Irony's Not Dead, Long Live Irony
Christy Wampole's Opinionator piece in the Sunday New York Times, "How to Live Without Irony," has a lot of people talking, ironically or otherwise.
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Christy Wampole's Opinionator piece in the Sunday New York Times, "How to Live Without Irony," has a lot of people talking, ironically or otherwise.
Let's count the fun ironies in this story about Nicklas Bendtner, a soccer player for Denmark who's in trouble for pulling down his pants while celebrating a goal during a Euro 2012 match against Portugal.
Here's one for fans of cheap irony: Mitt Romney gave a speech in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday at which reporters were asked to leave before the floor opened up to questions at... The Newseum, an institution devoted to America's press.
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