CitizenWire COLUMN: As Federal officials decide on the punishment to be dished out to BP following last years horrific oil leak, off shore oil drilling hit the headlines like never before. The deep horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused billions of dollars [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: As a long time Buffy fan, I tried reading the original “Buffy” comic book when it hit the stands a few years back, but couldn’t get past the “lifeless” version of Buffy sans the original actors, fun music, and dramatic moments. Even though [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: At what point are you Old? Is it 50, 60, or maybe 90? And who decides that you are Old? Society, your children, your Doctor or yourself? And what kind of old are we talking about? Body age? Emotional age? Brain age? Generational [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: It’s always fun when all the summer movies start to hit Blu-ray, DVD, and pay-per-view earlier and earlier each year. Used to be, I would have to wait practically until Christmas to see the movies I skipped going to the big-screen theaters to [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: I’m not laughing anymore. I was one of those guys that chortled a bit, but not in a mean way, when older friends and relatives would moan about a body ache from washing their car, or having to take some prescription pill for [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: A lot of people listen to current hits and familiar oldies. They stream them, play them, download them, hear them in clubs, and sometimes even buy them. They embrace them to such a degree that any unique music is virtually excluded from their [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: I’ve been a big fan of star gazing since I was very young. Living in places like Santa Barbara in the 1960s, and the “just built” Davis, California college town circa 1970, it was an amazing sight to sit outside at night and [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: If you’re like me, you might be one of the growing ranks of folks who have given up going to the “big screen” movie theatres in favor of stay-at-home movie watching, replete with a Blu-ray player, full surround sound and a large 1080p [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: Playing paintball to foster team building? You bet! Corporations play paintball to create ice breakers, to break down barriers and to promote positive team-building skills. So, why not encourage those skills before getting into the rat race? Well, one group, the National Collegiate [...]

CitizenWire COLUMN: The city of Asheville, North Carolina, for 14 years running, produces what is called a ChildWatch Tour. This year’s tour proved to be a resounding success! A result of a partnership between Children First/ Communities in Schools and the Junior League of Asheville, this community field trip to make citizens aware of issues pertaining to children in the region was well attended by community leaders and concerned citizens.

CitizenWire COLUMN: Everything you think you know about singer and guitar player Paula Franceschi is only half the story. She’s got grown-up kids, but onstage, singing and playing her Telecaster, she’s got the energy, enthusiasm and attitude of the New Jersey rock chick she was back in the ’70s.

CitizenWire COLUMN: You can find a tremendous variety of human behavior on LA Talk Radio but it is the most varied on Sheena Metal’s radio shows. With three programs on the air for a total of 14 hours a week, Metal is one of the busiest voices of the station, which is both a live and an iTunes destination for listeners.

CitizenWire COLUMN: I’m usually not too excited by the Summer crop of new cable TV programs but since this past season of network TV was perhaps one of the worst ever (thank god for “Chuck” and the limping along – pun intended – “House”), I’ve been more than mildly surprised by the new shows for Summer 2010, and in particular a cool new show on A&E called “The Glades.”