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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 Apr. 3, 2014 12:05 am4284d ago
It took a while, but the governor’s secret settlement saga finally has reached the comforting “both sides do it” phase. …
Staff Columnists Apr. 1, 2014 12:05 am4286d ago
Iowa’s Creative Corridor, where you’re free to create, so long as it’s not disruptive or makes us look bad. So …
Staff Columnists Mar. 30, 2014 12:05 am4288d ago
We’d better get prepped, there’s much anticipation, we’d better take their minds off cannibalization. The RGC is coming to town! …
Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2014 10:31 am4292d ago
So God made a farmer. And politicians make really stupid mistakes. Add U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley of Iowa to the …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2014 10:51 am4293d ago
So, um, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst has a new ad. It’s titled “Squeal.” And its central theme is …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2014 9:19 am4293d ago
There are things you don’t expect to type. Like “Good job, A.J. Spiker.” But there it is. I haven’t really …
Staff Columnists Mar. 24, 2014 3:17 pm4294d ago
So I’m back from spring break, sunburned, frazzled and in need of a vacation. But we had a swell time …
Staff Columnists Mar. 13, 2014 6:05 am4305d ago
(Warning: Satire.) 911 what’s your emergency? “My house is on fire.” OK, we’ll send units from the Cedar Rapids Fire …
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2014 12:19 pm4307d ago
Our governor has weighed in on medical marijuana, and it’s about what you’d expect. Empathizing is swell, to be sure. …
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2014 6:05 am4307d ago
In the same Statehouse where peeping drones and sneaky speed cameras give many lawmakers the creeps, a bill expanding strip …
Staff Columnists Mar. 9, 2014 6:05 am4309d ago
It’s been a busy week. We had Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Then came Cannibal Thursday. Thursday was the day …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2014 10:38 am4316d ago
Last Sunday, I asked readers to reflect on what makes them proud to live around these parts. I was following …
Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2014 10:02 am4318d ago
So this week Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Jacobs became the latest Iowa candidate/politician to visit all of the state’s …
Staff Columnists Feb. 26, 2014 10:28 am4320d ago
Steve Gray says he’s not “throwing in the towel,” but the Cedar Crossing Casino he and other investors want to …
Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2014 5:01 am4321d ago
A lot of folks from Iowa’s frozen tundra winter in Arizona. Too bad some of them didn’t tell legislators in …


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