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Provides information on the novel 'Red Rabbit,' by Tom Clancy to be published in August 2002. Plot of the novel; Other novels written by Clancy.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of investigating the death of his great-great-grandfather.

The article offers the author's insights on the earthquake that hit the town of Norcia in Italy on October 30, 2016. Topics include the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale for measuring the felt effects of earthquakes, comments from National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) head Carlo Doglioni about the earthquakes, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

This article discusses the business aspects of the auction Web site Ebay.com. The article evaluates the performance of Ebay.com stock, a patent dispute regarding an Ebay.com service that is similar to one offered by the company MercExchange, and a lawsuit with the Web site Craigslist.com for their services which sunk the economic status of Ebay.com.

The article focuses on computer programs and games developed in Great Britain. An educational television series launched by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) called "The Computer Programme," in 1982, with the aim of giving lessons in computer literacy, which led to the development of the Proton computer. The author recounted spending time as a child learning the BBC BASIC computer language and developing computer games. He cited BBC games such as Citadel and Elite.

The article focuses on musical creations of singer David Bowie who died due to cancer and evaluates his album Blackstar which released on his birthday. Topics discussed include the music album The Next Day by Bowie, Blackstar containing elements of jazz and harmonica, obituaries being written for Bowie and the singer's songs in previous albums being based on death.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to Owen Hatherley's review of the biography of Nye Bevan in the May 7, 2015 issue.

The article discusses the suspected deliberate crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps in reference to the commercial failure of Pan American World Airways soon after the terrorist detonation of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. It is noted that the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act did not enable Pan Am to enter the U.S. domestic market competitively and it had to dump aviation and hotel assets before going into bankruptcy administration like Eastern and Midway Airlines.

The article discusses the rise of discrimination and violence on Facebook. It argues on a research which suggests that positive and negative emotions expressed by via online social networks influence the moods of a user. It also expects that revenue of Facebook Inc. will increase by about £570 million.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about modern American writers, in the November 22, 2012 issue.

The article focuses on the court proceedings in Italy in October 2012 such as the conviction of Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud and the guilty plea of six scientists and a former government official on the death of 309 people during an April 6, 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy.

The author discusses scandals involving the financial dealings of the Roman Catholic Church. He references Gianluigi Nuzzi's books "Vaticano S.p.A." and "Sua Santitá: Le carte segrete di Benedetto VXI." He mentions the case of Paolo Gabriele, the personal butler of Pope Benedict XVI who was sentenced in prison for aggravated theft.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a review by Thomas Jones of recent David Bowie biographies in the April 5, 2012 issue.

The article looks at the allegorical significance freighted by the Italian and international media about the wreck of the stricken Italian cruise Costa Concordia. It notes the role of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in solving Italy's deficit and to bail out the Italian economy. Observation showed no clear distance between Mario Monti, an academic economist who runs the salvage operation of Costa Concordia, and Berlusconi in terms of economic policy.