Perhaps you’ve been watching the weather

According to all kinds of reports, the Northeast is about to be buried in snow — which means if you want toilet paper and bread, you should have bought them yesterday. So that means beyond empty grocery shelves, we are looking at that magical moment when neighbors who normally don’t speak will get out and shovel together, where …

What curse word is favored in your state?

Well, in the Northeast, we like the f-word and “asshole.” The blog Strong Language geo-coded tweets, and the results are pretty — well — damning.

So if the unaffiliateds and the white Catholics get into a fistfight…

Who wins in the Northeast, where, according to the PRRI American Values Atlas, 26 percent of residents are white Catholics, and 21 percent are unaffiliated? Of course, if the white and Hispanic and other Catholics join forces, the unaffiliateds are outnumbers and surrounded.