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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. —John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address (1961) Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as ...

Editor’s Note: Way Off the Grid is a satire feature of Off the Grid News. While the articles in this section may deal with current events, they are meant to portray these topics in a satirical and humorous light. LOS ...

Sooner or later everyone has to decide which gang they belong to. —Pepper in Gaiman and Pratchett’s Good Omens (1990) Rahab’s Treason Rahab was a prostitute.  Not a temple prostitute either, but an ordinary whore.  Her house sat on the ...

Western man is unprepared for genuine suffering.   Our expectations run high.  Everywhere you look, you’re encouraged to long for and expect a better car, a better waistline, or a better-looking spouse.  And what’s more, you’re told that you have a ...

What if coming from a culture shaped by the demands of growing rice also makes you better at math? —Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers (2008) Time and Chance There is more to success than genius or talent, we all know that.  Sometimes ...

“Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.” –Bob Marley 1977 “Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent foure men on fowling; so that we might after a more speciall manner rejoyce together, after ...

Dust in the wind/All we are is dust in the wind.  —Kansas (1977) When Life is God For Eastern pantheism, all is One.  All life is shared life.  All apparent diversity is the manifestation of an underlying cosmic unity.  Because ...

The introduction of our Ford’s first T-Model …. Chosen as the opening date of the new era. All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s. —Aldous Huxley, Brave New World To begin with, he did not know with any ...

God said to Abraham, kill me a son Abe said man you must be puttin me on God said no, Abe said what God said you can do what you want Abe but Next time you see me coming you ...

This is the question of every God seeking generation. The answer is certainly customized for each individual as “to his own Master each servant stands or falls”. And yet the struggle to find the answer may bring benefit others, and so… What ...