Random Analogies
"For Godzilla was, even in its bowdlerized "King of the Monsters" incarnation, an obvious gigantic, unsubtle, grimly purposeful metaphor for the atomic bomb. The Americanized "Godzilla,' which removed about 40 minutes from the Japanese original and inserted 20 minutes or so of new scenes featuring a sympathetic Yank journalist (played, with burly gravitas, by Raymond Burr), did its darnedest to minimize the nuclear theme. "
"Student Debt "
"Academe is like no other industry. Careers are for life because you really can't get a job anywhere else after you've been tenured, with exceptions for superstars and those willing to drop down several tiers. This is the stuff of nightmares for faculty, and I'm sure there will be some hard questions asked of presidents and boards around the country over the coming weeks."
