Do the Amish pay taxes? In the quiet landscapes of rural North America, the Amish community thrives, embracing a way of life steeped in tradition, simplicity, and a profound commitment to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Amish farmer mows a field in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Heike Schmidt-Windhoff/dpa My mobile phone has a photo of pretty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, she was 18 and had an eighth-grade education. She barely ...

De Bois, meanwhile, has developed a drive-it-yourself back-roads guide to the area that she is offering to visitors who prefer to explore on their own. (See below for details.) Before she begins what ...

Some Amish communities are adopting electric bicycles (e-bikes) for quick and efficient travel. Multiple electric transportation publications have reported that members of select Amish groups are ...

Over years of in-depth fieldwork within Indiana’s substantial Amish community, Lindsay Ems discovered that just like for the non-Amish among us, the Amish actively wrestle with whether and how much to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Across rural America, a quiet transportation shift is unfolding on gravel roads long dominated by horses and black buggies. In a growing number of Amish settlements, long-range electric bicycles are ...

AS WAS predicted by local political bosses, Pennsylvania's tough voter-ID law was put on hold today. To the dismay of local conservative talk-show hosts, who were roaring on Lexington's hire-car radio ...