Here’s the interesting (to some, most amusing) website of a man who feels that the founding fathers and other historic figures have been reincarnated into the bodies of today’s public figures. He uses photographs and old paintings to reveal that Tommy Franks is George Washington, Oprah Winfrey is James Wilson, Dean Kamen is Benjamin Franklin,…

This click-through gallery on lessons learned from Harry Potter is very sweet. Among the tips: “Stay true to your nerdy friends,” “Don’t fear death,” “Speak your pain,” and “Beware of pompous people.” This is a good thing to share with the Potter-tracking children in your life.

This article describes an emerging trend to expand, rethink, and green up the ritual of keeping kosher. Many observant Jews have always been proponents of eating consciously, so it’s exciting to hear about old rituals being made new. “…for many people, the primary daily impact of rising environmental consciousness is on the food they eat.…

The hippie 1960’s dream of communal living has been deflated by its own bad press. Its old lefty tires were punctured by reports of power-hungry leadership, sickening free sex, and manipulative, “spiritual” screwed-upness. But communal living, known as “intentional community” today is by no means dead. The movement has come out of its own period…

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