The Ironist
Differing Perspectives
RETVRN to Casablanca
The inconvenient Liberalism of a "traditional" classic “I’ve often wondered why you don’t return to America.” When the French police chief says this to Rick, we learn he’s an exile. We never learn why, but we get hints of communist leanings. “You ran guns to Ethiopia....
The Zambian Dream
Kachingo Sondo is a corresponding freelancer originally from a village outside of Garampande, near Livingstone, Zambia. Zambian village, by Tom Chiponge, Pixaby Call me Phiri. I drive a taxi in Lusaka. That is, when I have money, I rent a taxi to try and make more...
Air: The Fourth Elemental Ironist
The final one in the Ironist series - air - the silent carrier of truth, lies, and everything in between. Today, we conclude the Ironist series on the fourth element - air. Invisible, omnipresent, and so essential. Moving through us without fanfare. We inhale it,...
The Angel of the Archive: The Synod of the Left Shoe
Jonathan Bennet talks about surefooted stances in the world of shoes and the not-so-surefooted stances of those who argue about them. Among the lesser church councils of the thirteenth century—those trivial, haphazard regional gatherings of abbots and prelates...
Earth: The Third Elemental Ironist
Welcome back to the Ironist series. Today, we delve into the third ironist – the earth, humble but powerful. Having absorbed human ambitions with geological patience, it has witnessed empires crumble to dust, ideologies sink into nothingness and kingdoms pass like...
The Irony Club
Can't get enough of irony, can we? So, we created a club. Welcome one and all! We would like to thank you for subscribing to The Ironist and for your kind encouragement over the past two years. It has meant more to us than we can easily say. As a result, we have some...
The Angel of the Archive: The Philosopher Who Forgot What He Believed
In the Angel of the Archive series by Jonathan Bennett, this one is about a footnote that baffled generations. In 1723, a minor German philosopher named Johann Andreas Grüber published a dense metaphysical and epistemological treatise entitled De Tenebris Rationis...
Say Not, “the Struggle Nought Availeth.”
The new year is here... As the year turns, I find myself thinking about what we carry forward and what truly matters. The grand sweep of The Lord of the Rings enthralled me in high school. I had read it two or three times by the time I reached university. It was the...
Seeking the BetterLife™: Exercise Choice with the Secret Joy of Irony
We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness - Wordsworth, Independence and Resolution, Stanza VII Children prove we all seek a better life. They quickly learn that walking helps them . They learn that talking gets them...