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Uncensored columns by an exiled newspaperman turned teacher.
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The teacher's day before Monday
The teacher's day before Monday
Angels and devils whisper in a teacher's ear in the last hours of winter break.
 • Daniel P. Finney
"The 12 Days of Christmas" in 12 minutes at a convenience store
Christmas slackers still have hope.
 • Daniel P. Finney
2025: The year of living bizarrely
The year in-review as seen by the permanetly bent mind of the Paragraph Stacker.
 • Daniel P. Finney
Chasing likes, not scholarship, elevates '6–7' to Word of the Year
What happens when dictionarys chase viral trends over measured considersation.
 • Daniel P. Finney
The night that tested a neighborhood — and the man who refused to let it fail
How the Drake Diner murders shattered Des Moines, and how Bill Knapp helped rebuild hope out of horror.
 • Daniel P. Finney
Bluder’s broadcast debut felt like a family reunion
The former Drake and Iowa coach brought positivity, insight, and authenticity to the Hawkeyes’ blowout win over the Bulldogs
 • Daniel P. Finney
We have become snowflakes about snowflakes
The TV weather forecast warned of doom: a 39-degree high, rain, and a trace of snow. How would we ever survive? Easily, as it turns out.
 • Daniel P. Finney
Digressions: Stretching and shrinking baseball caps and the life lived between
A cap from Tokyo sent me down a rabbit hole — through Detroit, St. Louis, and the long decline of newspapers. I digress. But maybe that’s the point.
 • Daniel P. Finney
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