Scott Reeder

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Fairhope Ala.

Reeder: Politicians use religion to further their goals

December 17, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.

They call him the "Ten Commandments Judge." You know the fellow I'm talking about. Yes, Roy Moore, Alabama U.S. Senate candidate. Before the most recent controversy swirled around him, he...

Reeder: Senators should be elected by voters, not state lawmakers

December 17, 2018 at 10:30 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — The most famous senatorial election in American history happened right here in Illinois between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. But what is often forgotten is that while Lincoln...

Reeder: Thanksgiving taught me a valuable lesson

December 17, 2018 at 9:26 p.m.

There is no place more miserable to be on Thanksgiving Day than in a buffet line in a Las Vegas casino. Trust me. I've been there. Back when I was...

Reeder: We need to reach across the racial divide

December 17, 2018 at 8:07 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — I'd never been to a barber who didn't have a traditional comb. And I found myself sitting in a barber chair, the only white guy in the room...

A drug take-back kiosk is photographed Aug. 8, 2016, at a Chicago Walgreens store.

Reeder: Safe places are needed for disposal of unused drugs

December 17, 2018 at 7:08 p.m.

Obtaining the drug was easy, but getting rid of it was hard. When my ankle was reconstructed recently, the surgeon prescribed oxycodone, a powerful opioid painkiller. I only needed the...

State Rep. Jeanne Ives, of Wheaton, speaks during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in the Loop.

Reeder: Ives will probably challenge Rauner

December 18, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Jeanne Ives sounds like she'll be a candidate for Illinois governor. The Wheaton Republican is one of the most conservative members of the General Assembly and...

Reeder: We condemn transgressions of politicians we don’t agree with, but tolerate them in those we do

December 18, 2018 at 5:55 a.m.

After 30 years of covering politics, I've lost count of the number of politicians I've known who have found themselves mired in scandal. Sometimes the offenses are criminal. A bribe,...

Column: NRA’s power comes from its numbers, not political contributions

June 2, 2018 at 3:34 a.m.

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, folks are asking lots of questions about guns and politics and much of that attention is focused on the gun lobby. That...

Column: Government workers shouldn’t be forced to pay union fees

June 2, 2018 at 7:07 a.m.

You've probably never heard of Mark Janus. He's just an Ordinary Joe tucked away in a government building in Springfield investigating child support claims. But soon his name may become...

Column: Patriotism is not blind obedience to a government

June 2, 2018 at 10:11 a.m.

Several years ago, I was trying to give my then-7-year-old daughter a lesson in patriotism and the proper way to care for the U.S. flag. I explained that the flag...

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