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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Jan 06, 2024
Here’s today screaming headline from the Boston Herald:
Massachusetts braces for nor’easter, up to a foot of snow, flash freeze, power outages: Will there be space savers in Boston?
C’mon, folks. It’s New England. It’s January. Snow happens.
The actual forecasts say there may be 6 inches of snow in Boston, and up to a foot out here in the exurbs where we live. We can handle it. What’s remarkable, really, is that this will be our first significant snowfall of the year. All the plows are ready; the snow-removal budgets are untouched. The roads should be clear tomorrow morning. …
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Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org.