SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE OPED BUDGET

This is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Thursday, June 28, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484.

COMMENT

WATCH (Ann McFeatters, SHNS -- Column) -- White House Watch. WASHINGTON: This June is likely to go down as one of the worst months for the Bush presidency. And for good reason. 700.

THOMASSON (Thomasson, SHNS -- Column) -- WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court speaks clearly and not so clearly on two First Amendment cases. 750.

AMBROSE (Ambrose, SHNS -- Column) -- Powerful forces are arrayed against free speech, you might learn if you ever faced campaign-law restrictions. 750.

HART (Hart, SHNS --Column) -- From the Hart. It's not enough to condemn the media obsession with Paris Hilton. She's a symptom of a larger problem in our culture. 750.

MURDOCK (Murdock, SHNS -- Column) -- Michael Moore's new film "Sicko" makes numerous glaring omissions on his road to a government takeover of American medicine. 700.

SCHRAG (Schrag, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- It's easy to see how CELDT, the California English Language Development Test, sinks to the bottom in the flood of latter-day school-testing acronyms Californians are routinely inundated with. 850.

FOURTH (Veiga, Hispanic Link -- Comment) -- Mixed feelings about the Fourth. 700.

SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALS

EDIMMIGRATION (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- Immigration reform gets put off until after the 2008 election. 350.

EDEAGLES (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- It's official: The American bald eagle is no longer a threatened species. 250.