Comparison: ‘We're going through a second farm crisis right now, Farmageddon,‘ said Turek, the Democratic state lawmaker running against Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) for an open Senate seat. Politico writer Jonathan Martin snags a potent portmantaeu from Josh Turek that reverberates through the midwest and beyond. Some portmantaeu creations carry metaphoric themes or focal points. The combination of weather and political disruption in the midwest do much to carry metaphor-lik

Comparison: People are talking about Melania, Natalie, and Trump like it's some modern day ‘Dangerous Liaisons‘ when it's more like two insane seagulls fighting over a rotting piece of chicken in the Dollar Store parking lot. Writer, humorist Wendi Aarons on persistent rumors of a feud between Natalie Harp and Melania Trump. Note that some similes can travel 1000 miles before other comparisons can even find their car keys. Do tell. Context: Threads post by Wendi Aarons: Peopl

Comparison: The conductor is a con artist. Or: The conductor is God. Musicians frequently encounter both of these extreme views of music’s most mysterious profession. It’s not surprising that conductors elicit suspicion as well as adulation. The very act of conducting—waving a wand to summon ravishing or ethereal or earsplitting sounds—can look like either inexplicable magic or embarrassing nonsense, a kind of tuxedoed air guitar. Composer and conductor Matthew Aucoin writes