Let us start with a little poetry joke, shall we? Q: What did the poet say to Luke Skywalker? A: Metaphors be with you! As a poet by profession as well as avocation, I have adopted this punchline as ...

From the Chronicle of Higher Education (Emma Pettit): Maziar Behrooz, an associate professor of history at San Francisco State University, does not yet know what a teaching decision he made might cost ...