Excerpt:
Irony is mentioned here in connection with the explosion of our usage of "authentic" because an ironic age is an age lacking in directness, truthfulness, and courage. It winks rather than smiling. It crosses its fingers behind its back. If you catch a man lying and point it out, he responds that he was being ironic.

The ironic man extends by just a few seconds the moment when he has to commit himself.

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Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions.