Isn't It Ironic?

Be sure to listen in tomorrow on the First Team of the Northern Alliance Radio Network as we celebrate the news that Al Gore has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. It's about time the publicity-shy VP got a little recognition.

We'll also be joined by Dr. Anthony Esolen (who blogs at Touchstone Magazine's Mere Comments) at noon to discuss his book, Ironies of Faith: The Laughter at the Heart of Christian Literature:

Widely regarded as the exclusive property of sophisticated skeptics, irony yields surprising treasures to a devout Christian. And in reclaiming irony as a mode of divine revelation, Esolen rehabilitates a body of Christian literature often reduced to deceptive illusions by modernist critics. In Shakespearean plays-for instance-in which au courant theorists see only the corrosive ironies of power politics, Esolen discovers a joyfully ironic perspective on how the rhythms of mere time resound with the harmonies of eternity.

I know that Saint Paul is dying to find out if rain on your wedding day is indeed ironic and that probing question along with many others will be explored tomorrow. Tune in locally on AM1280 WWTC or listen live on the internet stream from anywhere and everywhere. After listening to the First Team from 11am to 1pm, be sure to stick around for Mitch and Ed from 1pm-3pm and the Final Word with Michael and King from 3pm-5pm.