Law firm fights big battles for the 'little guy' Mar 16, 2009
Bryant earned the respect of the Amish community by making farm calls and charging reasonable fees, while Cantorna once helped a woman win more than a million dollars in a lawsuit against another attorney, taboo in the legal community. But that's not the only thing that separates Bryant and Cantorna from other lawyers, Bryant said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Philadelphia on a budget Feb 24, 2009
The market is home to butchers and fishmongers, sandwich stalls and Amish farmers who bring in homemade jams and jellies from rural Lancaster County. Delilah s at the Terminal boasts Oprah Winfrey s favorite macaroni and cheese ($7. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Julia Spicher Kasdorf Feb 21, 2009
Fixing Tradition: Joseph W. Yoder, Amish American (2003). Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn (2007) (co-edited with Michael Tyrell). (Suite101.com)
The big list of festivals Feb 20, 2009
Showcases both traditional and contemporary Amish and Mennonite quilts. Also features exhibit booths with crafts, appliances, books, baked goods and food items. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Editor's Mailbag (Feb. 9) Feb 10, 2009
We wouldn t ask a Jew to remove his yarmulke or other head covering, just as we would not ask an Amish man to remove his hat or a woman her bonnet; nor would we ask a Sikh to remove his turban. The same can be said by asking a Muslim or Jew to eat pork. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Oregon State Fair Announces 2008 Summer Concert Lineup Mar 25, 2008
Yankovic's hits include Smells Like Nirvana, Amish Paradise, and White & Nerdy. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
India, South Africa face stiff test under searing sun and intense humidity Mar 25, 2008
TV umpire: Amish Saheba, India. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
In rivalry between top American skaters, it's athlete versus aesthete Mar 19, 2008
He owns at least 10 fur coats, did a magazine fashion shoot wearing in high-heel shoes, and calls Russia "my motherland" despite being from Pennsylvania Amish country. He has called himself "princessy" and once described a costume as "Care Bears on acid.". (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
California Courts Effectively Ban Home Schooling Mar 16, 2008
The California court ruled that Wisconsin v. Yoder, a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing home schooling for religious families, was not applicable to the family and their religious beliefs because Amish culture was different from their case ... The court, in effect, implied that for the parents in Rachel L. either their religion was not as different from what is taught in public schools as the Amish religion is, or that their religious beliefs are not as deeply held, therefore they don t have... (Human Events Online)
Couple blends their Indian, American cultures Mar 16, 2008
Amish Thakkar's Fine Art Production. Last modified 3/14/2008 - 4:46 pm Originally created 031608. (Florida Times-Union)
The Face of Fashion Mar 16, 2008
Historic exception can be made here for Abraham Lincoln, literary exception for Captain Ahab, and religious exception for the Amish. There's only one last redoubt of the beardless - local news. (Boston Globe)
Grand Old Party Mar 4, 2008
I laughed and said that the conservative movement doesn t come from Amish country. Max offered his opinion of the way liberal women dress (not all that great) and pressed on about the short skirts and plunging necklines around us. (The American Conservative)
Newsweek: A Wal-Mart for Arab-Americans Mar 3, 2008
Over the past two years, Wal-Mart has tested its "store of the community": it has stocked stores in Chicago and Atlanta with products aimed at African-Americans and set up a hitching post at an Ohio store near a large Amish community. The Dearborn store, though, is the most extreme example of the concept. (MSNBC -- Race)
In the beginning was the word Feb 25, 2008
There's discussion during the semester of movies like Witness (1985), starring Harrison Ford as a detective sent to protect a boy who witnessed a murder, and his mom, in Amish country. It won an original screenplay Oscar and has great structure, says Voytilla, wonderful characters, what they go through. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fledgling filmmakers whet zombies' appetite Feb 16, 2008
belonging to an old bearded Amish dude. Want to guess how long it takes before his principles of nonviolence go out the window. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The star of home decor Feb 16, 2008
And those colorful decorations with flowers, birds and hearts commonly ascribed to the Amish. Fooks says that a local folk artist and restaurant owner named Johnny Ott created them and made up the meanings to enhance sales to tourists in the 1950s. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead' puts life back in zombie genre Feb 15, 2008
"Diary" thus wrings the maximum screams from a visit to an eerily empty hospital, while a stopover with a deaf-mute Amish farmer named Samuel generates unexpected hilarity along with the expected zombie-scything. As the body count increases and the film crew gets winnowed down, Romero illustrates society's response to Armageddon with his usual cold-eyed dyspepsia. (Boston Globe)
