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Republicans have elevated campus anti-Semitism to a national crisis. But pointing out that colleges are hypocritical about bigotry and safety doesn’t end the matter. If illiberal rules are bad, applying them to Jews won’t help.

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Fox is hopeful Donald Trump will participate in the first GOP presidential debate on August 23. At this time his appearance is doubtful.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden has again been sued by gun-rights groups. This time they accuse him of slow walking concealed handgun permit reviews.

Wanda Lesner and friends prepared 105 dozen kolaches for Saturday, July 22. The 1,260 treats, in five flavors — poppyseed, prune, apricot, lemon and blueberry — were first available at

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Betty Friedan was just a fiery radical with a bad temper. It’s convenient to believe this. But at a moment when many of the rights for women she gained are being overturned, it’s time to reconsider common wisdom about her character. Friedan, a towering figure in the women’s movement who died in 2006, wrote the 1963

At a time when the rights that Betty Friedan helped secure for women are in jeopardy, it’s time to tell the story of her ERA debate.