Tag: AMISH

Twitter seeks to connect people by asking the simple question, "What are you doing?" But the hot, trendy site isn't doing anything particularly new or groundbreaking. In fact, one newspaper appealing to an unexpected segment of the population has been capitalizing on that basic networking theme for 120 years, and, unlike the majority of print publications, is still thriving. The Budget, a ...

In a fascinating convergence of the old world and the new, some Pennsylvania Amish communities have recently begun harnessing solar energy to power devices like hot water heaters and horse-drawn buggies' taillights. While environmentalists have been pushing for the development of solar energy for decades, the Amish's adoption of the energy source has little to do with its being "green." ...