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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 Dec. 31, 2013 9:05 am4377d ago
Here in Chainotopia, it’s hard to see a good local restaurant go. We lost a few in 2013. But we …
Staff Columnists Dec. 31, 2013 7:05 am4377d ago
Maybe I watched too much football and basketball over the holiday, but I think 2014 will be all about the …
Staff Columnists Dec. 24, 2013 8:27 am4384d ago
So it’s Christmas Eve, time for oyster stew and “Silent Night.” “Silent Night” will be played in countless Christian churches …
Staff Columnists Dec. 22, 2013 6:05 am4386d ago
So “24-Hour Dorman on Demand,” the (fake, satirical) online broadcast arm of this media empire, now announces its lineup of …
Staff Columnists Dec. 19, 2013 8:45 am4389d ago
So I left the office a little early Tuesday for a quick out-of-town trip to celebrate my wife’s birthday. Now …
Staff Columnists Dec. 17, 2013 11:51 am4391d ago
So, if you had December 17, 2013, in the “What Day Will Iowa’s race for Governor Effectively End?” pool, I’m …
Staff Columnists Dec. 15, 2013 6:05 am4393d ago
Down in the cellar, waiting out a Sharknado, it occurred to me it’s already time to consider the words that …
Staff Columnists Dec. 12, 2013 6:05 am4396d ago
So Gov. Terry Branstad is getting a taste of micromanagement from above. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and …
Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2013 11:03 am4397d ago
So I was poking around the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board website, looking for one thing, when I stumbled …
Staff Columnists Dec. 10, 2013 8:42 am4398d ago
The 2013 legislative session was like a Christmas morning with bicycles and PlayStation 4s and … wait, is that a …
Staff Columnists Dec. 8, 2013 5:05 am4400d ago
Are you fully informed about the ongoing battles being waged in the epic War on Christmas? Let’s find out. Here’s …
Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2013 10:49 am4402d ago
In February, faced with troubling open enrollment losses, multiple members of the Cedar Rapids school board questioned whether the district …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2013 10:43 am4405d ago
Monday’s announcement by state Rep. Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids, that his marriage is ending, but his gubernatorial campaign is not, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 3, 2013 8:41 am4405d ago
Diary entry: Dec. 1, 2018 So it was five years ago today that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a big …
Staff Columnists Dec. 2, 2013 12:12 pm4406d ago
You sort of know when the email subject line says “Statement from Rep. Tyler Olson” that it’s probably not a …


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