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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 Mar. 23, 2025 5:00 am4d ago
One great thing about think tanks is they’re always thinking, so long as billionaires keep contributing. The conservative variety are …
Staff Columnists Mar. 19, 2025 7:12 am8d ago
Visit Drake University’s website and just two clicks will take you to a page touting the school’s Diversity, Equity and …
Staff Columnists Mar. 17, 2025 11:06 am10d ago
On a January morning 18 years ago, I hit the road to Emmetsburg to interview then-state Sen. Jack Kibbie. Kibbie …
Staff Columnists Mar. 12, 2025 4:27 pm14d ago
Well, the University of Iowa’s webpages are getting a good scrubbing and a refreshing coat of whitewash. This scrubbing is …
Staff Columnists Mar. 11, 2025 7:57 am16d ago
In 2023, the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature came after school libraries, passing a law that barred them from offering any books …
Staff Columnists Mar. 5, 2025 6:50 am22d ago
Even someone who last took a biology class 30 years ago can tell you once something’s dead, it can’t be …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2025 5:00 am25d ago
On Thursday afternoon, state Rep. Aime Wichtendahl rose on the floor of the Iowa House to speak against legislation removing …
Staff Columnists Feb. 26, 2025 10:47 am29d ago
Republican lawmakers determined to bulldoze transgender Iowans and bury their rights will tell us repeatedly this is all about protecting …
Staff Columnists Feb. 23, 2025 5:00 am32d ago
Iowa’s general fund budget looks like a boring stack of numbers that only a government geek could love. But behind …
Staff Columnists Feb. 19, 2025 6:41 am36d ago
“School choice” sounds great. Who doesn’t like choices? Well, Republicans running Iowa, that’s who. You’ve probably read about how lawmakers …
Staff Columnists Feb. 13, 2025 6:17 am42d ago
Iowa Attorney General Brenna bird talks often of her staunch opposition to abortion. “Every life is valuable and worth our …
Staff Columnists Feb. 10, 2025 12:47 pm44d ago
That low rumbling you might have heard around 9:30 Thursday morning was a seismic change in the way the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission grants casino licenses.
Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2025 8:07 am48d ago
Score another win for jerks at the Iowa Statehouse.
Staff Columnists Feb. 2, 2025 5:00 am53d ago
Conservative Iowa lawmakers are pursuing legislation that would create the “School of Intellectual Freedom” based at the University of Iowa. …