Stars and Bars: Last week’s racist massacre in a Charleston, SC church produced the usual calls for gun control, but louder voices might be for taking down the Confederate flag from the statehouse. Its defenders say the Stars and Bars …

The Lead: Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz officially announced he’s running for president this morning at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, the Christian college founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. “It is the time for truth. It is the time …