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Paul Sassone
Paul Sassone is a long-time columnist for Pioneer Press and a winner of a first-place award for opinion column writing from the Local Media Association. …
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Searching for reason ‘despire’ seems apropos
Is “despire’’ a word? I’m looking for a word that is the opposite of “aspire.’’ And “decline’’ or “descend’’ don’t seem right to me. The word “aspire’’ means to seek to attain a particular goal. Americans historically are a nation of “aspirers” — is that …Read More
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Much to learn from Johnnie’s Beef
When someone says to me, as they frequently have during this presidential election year, that government should be run like a business, I usually ask, “Like the business where you work?” The invariable answer is, “No. My place is run by idiots,’’ followed by a …Read More
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Leave politics out of the family
Are political beliefs genetically based? I ask because it seems to me that political beliefs run in a family. Siblings tend to share the same political outlook, wherever that may be on the political spectrum. That outlook tends to be that of their parents. Not …Read More
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Less is not more; except in commercials
“Marketing’’ is not a four-letter word. It has nine letters. I know that. It just sometimes seems as if “marketing’’ is a four-letter word. We are engulfed in a sea of marketing. We are bombarded on all our electronic devices by marketing messages. Everyone wants …
Dangerous drivers out not only at holidays
It’s supposed to make us feel safer, but it has the opposite effect on me. Every time a holiday rolls around, police announce they are beefing up traffic enforcement. This year’s Labor Day holiday was no exception. More than 200 Illinois law enforcement agencies joined …