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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

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 May. 28, 2016 7:00 am3392d ago
Fittingly, on the doorstep of Memorial Day weekend, Iowa’s battle flag preservation effort won a small but important victory. Gov. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 24, 2023 3:24 pm960d ago
In the end, will the ‘wow” be more powerful than the ‘whoa?” The ‘wow” is One Park Place, a 28-story …
Staff Columnists May. 24, 2016 10:11 am3396d ago
So last week I was on the Bob Bruce Radio Experience, and Bob relayed a question for me from an …
Staff Columnists May. 19, 2016 5:00 am3401d ago
So Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has waded into the great American bathroom debate. This week, the governor criticized an Obama …
Staff Columnists May. 17, 2016 6:52 am3403d ago
Let the record show I don’t give a rip if Cedar Rapids ever becomes home to a Cheesecake Factory. No …
Staff Columnists May. 15, 2016 10:34 am3405d ago
Years ago, when I took this columnizing gig, my wife, Katherine, and I worried we wouldn’t be able to find …
Staff Columnists May. 12, 2016 5:00 am3408d ago
So this week Gov. Terry Branstad enthusiastically pitched U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst as a possible vice presidential running mate for …
Staff Columnists May. 13, 2016 12:01 pm3407d ago
If the Westdale redevelopment were an HBO production, we would have watched it go from ‘Boardwalk Empire” to ‘Curb Your …
Staff Columnists May. 8, 2016 5:00 am3412d ago
GO Cedar Rapids! That, in case you missed it, is the new name of what was once the Cedar Rapids …
Staff Columnists May. 5, 2016 5:00 am3415d ago
Growing up in a town where the tallest structure was a grain elevator, it was a very big deal when …
Staff Columnists May. 3, 2016 11:24 am3417d ago
The old axiom proved true again. You can lead a Legislature to serious water-quality issues, but you can’t make them …
Staff Columnists May. 2, 2016 8:43 am3418d ago
Here’s an idea. Why don’t we outsource our legislative branch to Minnesota? I can’t take full credit. I was inspired …
Staff Columnists Apr. 27, 2016 11:54 am3423d ago
It seems like a good time to check in on the race for the Democratic nomination in your 1st Congressional …
Staff Columnists Jan. 11, 2022 2:02 pm1338d ago
Sometimes, sadly, pretty pictures and profitability don’t mix. Case in point, the park that was supposed to go at the …
Staff Columnists Apr. 21, 2016 6:00 am3429d ago
Voters. What are you gonna do with them? Well, if you’re Stacey Walker, you smartly decide to let them decide …