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 ...

Although verbal irony is one of the most common types used in casual conversation and storytelling, it can be easy to mix it up with other types of irony. Understanding how it differs can be helpful ...

I am not sure of the intent of the Nov. 20 Dana Summers cartoon depicting Native Americans calling for a limit of 10 Pilgrims landing on their shores, but whether it was simply an attempt at humor in ...

I found a touch of irony in Dana Summers’ Thursday cartoon about Social Security, as airline pilots with carriers that operate under Federal Air Regulations, Part 121, both large and small, are forced ...

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The most charitable explanation for the editorial cartoon that appeared for just a few hours on the website of the Indianapolis Star is that the artist took the easy route of mashing up a news ...

I strongly doubt that anyone, Mr. Dunn notwithstanding, found anything remotely ‘funny’ about the recent Connecticut attacks. The letters point to a callous artist, writing from his cloisters, ...

Everyone knows that Americans don't understand irony. Soon after moving to England from the U.S., I discovered that my country was universally assumed to be an irony-free zone. I was at a dinner party ...