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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 Jan. 3, 2013 10:13 am4634d ago
Introducing your new U.S. House of Representatives, now with 20 percent less Iowa. Yeah, it’s true, we went from 5 …
Staff Columnists Jan. 1, 2013 4:05 am4636d ago
Happy New Year, one and all. Or maybe that should be Happy News Year, because I think 2013 is going …
Staff Columnists Dec. 30, 2012 4:05 am4638d ago
Picking a word, or words, of the year for 2012 is pretty difficult. There are binders full of possibilities. You …
Staff Columnists Dec. 27, 2012 11:38 am4641d ago
I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that road repairs in Iowa are not funded by a tax on political …
Staff Columnists Dec. 23, 2012 4:05 am4645d ago
I’ve always loved Christmas movies and specials. But I’m the first to admit they can get a little stale. So …
Staff Columnists Dec. 21, 2012 10:35 am4647d ago
So Winter Storm Draco has moved on. And far from draconian, my children found him to be delightful. Of course, …
Staff Columnists Dec. 20, 2012 6:32 am4648d ago
For many of us, the fiscal cliff doesn’t have us on edge. We’re shopping, decking the halls and bracing for …
Staff Columnists Dec. 19, 2012 1:47 pm4649d ago
So I was out over the midday buying a few provisions in anticipation of what The Weather Channel calls “Winter …
Staff Columnists Dec. 17, 2012 11:28 am4651d ago
So my 7-year old thinks the Mayans may be right. She’s added up the heartbreak of Lyric and Elizabeth with …
Staff Columnists Dec. 17, 2012 11:21 am4651d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad’s staff has quietly rolled the state’s public school funding structure into the garage. There’s paper over the …
Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2012 12:09 pm4657d ago
If you’re one of my Facebook friends, you might have seen my post on a recent exchange between my daughter …
Staff Columnists Dec. 10, 2012 2:51 pm4658d ago
Rick Smith reported late last week that Des Moines political consultant Jeff Link and his Link Strategies firm is doing …
Staff Columnists Dec. 9, 2012 4:05 am4659d ago
Warning: Satire. A phone rings. Addiction studies institute, may I help you? “Yeah, I’d like to talk to someone about …
Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2012 8:17 am4662d ago
If watching delay, inconsistency and contradiction were forms of exercise, the folks in the Time Check neighborhood wouldn’t need a …
Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2012 9:53 am4664d ago
I had been on the job barely a month when I took a bumpy ride to the top of Mount …