Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In “The Irony of Satire,” an Ohio State University study, it was found that ...

While dramatic irony entails a contrast between what an audience knows and what characters know, verbal irony is a contrast between words and their meaning, and situational irony is a contrast between ...

How often have you asked someone, “Isn’t that ironic?” While ironic is used to describe certain situations, many times, it’s actually misused and misunderstood. To start off, it’s important to know ...

Love the irony in your cartoons these days. They round out the hypocrisy in the media on so many levels. Keep it up. Join our community of readers who value daily beat reporting and in-depth stories ...

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