Todd Dorman

From August 18, 2011. Summer has sauntered into the sunset. I know there are a couple of weeks of August …

From August 2, 2009 My wife and I have a big, fat Santa debate dancing in our heads. Why now, …

From July 25, 2010 One morning not long ago, I was strolling down the walk next to my house. It …

From July 28, 2009 This is the time of year when I most miss living in rural Iowa. I was …

I’m off this week, so I’m posting a few reruns.  From April 15, 2012. A phone rings in the governor’s …

Note: Information on running for school board seats can be found here. After the Polk Elementary closure saga last year, …

A lot of folks are scribbling about U.S. Rep. Steve King’s curious remarks on the children of immigrants, valedictorians and …

I wrote yesterday about Gov. Terry Branstad’s call for corporate income taxes, and how I’d be OK with a deal …

It just wouldn’t be an official summer in Iowa without a few scourges. Onslaughts, banes, outbreaks, etc. Without them, we …

If you buy the results of a new Quinnipiac University poll, Iowans like legal same-sex marriages considerably more than the …

Our governor held his Monday media confab and was asked about more tax credits for the big Lee County fertilizer …

You could probably download all I know about broadband pretty quickly. Even with a dial-up connection. But it’s looking like …

Here we go again. A third time, with feeling, and a lot more asphalt. Metro area mayors and other local …

In our security-saturated times, it takes some courage to resist overreacting to fears of what if. So I think the …

So revenues flowing into Iowa’s state-licensed casinos dropped slightly during the fiscal year that ended June 30. This news may …