2 September—Erratum et corrigendum first: Sunday’s daily disquisition about campaign politics in Litchfield took the poor Hearst Republican-American piecework correspondent to task for having a town employee rather than someone connected with the campaign extol the virtues of her boss, Litchfield’s first selectman. But it turns out that the extoller, Roberta Andrulis Mette, isn’t a town employee at all. Rather, she’s First Selectman Denise Raap’s campaign manager. Shame on me for not knowing that. And shame on the poor Hearst Republican-American piecework correspondent, Kurt Moffett, for not mentioning that pertinent fact. Or was Roberta Andrulis Mette not transparent with Kurt Moffett?

Back to the business at hand, then, allay all doubt, ye of little faith, that Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Because he has declared yet again and in no uncertain terms, “War is over.” And that’s obviously all it takes to give peace a chance.

So let’s repeat it: “War is over.” In fact, let’s emphasize it: “War is over!” And let’s not forget who said it. Kind of like British PM Neville Chamberlain declaring “Peace for our time” (rather than “Peace in our time”) after being hoodwinked by Hitler in 1938.

While we’re awarding Nobel prizes, Trump certainly deserves the one in Economic Sciences because his novel—some would say radical—take on bringing down prices by imposing punitive tariffs and making super-rich people even richer is sure to make America affordable again. Adam Smith, among others, has a lot to learn from Donald Trump.

And let’s not forget about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Trump has earned that without question by appointing the radically brilliant nut-job Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his secretary of health and human services. Come to think of it, that might even qualify Trump for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, since he and Kennedy obviously know more than accredited experts and authorities about vaccines and other silly stuff.

The other Nobel Prize Donald Trump so richly deserves is, of course, the one in Literature. While Trump himself hasn’t the attention span to actually have written any of the many books with his name attached, he surely has provided more work for ghost writers than any other individual in the history of publishing.

(If there were a Nobel Prize in Law, Trump would deserve for that for the same reason.)

While we can’t think of anything that would even remotely qualify Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize in Physics for a clean sweep, give him some time. We won’t speculate about the miracles Trump is capable of. But it’s safe to say, if God can do it, so can Donald Trump . . .