Scripps Howard News Service Oped Budget

This is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Friday, June 15, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

COMMENT

BACKROADS-IOWA (Sprengelmeyer, SHNS -- Comment) -- DES MOINES, Iowa: Excerpts from M.E. Sprengelmeyer's behind-the-scenes blog on the road with the presidential candidates. 1,200.

PARKER (Parker, SHNS _ Column) -- The recent announcement by the NAACP of a major retrenchment is an important story that deserves attention. 800.

DAYLIGHT (Taylor, Providence Journal -- Comment) -- BROCKTON, Mass.: If they ever publish a list of great thinkers, they won't need to know how to spell Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey's name. 350.

BARNETT (Barnett, SHNS -- Comment) -- Why must America go it alone on prosecuting war crimes? 750.

WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- What really matters about California's on-going budget crisis. 650.

WEINTRAUB (Weintraub, Sacramento Bee) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Michael Moore's new film on the health-insurance industry is entertaining but flawed. 900.

FATHERLOST (Santana, Hispanic Link - - Comment) -- A Hispanic father commits suicide and a daughter is left to wonder what if. 900.

SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS

EDMIDEAST (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- Hamas now rules Gaza. 350.

EDIMMIGRATION (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- President Bush and the Democratic and Republic leaders salvage the immigration bill. 300.

EDITORIAL CARTOONS
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15ECWARMING (Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News-Sentinel) -- From the Southern Baptist Convention: Hellfire and brimstone sermons not a cause of global warming.