Three Sikh students have been expelled from a French school today for refusing to remove their head coverings. The students has chosen keskis over the larger adult turbans, but this apparently made no difference to school officials. If you're curious about why Sikhs wear headcoverings, you can read our guide to Sikhism here.

If you feel like sroilling through some more commonplace letters to the editor, this page has a doozy on the "Druidic evils of Halloween." Apparently some people haven't caught up yet.

If you'd like to feel some momentary despair over people who seem to have slept through history class, read this.

Once there was a tiume when 'kabbalah' was not synonymous with 'Madonna.'

Curious about the Japanese tea ceremony? This article does a good job of describing the complex ritual and its history.