Of morons, Mormon choirs, and oxymorons

State Department head Rex Tillerson’s choice of adjective to describe the U.S. president wasn’t the opening salvo to sanity some were hoping for.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set off a firestorm when reports emerged that he called U.S. President Donald Trump a 'moron.' U.S. Department of Defense photograph courtesy of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

October 11, 2017

It emerged last week like a neon “vacancy” sign at 4 a.m. on your last quarter-tank of gas in the Mojave Desert. Or like a glowing red “exit” sign in a foggy House of Horrors. One word, towering over a besieged but unbeaten republic after months of toxic babble and destabilizing chaos. “M...

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