The summer of 1959 I was eight years old when my family was uprooted from Angola the migrant camp we called home located approximately 10 miles southwest of Corcoran, California.  Named after the cotton gin nearby but now due to mechanization there was no need for human cotton pickers any longer. The owners decided to tear down the camp and clear the land displacing at least twenty families.My...

Perhaps the most loved and hated franchise of all time, the word ‘Twilight’ will either make you weep with nostalgia or run for the hills. Which begs the question; did the film franchise warrant the hate it received or does it deserve another look?  Stephanie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ has been a worldwide bestseller since 2008, reaching audiences far and wide, casting a net over more than twenty-six c...