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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 Sep. 11, 2012 9:48 am4748d ago
Today’s print column. So I’m sitting in my house (Monday), laptop on my knees, typing. A sick child is sprawled …
Staff Columnists Sep. 9, 2012 5:05 am4751d ago
This was the week when our governor’s gaze turned to fertilizer and taxes. Gov. Terry Branstad announced that the Egyptian …
Staff Columnists Sep. 6, 2012 5:05 am4754d ago
So I went to see the first true member of my Generation X on a national presidential ticket. Republican vice …
Staff Columnists Aug. 30, 2012 8:58 am4760d ago
So the Cedar Rapids School Board is creating a “Diversity Committee.” It will be a 10-member panel designed to provide …
Staff Columnists Aug. 28, 2012 9:33 am4762d ago
So after our dog, Clover, went to that great squirrel preserve in the sky, I figured we’d have a respectable …
Staff Columnists Aug. 24, 2012 9:19 am4766d ago
Did anyone notice how my little poll post yesterday on double-voting in Linn County turned into an actual debate between …
Staff Columnists Aug. 24, 2012 7:15 am4766d ago
I guess I may have spoken too soon on this protecting the caucuses business. From BuzzFeed: TAMPA – The Republican …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2012 2:08 pm4767d ago
The RNC’s Rules Committee has come up with a “super penalty” for any states that try to leapfrog Iowa, New …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2012 11:30 am4767d ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was in Iowa yesterday, promising, among other things, big cuts in federal spending. Including cutting …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2012 9:41 am4767d ago
Maybe you saw this morning’s story on the disagreement between Linn County Auditor Joel Miller and County Attorney Jerry Vander …
Staff Columnists Aug. 23, 2012 5:05 am4768d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad is changing the rules for making rules. And anyone who deals with state government knows that rules …
Staff Columnists Aug. 21, 2012 5:01 pm4769d ago
I took a few days off surrounding the 21st anniversary of my 21st birthday. I’d like to say I partied …
Staff Columnists Aug. 16, 2012 5:02 am4775d ago
So I gather that two big video screens will be affixed to the U.S. Cellular Center’s concrete posterior, facing Interstate …
Staff Columnists Aug. 14, 2012 1:47 pm4776d ago
So U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, the shiny new vice presidential running mate of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, made his …
Staff Columnists Aug. 12, 2012 5:05 am4779d ago
Last Sunday’s column on Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker’s call to oust another Iowa Supreme Court justice in …