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As a happily married man, you might be expecting a romantic Valentine’s Day column from me right about now.

For over a year now, the messaging from our “health experts” and government leaders has been as dreary as it has been monotonal: Take the covid “vaccine” or die.That talking

Echoes is the opinion section of TheBostonPilot.com. The Boston Pilot is a daily news Catholic newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts, covering news and opinion about the Catholic Church and Catholic life. We carry daily news from Boston, New England, US, the Vatican, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. The Boston Pilot is part of the Pilot Media Group, America's oldest Catholic newspaper and the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.

The groundhog spoketh. I rarely attach much weight to the opinions of rodents. Yet, when February rolls around, I do pay some amused attention to the prognostications of a certain Punxsutawney Phil -- not to be confused with his less renowned colleagues, Staten Island Chuck, Essex Ed, Buckeye Chuck, and the erstwhile Milltown Mel. According to ancient European tradition, the weather on Candlemas Day foreshadowed spring's arrival. When this legend traveled to Germany, hedgehogs got involved. In