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The herd of 400-pound caribou was running 50 miles an hour and directly at me. The 30 animals had been eating lichen in the Arctic tundra in Alaska when something spooked them. I was sitting in their escape route. The ground began to vibrate once they cracked 100 yards. At 50 yards, I could see their hooves smashing the ground and kicking up moss and moisture. Then they were at 40 yards, then 35.
I could hear their breathing, smell their coats, and see all the details of their ornate antlers. Just as I was wondering if the rescue plane would be able to spot my hoof-pocked corpse, one of the caribou noticed me and swerved. The herd followed, shaking the earth as they swept left and summited a hillcrest, their antlers black against a gold sky.
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GEORGE PRENTICE: It is Morning Edition on Boise State Public Radio News. Good morning. I m George Prentice. The national political scene is fraught, to say the least, and a new book with a jump-off-the-page title of “Tuesday Night Massacre” reminds us that America s political landscape is filled with land mines. Marc Johnson is here. He s the author…former top aide to former Governor Cecil Andrus, broadcast journalist, crisis management consultant. Indeed, he knows where more than a few of those landmines have been. Marc Johnson, good morning.
MARC JOHNSON: Good morning, George. Great to be with you.