Snowshoeing team bridges tradition and competition Feb 15, 2008
Traditional snowshoes are bound to the feet with lampwick - an old-fashioned cotton webbing that is dipped into oil lanterns commonly used by the Amish. Rawhide or soft leather can also fasten bindings, but duct tape and other manufactured products are not permitted. (Juneau Empire)
V&V Quality Meats Feb 12, 2008
Meat sources: Gets quarters of steers from Fillemore Beef, a family-owned slaughterhouse in Holland that specializes in Michigan-grown beef, and half and whole carcasses of pigs from Amish sources in northern Indiana. Quality Meats staffers cut all the meat for retail consumption. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
It's time whaling became extinct Jan 21, 2008
By the SMH's , the truly tragic of at least three Amish schoolgirls today is the third school shooting in the past week. So really, how many more people have to die before the US gets halfway sane on gun laws. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Emery Blagdon: Flights of fancy from the artist as medicine man Jan 10, 2008
Other works, like wire mandalas resembling mystic talismans or Amish hexes, have a more open, spidery delicacy. Dangling concatenations of wire loops, pieces of wood, bottle tops, soda cans and countless unidentifiable elements look messy and haphazard, yet Blagdon exactingly reproduced some of them. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Bridging a culture gap, teaching Arabic in Iowa Jan 3, 2008
Here and now, the buggies belong to the Amish ... While the Amish do not send their children to public schools, considering them too worldly, Attar's students at Kalona Elementary are the sons and daughters of Mennonite families who have been here for generations or of Germans and Czechs who arrived in Iowa a century before the new teacher. (International Herald Tribune)
PUC cracking down on 'Amish taxi' drivers Dec 30, 2007
VWH Campbell Jr. / Post-Gazette Bonnie Huzinec, 56, is an outspoken neighbor of Amish families near Luthersburg, Pa. who provides transportation to the Amish families in her area ... Like Mrs. Huzinec, the Amish women had been shopping at the Sav-a-Lot store in Dubois, Clearfield County. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
$160 steak, humble pies mark a year of good eating Dec 21, 2007
The waiters seemed to know most of the producers very well and steered me to such simple standout dishes as smoked duck breast with local blackberries, oyster mushrooms and crushed potatoes; a slice of rustic bread topped with grilled hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and a fat slice of Vermont bacon; a grilled Amish peach wrapped with bacon; a sweet corn soup dotted with truffle oil; and an assortment of some of the state's finest cheeses. Commander's Palace, New Orleans. (USA Today -- Travel)
'Leaders must be preparedto defend congregations' Dec 15, 2007
by a gunman who killed five girls and then himself at an Amish school targeted a religious site. May 21, 2006: Louisiana. (WorldNetDaily)
Hope alive for dying language Dec 9, 2007
He contrasts the language predicament with the example of the Amish, whom he lauds for keeping their tradition as time has passed. "In an Amish village, a young man never hears English in his house. He hears German and Dutch," Johns said ... But unlike the Amish, Seminole children return to homes where parents speak only English. (The Palm Beach Post)
What's your favorite book for 2007? Dec 8, 2007
It s about an Amish girl caught up in a murder trial. Now I am going to watch the movie The Witness again. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Frank Yoder to present lecture series, "Thinking About The Amish" Nov 22, 2007
You are invited to attend a series of lectures on the history and culture of the Amish ... The Amish are one of the most resilient and fastest growing religious groups in the United States ... In an age when technology and progress are celebrated, the Amish seem out of step with the rest of society. (Kalona News, IA)
What Makes Us Moral Nov 21, 2007
The past 15 years of human history are the temporal equivalent of those subatomic particles that are created in accelerators and vanish in a trillionth of a second, but in that fleeting instant, we've visited untold horrors on ourselves in Mogadishu, Rwanda, Chechnya, Darfur, Beslan, Baghdad, Pakistan, London, Madrid, Lebanon, Israel, New York City, Abu Ghraib, Oklahoma City, an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania all of the crimes committed by the highest, wisest, most principled species the... (Time.com)
Ritalin Wars Nov 19, 2007
I wonder how many Amish kids get ADHD ... The answer to the question of how many Amish kids get ADHD is that this question has been studied and the answer is none. (New York Times)
Gallery features photos of Amish lifestyle Nov 13, 2007
ARCOLA Having been a relative and a neighbor to the Amish for many years makes it both easier and more difficult for Richard Herschberger to produce artistic photographs of the Amish lifestyle. On the one hand, Herschberger is familiar with the culture and customs of the Amish, and can converse with them somewhat in their Pennsylvania Dutch language ... The Amish community feels more comfortable around Herschberger because they know him. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
