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Reeder: “Can an innocent person really end up in prison?”

By Scott Reeder | May 20, 2018

Reeder: “Can an innocent person really end up in prison?”

Reeder: Trump should not pardon Blagojevich

By Scott Reeder | May 12, 2018

A movement is afoot to get President Donald Trump to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Reeder: It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice

By Scott Reeder | May 6, 2018

My best editor was my mother.

Reeder: Interactions with the Bush family

By Scott Reeder | Apr 29, 2018

When I heard last week that Barbara Bush had died, I couldn’t help but think of the Bush family and how my first year as a journalist was intertwined with their political endeavors.

Reeder: A small act saved my brother's life

By Scott Reeder | Apr 15, 2018

Ever found yourself hoping someone will die so someone you love can live?

Reeder: What do Bruce Rauner’s campaign and the Loyola Ramblers have in common?

By Scott Reeder | Apr 7, 2018

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Reeder: Should marijuana policy in Illinois and nationally should be changed?

By Scott Reeder | Mar 27, 2018

A few years ago, I was sitting at grandmother’s bedside and she made a political admission that stunned me.

Reeder: “What ethnicity are we, Daddy?”

By Scott Reeder | Mar 21, 2018

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Reeder: A big lie

By Scott Reeder | Mar 13, 2018

Please don’t read this as a candidate endorsement, I don’t do those. This is an endorsement of the truth, which all good journalists should do.

Reeder: What will Neil Gorsuch do?

By Scott Reeder | Mar 4, 2018

What will Neil Gorsuch do? The Supreme Court Justice was mum Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court debated an Illinois case that will likely affect organized labor for decades to come.

Reeder: Have all the good parents gone on vacation?

By Scott Reeder | Feb 24, 2018

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OPINION: REEDER: J.B. Pritzker's comments on Emil Jones

By Scott Reeder | Feb 18, 2018

Could it be that billionaire J.B. Pritzker, scion of the Hyatt hotel fortune, looks down his nose at Emil Jones, a man who rose from being a Chicago sewer inspector to president of the Illinois Senate?

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OPINION: Reeder: Bad personnel practices at Illinois universities

By Scott Reeder | Feb 11, 2018

Imagine interviewing for a job and getting offered a starting salary of $340,000 and then demanding that your new employer create positions for your adult daughter and her husband.

OPINION: Reeder: Even Worse than You Think

By Scott Reeder | Feb 4, 2018

If statistics are any prediction, I ought to be an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump.

OPINION: Reeder: Rauner a coward for not debating Ives

By Scott Reeder | Jan 28, 2018

Our governor, Bruce Rauner, is a coward.

OPINION: Reeder: The exodus continues

By Scott Reeder | Jan 14, 2018

Illinois dropped from the fifth-largest state to the sixth according to recently released Internal Revenue Service data. We’ve been edged out by Pennsylvania.