Word: sardonicism
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That the reign of Elmer Gantry would seek to establish itself among us again is not in itself astonishing, though the least knowing might be aware at this date that objectionable things are not driven either from society or the mind by covering up their existence. That such a step...
Nathan Straus Sr., who made a fortune in R. H. Macy & Co. and other metropolitan department stores, spent most of his time and money on milk stations and propaganda for promoting pasteurization. His interest in Palestine came comparatively late in life, and all his strictly Jewish benefactions (including the Jerusalem...
Presumably Mr. Lewis was sardonic about it all. In that case, there seems nothing to do but go back to the village, hop on the realistic bandwagon, and bang, bang up and down the length and breadth of our glorious Main St., from which Mr. Lewis has so desperately and...
Edison's heritage was that of Protestant Western Reserve. He professed no religion, avowed himself a Free Thinker. A sardonic writer once pictured Edison at the Gates of Heaven. Said the Scientist to St. Peter: "I gave the world . . . good light, cheap light. Is it my fault they used it...
Jubilee. That the sardonic writer may have been just, though badly characterizing, was suggested during the Golden Jubilee of the electric light bulb two years ago. The common man in many a land shut off his electric light and sat quietly in darkness for three minutes to honor Thomas Alva...