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Wild Card/Tuesday — 6.7.11

I get a kick out of Henry Johnston's description of Moscow in his column this morning as the "Berkeley of North Idaho." As someone who was in college 200 miles away from "Beserkley" in the 1960s, I can say that Moscow resemblance to that Berkeley is imaginery. A few dozen protesters against megaloads does not a Berkeley make. I know what Henry means, of course. Compared to the rest of the Tea Party Panhandle, Moscow is liberal. Then, Ronald Reagan would be considered a liberal in this climate. With that happy thought, I'll post today's Wild Card ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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