How Dolly Parton United A Divided Nation

Dolly Parton was the greatest southern stateswoman of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Forgive me a bit of hyperbole; the country star’s death at 80 has triggered an outpouring of grief and will no doubt be the source of thousands of well-earned and deserved eulogies and epitaphs.

Some might suggest it’s wrong to invoke the ...