The irony of the current situation is that India was once considered to be overeducated.
And I understand all too well the irony of our current fund-raising system.
The irony of the current crisis is that, in its own way, it is evidence of a great success.
The irony of the current situation is that the monarchy can still afford to liberalize without losing power.
The irony of the current scandal is that the NPR executive involved was caught saying that the broadcaster would be better off without federal funding.
This great cartoon drawn by Ben Sargent says it all but only begins to capture the irony of our current situation.
The irony of the current political environment in Washington is that a divided government requires that Republicans demonstrate that they are capable of governing.
The irony of the current situation is that the Indian army did not have to be called in to engage in rescue operations; they were already there.
The irony of the current debate is that Romney and McCain -- the GOP's most recent standard-bearers -- are leading the chorus of those seeking to diminish Obama's authorization of the raid at Abbottabad by implying that "any leader" would have made the same decision.
The beauty of his words and his God's-eye point of view were easy to follow once I overcame a natural disinclination to feel deeply and realized that Oz's high literary standard is a swift road to insights all but lost in so much of the glossy irony of current fiction.
