Sassone: What this Blackhawks celebration is missing
Sometimes angry, always sad. That's how I felt watching the Blackhawks' triumphant march to the Stanley Cup. I have nothing but admiration for the Blackhawks. They are a great team...
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Paul Sassone: Blackhawks celebration missing my brother Tim, the ‘Dean of Hockey Writers’
Sometimes angry, always sad. That's how I felt watching the Blackhawks' triumphant march to the Stanley Cup. I have nothing but admiration for the Blackhawks. They are a great team...
Paul Sassone: Help the Food Pantry by taking a walk
Some people take a walk to work up an appetite. But on June 20, thousands of people will walk to halt hunger. The Oak Park-River Forest Food Pantry will be...
Paul Sassone: Lunch from the boss won’t pay the bills
Here's a depressing new (to me) concept: Variable compensation. Perhaps, like me, you don't know what variable compensation is. Well, variable compensation is something employers can give employees instead of...
Divvy delay keeps would-be bikers off street
Too bad. I was thinking of trying my hand (and foot) at it. But, Oak Leaves informs me that Divvy bike-sharing program won't be coming to Oak Park this year....
Paul Sassone: New Illinois Happy Hour Law sends bad message
Every two hours, three people are killed in alcohol-related highway crashes in the U.S. So says the U.S. Department of Transportation. In 2012, there were 393 alcohol-related traffic fatalities in...
Sassone: Getting a handle on banning plastic bags
Plastic grocery bags. To ban, or not to ban? Many communities are. Chicago's ban, for instance, goes into effect in August. And Oak Park's environment and energy commission, I hear,...
Paul Sassone: Low minimum wage hurts you and me
There are lots of reasons to support a nationwide increase in the minimum wage. Certainly, one of the most compelling reasons is that employers who pay minimum wage salaries are...
Paul Sassone: We have an attention span problem
Attention span is the amount of time ... Um, sorry, where was I? My mind wandered. Oh, yes. Attention span is the amount of time one can spend on a...
Great actor gets due in retrospective at Oak Park library
There are world-famous people whose names I wouldn't recognize. So, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when I was having lunch with a friend. He is a smart guy,...