket …
Staff Columnists Apr. 10, 2020 2:35 pm
Easter 2020 will be long remembered as the year we hid along with the eggs. If the Easter bunny made …
Staff Columnists Apr. 8, 2020 6:19 pm
Gov. Kim Reynolds says pointed, persistent questions about her efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 are ‘divisive.” Her allies …
Staff Columnists Apr. 6, 2020 9:54 am
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across Iowa, more of the state’s 23 million hogs will be allowed to shelter in …