Scott Reeder

Pedestrian and columns along Financial Pl. and Jackson Blvd. in Chicago. March 22, 2017.

Reeder: Illinois is losing jobs and people. Why make the problem worse with a tax hike?

June 4, 2018 at 8:49 p.m.

Both Republicans and Democrats in Springfield are making noise about raising our taxes and that just makes me plain nervous. A tax hike just isn't the fiscal salve needed to...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives to the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on April 25, 2011.

Reeder: Blagojevich’s portrait belongs in the Hall of Governors

June 4, 2018 at 10:38 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD – Pat Quinn's portrait was unveiled at the Illinois statehouse recently and I'm glad. While I'm not a big fan of the former governor, he did some historic things...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit in New York on April 6, 2017.

Reeder: Clinton plays blame game for why she lost

June 5, 2018 at 2:33 a.m.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. John F. Kennedy SPRINGFIELD — I couldn't help but think of these Kennedy remarks when I heard Hillary Clinton kvetching...

Reeder: ‘Are You Sleeping’ speaks to me

June 5, 2018 at 4:29 a.m.

Kathleen Barber's novel, "Are You Sleeping" is set in fictional Elm Park, Ill., which bears a strong resemblance to her hometown of Galesburg. And it is about a hit podcast...

Protesters work on making signs at O'Hare International Airport on Jan. 29, 2017. The International Refugee Assistance Project stationed themselves in the international terminal at O'Hare to assist anyone having problems with immigration.

Reeder: Immigrants have long made this country stronger

June 5, 2018 at 6:27 a.m.

Having spent most of my life living in the rural Midwest, I've become accustomed to hearing, "I have nothing against immigrants, just illegal immigration." Baloney. Our nation's anti-immigrant undercurrent is...

Reeder: Happy anniversary, dear

June 5, 2018 at 8:33 a.m.

Years ago, I was out on a first date with a woman when my Labrador retriever urinated all over the woman's blouse. I stood there stunned looking at the wet...

Reeder: It’s time to temper our justice with a bit of mercy

June 5, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

"These are halls of justice — not mercy," the prosecutor bellowed before the jury as I wiggled uncomfortably in the back of the courtroom, notebook in hand. I was fresh...

Reeder: Our license plates are disappointing

June 5, 2018 at 12:26 p.m.

Not only does the Land of Lincoln have the biggest deficit, the greatest debt, the worst credit rating — we now have the ugliest license plates. In recent weeks, the...

A donor is taken to an operating room in Baltimore in 2012.

Reeder: An organ donor saved my brother’s life. We need more of them.

June 5, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

The phone call came early in the morning. It was my mother and she was crying. Mom didn't weep easily. But that day her tears were happy ones. A donor...

Gov. Bruce Rauner answers questions from the press at his office in the State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 23, 2017.

Reeder: Governor, it’s time to stand for something

June 5, 2018 at 6:34 p.m.

There is an old Marine saying that goes something like this: Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way. Gov. Bruce Rauner would do well to remember that...

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