Humble beginnings don’t get much humbler than where Nina Simone grew up. It’s in east Tryon, a neighborhood of low rolling hills and hollers, where the homes look like they’re being swallowed by the ...

In a column two weeks ago, I wrote about moves by two Florida politicians, one Democrat and one Republican, to replace one of the state's representatives in the National Statuary Hall. U.S. Rep. Kathy ...