20 comments Nov 13, 2007
Of course they aren t: that s why we see Presbyterians blowing themselves up in crowded restaurants, Buddhists flying planes into buildings, and Amish waving placards crowing that they will soon dominate the world ... Of course they arent: thats why we see Presbyterians blowing themselves up in crowded restaurants, Buddhists flying planes into buildings, and Amish waving placards crowing that they will soon dominate the world. (Human Events Online)
Security Pro Admits to Hijacking pcs for Profit Nov 11, 2007
Brian Krebs on Computer Security. A Los Angeles security professional has admitted to infecting more than a quarter million computers with malicious software and installing spyware that was used to steal personal data and serve victims with online advertisements. (Washington Post)
• Helping Troopers Confront Stress Nov 8, 2007
When five children were killed in an Amish school in that state in October 2006, a peer counseling team was on the scene within a half-hour, said Cpl. Govan Martin, a 24-year veteran who supervises the Pennsylvania program. Those troopers not only were offered peer counseling that day, "but we are going to be dealing with those people and checking in for the rest of their careers," Martin said. (FOX61, CT)
Hollywood Out on Strike? Dont Hurry Back Nov 7, 2007
The next week, one year after the Lancaster County schoolhouse massacre, they poke fingers in the eyes of the Amish ... The next week, one year after the Lancaster County schoolhouse massacre, they poke fingers in the eyes of the Amish. (Townhall.com)
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS Nov 4, 2007
A rift in an Amish community threatens to keep a courting couple apart. 9. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ghosts return to League City Oct 26, 2007
Dewalt is the author of "Amish Education in the United States and Canada," Gammon said. Burke will discuss his research on Leslie B. Scott, a local boy killed in the Great War and buried in Fairview Cemetery. (The Citizen - online, TX)
CLERGY VIEWS: Forgiveness is a journey taken with help Oct 19, 2007
It was a cloudless morning on Oct. 2 of last year when the school bell called the Amish children of Nickel Mines, Pa ... The peaceful, quaint world of the Amish of Nickel Mines had been invaded by the most horrific acts of violence imaginable: the murder of innocent children ... The Amish, practicing their traditional habit of mutual aid, which is firmly grounded in Saint Paul s command to bear one another s burdens, reached out to one another in their loss and sorrow to offer words and acts of... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Guns take pride of place in US family values Oct 14, 2007
Amish killings On a Monday morning in October 2006, truck driver Charles Roberts opened fire in a school in Paradise, Pennsylvania. He killed five children, then shot himself. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Who is the sexiest woman alive? Dear Abby is pro-gay marriage Oct 11, 2007
As the Amish say, they wanted to be in the world, but not of it. To now claim that these people really meant to establish a worldly Christian nation based on their beliefs to return to Christians the political power that they rightly surrendered in the name of belief in the next world rather than this one is to insult those founders ideals and beliefs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Aiming to expose families to art and other cultures Oct 5, 2007
They grew up in an Amish household, and that emphasis on functionality has stuck with them. Art is not very practical, so somehow we had to make it practical, Bergey said. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Amish grace and the rest of us Sep 30, 2007
It was near that small Lancaster County village, just after 10 in the morning, that Charles Carl Roberts IV carried his guns and his rage into a one-room Amish schoolhouse ... and author of the recently published "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy" () ... But even more newsworthy was the Amish community's response: forgiveness, extended to the killer's family within hours. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nickel Mines Legacy: Forgive first Sep 30, 2007
Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette Members of the Nickel Mines Amish community came together to share their sorrow the day after the shooting a year ago that left five girls dead ... One year ago, a man who was angry over the death of his infant daughter entered an Amish schoolhouse and shot 10 little girls, killing five before he killed himself ... 3 million to the Nickel Mines Amish settlement in Bart, Lancaster County. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Brian Rohrbough's memorial inscription sparks debate Sep 25, 2007
Rohrbough, in 2006 when a lone gunman attacked and killed students at an Amish school, said there are no limits on such tragedies because of the nation's choice to eliminate God from schools and public life. "When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school shooting. Since that day, I ve tried to answer the question, 'Why did this happen?'" he told CBS at the time. (WorldNetDaily)
Annual Historical Society dinner planned Sept. 18 Sep 13, 2007
