ShareThisHere is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Tuesday, June 3, 2008. 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.COMMENTAMBROSE (Ambrose, SHNS -- Column) -- The global warming legislation before Congress would do more harm than good. 630.SCHRAM (Schram, SHNS -- Column) -- Bill Clinton and Dick Cheney are two of a kind. 750.WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- Tiny California towns face big land fights. 600.CYR (Cyr, SHNS -- Comment) -- Looking back at the legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, 40 years after his death. 600.MAXWELL (Maxwell, St. Petersburg Times -- column) -- U.S. out of step with the rest of the world on cluster bombs. 700.SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALSEDENERGY (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- As the Senate prepared to take up a massive greenhouse gas bill, the Bush administration formally applied to open a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. 350.EDFANTASY (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- The Supreme Court refuses to get involved in a dispute between Major League Baseball and its fantasy counterpart. 300.EDITORIAL CARTOONS(Available at www.shns.com)03ECBUSH (Steve Greenberg, Ventura County Star) -- Bush insists he planned carefully for Iraq even as he paints himself into a corner.
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE OPED BUDGET
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