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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. 3, 2012 8:23 am4665d ago
Sunday’s column delayed by technical difficulty It’s tough to know who to believe. On one hand, you’ve got 138 science …
Staff Columnists Oct. 30, 2012 12:20 am4700d ago
So I was on Bob Bruce’s Radio Experience the other day. He asked me what bothers me most about the …
Staff Columnists Oct. 28, 2012 5:05 am4701d ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a terrific campaign event in Cedar Rapids this past week, out at the Eastern …
Staff Columnists Oct. 25, 2012 9:12 am4704d ago
Members of the Cedar Rapids City Council gushed over The Fountains. But there was some disagreement on whether the city …
Staff Columnists Oct. 24, 2012 11:22 am4705d ago
Like a lot of newspapers, The Des Moines Register is preparing to endorse a presidential candidate this weekend. But the …
Staff Columnists Oct. 23, 2012 10:13 am4706d ago
Radio Iowa picked up on an interesting state audit report detailing how much Iowa spends per-day and per-year on housing …
Staff Columnists Oct. 21, 2012 5:05 am4708d ago
There are some places you don’t want to stand. Don’t stand between kids and their Santa haul on Christmas morning, …
Staff Columnists Oct. 18, 2012 5:05 am4711d ago
I had heard of them, legends mostly. Could they even exist in these polarized conditions? Then I met one Wednesday. …
Staff Columnists Oct. 16, 2012 3:58 pm4713d ago
So I’ve found myself talking up Mitt Romney lately. My daughters started paying some attention to politics for the first …
Staff Columnists Oct. 14, 2012 6:16 am4715d ago
It was disappointing, but not surprising. The people leading the charge to unseat Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins stopped …
Staff Columnists Oct. 7, 2012 5:05 am4722d ago
The odds of Cedar Rapids getting a casino could hinge on the definition of “not devastating.” Those are the words …
Staff Columnists Oct. 4, 2012 9:51 am4725d ago
I see some of you are eagerly commenting on last night’s debate on the earlier debate thread, so I thought …
Staff Columnists Oct. 4, 2012 9:01 am4725d ago
A guy in my line of work can certainly appreciate the impulse to make your harshest, shrillest, most abusive critics …
Staff Columnists Oct. 2, 2012 10:27 am4727d ago
After Sunday’s column focusing on the out-of-context quote at the center of an effort to oust Iowa Supreme Court Justice …
Staff Columnists Oct. 2, 2012 9:45 am4727d ago
So I’ve been thinking about debates. I’ve seen a lot of them, although it’s sort of a blur of lecterns …