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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. 29, 2015 2:00 am3878d ago
Linn County Supervisor Brent Oleson tells me he’s been serving on Republican Party central committees at the county, congressional district …
Staff Columnists Jan. 27, 2015 12:00 am3880d ago
So the Iowa Department of Education has launched No Butter Cow Left Behind. Of course, the department has a different …
Staff Columnists Jan. 25, 2015 12:20 am3882d ago
So I officially became the father of a teenager this past week. It happened quietly, at 8:06 a.m. Monday. I …
Staff Columnists Jan. 23, 2015 11:39 am3884d ago
Welcome back to The Week. JONI’S BREAD BAGS SPARK DEEP REFLECTION No doubt you’ve heard word of how U.S. Sen. …
Staff Columnists Jan. 22, 2015 9:01 am3885d ago
DES MOINES – So Iowa’s 4-inch topsoil rule is one step closer to being yanked out by its roots and …
Staff Columnists Jan. 21, 2015 8:02 am3886d ago
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst survived one of the worst jobs in American politics without a scratch, and enhanced her national …
Staff Columnists Jan. 20, 2015 12:30 am3887d ago
So our brand new U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will bask in the national spotlight tonight, giving the official Republican …
Staff Columnists Jan. 18, 2015 9:41 am3889d ago
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission has another opportunity this week to decide what it really wants to protect. On Wednesday, the …
Staff Columnists Jan. 16, 2015 3:16 pm3890d ago
An irregular Friday feature on the week that was. WAR! Fresh from his Condition of the State showstopper on Tuesday, …
Staff Columnists Jan. 15, 2015 12:15 am3892d ago
As a famous suburban Chicago high school student mused, ‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around …
Staff Columnists Jan. 13, 2015 12:30 am3894d ago
So our governor delivers his annual Condition of the State speech this morning. And from what I’ve read, we’re to …
Staff Columnists Jan. 11, 2015 1:52 am3896d ago
Clean water is sitting on the back burner as your Iowa Legislature returns to its Golden Dome of Wisdom this …
Staff Columnists Jan. 8, 2015 12:20 am3899d ago
On Tuesday, I poked fun of my adult tendency to cast doom, gloom and dire warnings of danger on stuff …
Staff Columnists Jan. 6, 2015 12:30 am3901d ago
A spirited debate sparked by the season’s first winter storm took place Monday inside the head of a third-rate local …
Staff Columnists Jan. 4, 2015 12:20 am3903d ago
From ‘cannibalization” to ‘ hog castration,” the year in words just past was enough to make many of us ‘squeal.” …