Nick's Column
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Not Feeling the Joy? Maybe We Can Provide Some Comfort
By Nick Reiher Fairly often, when I have to give my birthdate, people will say, “Oh, a Christmas baby! Did…
Supporting Each Other a Great Way to Say Thanks
By Nick Reiher Thank you. Two words. Two words that show the person saying them appreciated what you did for…
This Church Had, and Provided, a Strong Foundation
By Nick Reiher Shortly after Tammy and I met in April 1987, she lured me into attending church with her…
Brent Knew Politics Was About Helping People
By Nick Reiher There haven’t been too many times in the last 30 years that I was at Prairie Bluff…
How Good Do We Have to Be So We Can Be Bad?
By Nick Reiher For years, his supporters want to see him elected, despite the lying, cheating and infantile behavior. And…
Brent Hassert Was a Friend to Many Who Didn’t Know Him
By Nick Reiher Growing up as a Catholic in Chicago, there were two things I did not count on: Marrying…
County Board Members Also Need to Reach Out to Constituents
By Nick Reiher Believe it or not, after more than 35 years of covering Will County Board on and off,…
Are You All Ready to Go ‘Over There’?
By Nick Reiher Our daughter texted this morning from London. She was on a “Great Fire” tour. I texted back,…
The Times, They Are a Changin’ … Back
By Nick Reiher Every so often, our son Andy will wander in to my room to tell me the events/conspiracy…
There’s Things Even Dads Can’t Fix
By Nick Reiher She’s lying here after eating pretty much a whole cheddar brat for breakfast-lunch. When the spirit moves,…
Our Responses to the Trump Shooting Show How We Got There
By Nick Reiher “How did things ever get so far? I don’t know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary.” Fans…
I Guess Moving Ryno to Second Wasn’t All That Bad
By Nick Reiher “Ah, crap,” I said, or something to that effect, to my editor, Randy Erickson, when we heard…