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. …

• This year, try giving Dad the time of day

  Father’s Day can seem an afterthought, coming as it does only a month after Mother’s Day. Traditionally, nurturing has been considered the province of mothers. Fathers got jobs and earned the family’s bread. But times, and roles, have changed.

• Not nice to fool with mother’s nature

  “Sumer is Icumen In,” as the medieval English sing. And when summer is in, the question all kids have, medieval or not, is: “Why do I have to wait an hour after eating before going swimming?” The short answer is: Because your mother said so.

• If you can read this, read something else

  I’ve already started seeing recommendations for summer reading. Most of the recommendations are for books I wouldn’t read if I were paid by the word. But that’s OK. People should read what they want to read. OK, people should read what I want them to read, but legally they don’t have to.