Paul Sassone – Page 7

Lieve Schreiner-Witte, 3, and her older sister, Tekla, 7, hold signs during a "Rally for Sanctuary" at Scoville Park on Feb. 4, 2017, in Oak Park.

Column: Is Oak Park pricing itself out of the sanctuary city market?

May 8, 2019 at 11:50 a.m.

Sometimes it is interesting – or at least entertaining – to put something together with another thing that wouldn't seem to go together at all. What might be the result?...

This 2015 file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington. The IRS says it is once again using private debt collectors to go after tax delinquents. The resumption of the program comes amid a wave of telephone scams in which fake IRS agents try to con innocent taxpayers out of their money.

Column: Keep American enterprise out of our government

May 23, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

Looks as if we have been worried about the wrong danger for the last couple hundred years. We have been warned to keep church and state separate. But what we...

Gov. Bruce Rauner answers questions from the press at his office in the State Capitol in Springfield last month.

Column: Rauner offers a retread of successful campaign messaging

May 23, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

It's dress-up time in Illinois. You probably have seen – how could you avoid seeing? – Gov. Bruce Rauner's latest series of TV commercials vowing to fix Illinois. Costumed in...

Column: Cashing in on cats

May 8, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

So, I'm browsing the local book store and chanced upon what seemed to be a book – only 20 pages, but it cost $14.95. Of course this was a book...

Lueretha Chambers, with Meals On Wheels, left, talks about the food items delivered to Frank Russell, 73, at his home in Chicago on Friday, March 17.

Column: Arguments against Meals on Wheels don’t hold up

June 2, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

It begins. The blood-letting. Not yet confident enough to wage a full-scale assault on Medicare and Social Security, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have launched a trial balloon. The...

A variety of cider on sale at a Binny's in Chicago in July 2014.

Column: Chicago alcohol sales change is a sign of society’s increasing urgency

June 5, 2018 at 9:54 a.m.

Where are you going in such a hurry? No, seriously. Why the rush? I want to ask that so often of so many people – the tailgater, the guy who...

Signs were posted for the 'Don't Throw Shade on Austin Gardens' protest against building construction in Oak Park, Sunday March 19, 2017.

Column: Oak Park needs to balance new development with community interest

May 8, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

Wait. Wait. Don't get excited. There is a simple solution to the vexing question of whether to build another high-rise apartment building in the downtown Oak Park area. Developers want...

Oak Park trustees approved a contract to continue to offer valet parking service at two downtown locations.

Column: Oak Park valet service is more than a convenience to some residents

May 13, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

It's a good thing downtown Oak Park valet parking is funded locally. Were it part of the federal budget it most assuredly would soon be a fond memory. But, thanks...

A St. Joseph statue and desserts at St. Vincent Ferrer Parish's St. Joseph's Day table in River Forest in March 2016.

Column: St. Patrick isn’t the only saint worth celebrating

May 23, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Which do you prefer? Squishy corned beef, limp cabbage and a bare boiled potato. Or ... Thin, crisp, rich red pizza redolent with spicy sausage. Do I even need to...

Savhanna Thiry (right) hugs Christina Ruffino during a prayer vigil at the makeshift memorial for shooting victims at Milestone Row Condominiums in St. Charles on Saturday, March 11.

Column: Hospital visit helped reconnect with the good in the world

May 13, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

I spent a lot of time watching TV news recently. So, what's new? Sometimes you don't want to know. A woman allegedly murdered her boyfriend by pouring bleach down his...

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