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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
Opinion Apr. 19, 2021 6:00 am
I’m not a baseball fan. But I am a Kernels fan.
Staff Columnists Apr. 18, 2021 7:00 am
Among all the shortsighted, petty and vindictive actions taken or considered under the Golden Dome of Wisdom this year, slapping …
Staff Columnists Apr. 15, 2021 8:09 am
Gov. Kim Reynolds channels a well-known Iowa governor. And it’s not Bob Ray
Opinion Apr. 9, 2021 9:29 am
Sin has continued to be taxable since Gov. Nathan Kendall signed the nation's first cigarette tax
Apr. 8, 2021 7:00 am
DNR’s acceptance of manure management plan for a large cattle feedlot near a trout stream is the latest reminder livestock interests run the state.
Staff Columnists Apr. 6, 2021 1:03 pm
A lone rider gallops through the night, past farms and through sleepy villages, his voice cutting through the night like …
Staff Columnists Mar. 28, 2021 8:00 am
It was the feel-good hit of last summer. With Black Lives Matter protests swelling across the nation and outside the …
Staff Columnists Mar. 25, 2021 8:00 am
One highlight of my recent week off was grilling a rib-eye half as big as my head. It’s a very …
Staff Columnists Mar. 15, 2021 6:00 am
So my column last Sunday in the opinion section proposing some new slogans to adorn our welcome signs generated quite …
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2021 7:00 am
The big lie is alive and well. Just two months after the big lie about a flawed, fraudulent and stolen …
Staff Columnists Mar. 7, 2021 7:00 am
There’s been talk under the Golden Dome of Wisdom that Iowa should update its welcome signs greeting travelers at the …
Staff Columnists Mar. 4, 2021 7:00 am
Supporters of making Iowa the latest state to enact a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, insist it’s really nothing …
Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2021 7:00 am
Gov. Kim Reynolds says we have a model elections system in Iowa, but some people believe nonsense, so changes might …
Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2021 7:00 am
Only three groups lobbied to pass the lousy elections bill that just tore like a bullet train through the Iowa …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2021 7:00 am
It seems, under the Golden Dome of Wisdom, Republicans who run the show have allowed the libs to drive them …