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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 Feb. 18, 2021 7:00 am
Just a few weeks ago, my congresswoman, Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, argued that impeaching Donald Trump for inciting an …
Staff Columnists Feb. 12, 2021 6:50 am
Once more, with feeling. But no optimism. Groups including the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and CCI Action, along …
Staff Columnists Feb. 11, 2021 7:00 am
Iowa is making headlines across the nation. Late Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would rescind the state’s already thin …
Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2021 7:00 am
Our Legislature has a mean streak. Cruel, even. Just ask transgender Iowans. I recently wrote about a slew of bills …
Staff Columnists Jan. 31, 2021 7:00 am
In the opening paragraphs of her Pulitzer Prize-winning essay commencing The New York Times’ 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones describes how …
Staff Columnists Jan. 28, 2021 7:00 am
As state Rep. Sandy Salmon sees it, the notion of transgender Iowans being allowed to live their lives without state …
Staff Columnists Jan. 24, 2021 7:00 am
It was a nice streak, Iowa. For the past 25-plus years your columnist has been watching Iowa politics, governors of …
Staff Columnists Jan. 15, 2021 7:30 am
Iowans have made this a very boozy pandemic. Cheers. Maybe you saw the reports last month on Iowa alcohol sales …
Staff Columnists Jan. 13, 2021 10:27 am
Gov. Kim Reynolds lavished praise on Iowa’s public schools during her Condition of the State address Tuesday night, using a …
Staff Columnists Jan. 10, 2021 7:00 am
So now we’ve seen the consequences of Republicans crying ‘voter fraud!” where none exists. Sure, it was all fun and …
Staff Columnists Jan. 8, 2021 7:00 am
As Iowa gets redder, its state government is getting less transparent. There’s the Department of Public Health’s Infectious Disease Advisory …
Staff Columnists Dec. 28, 2020 7:14 am
People will sometimes write to praise or condemn a column I wrote weeks ago. I can barely recall it. The …
Staff Columnists Dec. 24, 2020 7:00 am
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a virus was spreading. We locked them all out. …
Staff Columnists Dec. 21, 2020 8:52 am
As the year approaches a merciful end, it’s time to ponder the words that described and defined 2020. Are you …
Staff Columnists Dec. 17, 2020 7:00 am
Maybe you recall that dramatic scene in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life” when a bank panic grips Bedford Falls and Bailey …