Commentary The world has always had its political ironies, I suppose, but they seem more frequent than ever nowadays. New Zealand’s secular liberal saint, Jacinda Ardern, seems to be losing a little of her previously strong odor of sanctity. The case of Charlotte Bellis, a fellow female Kiwi, has not helped. Bellis is a pregnant…
The Democrats’ Incapacity for Irony and the ‘Threat to Democracy’
Commentary Talking of irony, as I did last week (see “The Irony in Biden’s Call for Unity” in The Epoch Times of Jan. 21, 2021), I saw a headline in USA Today the same day that made me laugh out loud: “Joe Biden needs a democracy czar to jump-start vital changes in elections and education.”…
The Irony in Biden’s Call for Unity
Commentary The words “irony” and “ironic,” not to mention “ironically,” are often to be heard in the mouths of the media, but I don’t think many of those who use them really know what they mean. At its most basic, irony is the process by which the meanings of words change, often to the opposite…
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