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Chad Hermann is a writer, editor, blogger, husband, father, and freelance communication consultant living in Squirrel Hill.

He has no time for ideological purity, nor patience for political partisanship. He believes in sense and reason and calling 'em as he sees 'em.

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"Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left." -- Clint Eastwood

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Eighteen Years

(and not counting...) A bright, cool, beautiful morning like this one — especially this one — seems the perfect time to share one of my favorite poems from one of my favorite poets . It’s a delicate, deceptively simple little piece about...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2009 10:55 AM by Chad

Filed under: Family, Life, John Ciardi
The In-Laws, Part Two

(as good as the original) On a personal note... ...TRM wishes a sunshine, blue-sky, long-walk, no-work, empty-pool, big-kitchen, big-family kinda birthday to all-star mother-in-law Patricia Moeslein. Happy Birthday, Mom. May your day be as warm and as...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2009 9:53 AM by Chad

Filed under: Family, Life
When the Pens Win

(we all win) These are wonderful times to be a hockey fan in Pittsburgh. And this is a wonderful team of fine young players and, by all accounts, even finer young men who have earned, and so deserve, every last ounce of this city's abundant, if occasionally...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2009 10:31 AM by Chad

Filed under: Penguins, Family, Stanley Cup Finals, Hockey
The Only Child

(and her only child) On a personal note... TRM wishes a sunshine, blue-sky air-conditioned, low-stress, high-spirits, warm-hug, full-family kinda birthday to Beth Hermann. Mother, mentor, role model. Totally cool Grandma Abby. Teacher, tutor, counselor...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 2:45 PM by Chad

Filed under: Family, Parenthood, Mom, Birthdays
Fortunate Son

(and dad) On a personal note... ...TRM wishes a blue-sky, golden-sun, great-food, long-run, full-iPod, acoustic-electric kinda birthday to Adam Hermann. I love you, buddy .

Published Sun, May 05 2009 9:28 AM by Chad

Filed under: Family
Son's Gonna Rise

(and shine) On a personal note... ...TRM wishes a blue-sky, golden-sun, good-book, sweet-shot, rocked-out, Wii-play kinda birthday to Ethan Hermann. I love you, pal.

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 10:07 AM by Chad

Filed under: Family
Trying to Hold Steady

(on the righteous path) I woke up this morning with last night, last week, the whole last year rolling round and round in my head. A twentieth-century room full of twenty-first-century thinkers, trying in vain to wrap their minds and words and cloudy...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2009 2:07 PM by Chad

Filed under: Drive-By Truckers, Patterson Hood, Family, The Righteous Path

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