Scott Reeder writes about an incident where a giant inflatable rat on a picket line was attacked with a knife.

Chris Dargis is a businessman, retired Navy officer, husband and father of three children. He is running to represent the 8th Congressional District, which includes portions of Cook, DuPage, McHenry and Kane counties.

Scott Reeder: If they far-right candidates win, Democrats like JB Pritzker and Nancy Pelosi, who donated to their campaigns, deserve the blame.

Scott Reeder: Fifteen years ago, the Illinois General Assembly abolished the slaughter of horses. Scott Reeder looks at the law's impact on agriculture and reflects on a recent trip to Iceland, where he dined on the delicacy.

Scott Reeder covers a Donald Trump rally in Illinois.

Jim Nowlan: Hurtling toward "home plate" as we age.

Scott Reeder: Remembering former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan.

Jim Nowlan: The Supreme Court that appoints itself.

Jim Nowlan: I propose we respond to Perry Klopfenstein’s clarion call for a pro-reduction movement on abortion, which would engage caring people from across the ideological spectrum.