I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death leaves a hole in the firmament.

Which brings me to the person whose values are as far from Dolly Parton’s as any human could possibly be and still claim to be human. I’m referring, of course, to the current occupant of the Oval Office.

“I knew her a little bit,” Trump boasted about Parton yesterday on Glenn Beck’s radio show. “She really liked me, I will tell you!” at which Beck laughed out loud.

Trump has become mad as a hatter. Loonier than loony-tunes. Totally nuts. An enraged, engorged child who’s frightened to death of being seen as a loser.

He’s losing his war in Iran – the war he decided to start without consulting Congress, without even telling the American people his goal or exit strategy.

Now he’s trapped there – with a stronger and more extreme group in control of Iran than before his attack, likely more intent on making a nuclear bomb, blocking the strait of Hormuz (it was open before Trump attacked), causing oil prices to rise again.

His current attempt to stop other countries from dealing with Iran is a bad joke. Iran is becoming the dominant power in the Gulf, having demonstrated its ability to damage the oil and gas infrastructure of its neighbors.

Besides, China........

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