The Olympics seem to sprinkle fairie dust over the world, clearing it, for a few days, of the constant bickering with attendant mass homicide.  It is a spectacle that demonstrates humankind at its best, competing "for the gold" in events that only humans - and all humans - can excel in.  I for one will miss its absence from the news, replaced by disaster after disaster.  Most news seems bad by comparison.  But Oh! the joy of good news. HooRay, Simone Biles!