ShareThisHere is the Scripps Howard News Service OPED budget for Wednesday, October 22, 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.COMMENTDESSERT (Dale McFeatters, SHNS -- Column) -- Just Dessert will not move today, but will resume next week.HENRY (Henry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Column) -- Lead us not into denial: Race matters this election. 790.MAY (May, SHNS -- Column) -- Who will be the first of our enemies to test Barack Obama or John McCain? 720.CAMPOS (Campos, SHNS -- Column) -- What's wrong with "redistributing wealth?'' 630.DELAISLA (de la Isla, Hispanic Link -- Column) -- Education, the burning issue left smoldering in this election. 570.ERBE (Erbe, SHNS -- Column) -- How has the immigration issue vanished from this election? 640.WALTERS (Walters, Sacramento Bee -- Column) -- Despite repeated attempts to politicize the position, the California's Legislature's budget analyst will retain its independence. 450.SCRIPPS HOWARD EDITORIALSEDMOUNTAINTOP (Dale McFeatters, SHNS) -- Bush administration scurries to get a rewrite of environmental regulations that would make mountaintop removal coal mining easier for the mining companies. 340.
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE OPED BUDGET
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