The issue in this election is whether there will be a change of government. The bigger issue is whether two larger parties sharing 50% of the vote can continually configure government around themselves.

AN INTERESTING article, which was first published in the online journal The Conversation, is reproduced in the current edition of Scientific American, writes Richard Collins. 

For all the hand-wringing within golf surrounding the absenteeism from the Olympics of the highest ranked players in the men’s game, there are plenty of grateful replacements delighted to fly the flag for their sport and embrace the spirit of the Games in Rio this week.

Paintings from one of Ireland’s most prestigious art collections are to be sold in London.