Karl Rice says the program topic will be, earning About Our Amish Neighbors ... He adds, Randolph County Historical Society has a short history with the Amish ... We found Mr. Hochstettler, the buggy maker in the Amish community, east of Renick. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Forgiveness, conversion - it's all there at the Spiritual Film Festival Sep 12, 2007
The film examines the role forgiveness can play in alleviating anger and grief through true-life stories, including those of the recent mass murder among the Amish and World Trade Center. One of the stories involves a father whose son was shot to death by a 14-year-old while making a pizza delivery. (Wood River Journal, ID)
'Was recorded in same location'... Sep 11, 2007
The Blotter: Second Bin Laden Tape Expected. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)
TASTY TRAVELS Sep 9, 2007
They sucked down golden watermelon with yellow fruit on an Amish farm in Michigan ("Good to the rind!" said Robles. They ate zebra-striped tomatoes at Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor in a caprese salad straight from the chef's garden. (The St. Augustine Record)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
A one-handed salesman, an Amish farm boy and a pretty con artist pull bowling scams to get to a $1 million tournament in Reno ... A hunted Philadelphia detective moves in with an Amish widow and her murder-witness son. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Six guns found at Pontiac H.S.; 3 arrested after lockdown Aug 30, 2007
wrote on Aug 29, 2007 12:22 AM:" One, Pontiac isn't a "village". Two, do you not remember when that amish school got shot up? That went national, and they didn't even make up a quarter of the number of students that attend PTHS. And three, I don't believe for one second that a potential masacre is "small town mentality". Don't post ignorant things, be glad it didn't involve you, assuming it didn't, and shut-up about it. To all those involved, you were in my prayers all day long. A special thank... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bestsellers list Aug 29, 2007
Plain Truth Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9781416547815 The Picoult treatment of an unmarried Amish teenager who gives birth. Trade Paperback Nonfiction. (Scranton Times, PA)
Still thriving Aug 29, 2007
Roger Ulrich, 75, drives a converted Amish buggy around the 300-acre commune he founded that promotes an ecological and sustainable lifestyle. Ulrich has an Amish background ... The Amish and the Hutterites still live communally; others didn't endure. (USA Today)
FRED THOMPSON: USA WILL BE 'WEAKER, LESS PROSPEROUS'... Aug 27, 2007
Amish people live in the same country and don't have these problems. It's behavior that leads to lower life expectancy. (The Drudge Report)
How Zac Efron Became the Cutest Guy Ever Aug 17, 2007
For their generation's defining piece of art they overwhelmingly chose last year's High School Musical, a song-and-dance movie made for the Disney Channel that is so wholesome the Amish community playhouse could put it on. None of which got in the way of its enormous success: The sound track was the No. 1 album of 2006; more than 2,000 schools have put on productions of the show; a series of books about the characters sold 4. (Time.com)
Times religion columnist Libby Purves Aug 13, 2007
Statement made during campaign visit to Amish community, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jul. 9, 2004. (Harper's Magazine)
Encinitas resident recalls early years near Amish community in mystery Aug 12, 2007
Leucadia resident Ron Yeakley has self-published his first novel, 'Death Takes a Buggy Ride,' drawing on his experience growing up in an Amish community ... Growing up in the Amish area of Pennsylvania has given Encinitas resident Ron Yeakley, 71, an unusual perspective on the conflicts and paradoxes of the Amish culture ... "My parents spoke it, and I basically picked it up in the general store where we had a lot of Amish and Mennonite customers. "I knew the idiom but I still had to research... (North County Times)
BasketBlog: E-TV Makes Its Debut Aug 11, 2007
The highlight of the BBQ for a lot of us though was the Amish buggy ride ... On top of that, a lot of the players that were there (Lindsay, Dev and Britt) are from urban areas, where they wouldn't be exposed to the Amish culture. (Und.com)
Talkin' 'bout my generation Aug 3, 2007
Weird Al: Nickname of Al Yankovic, musician, satirist and parodist ("Smells Like Nirvana," "Amish Paradise"). Easy Reader: Character from the educational children's series "The Electric Company," portrayed by Morgan Freeman. (Pensacola News Journal)
AP teams covering Gaza and Lebanon conflicts among winners of AP staff awards Aug 2, 2007
Deadline reporting: Mark Scolforo, Marc Levy, Adam Geller, Deborah Hastings, for coverage of the Amish school shootings in Lancaster County, Pa. Enterprise: AP Correspondent Alfred de Montesquieu for coverage of Darfur; Washington reporter Hope Yen for reporting on bonuses paid to bureaucrats at the troubled Veterans Affairs Department. (NEPA News, PA)
COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Late-Night Series 'Web Shows' Second Season Premieres Monday, August 6 Jul 17, 2007
Series regulars include "Stu, the Cranky Amish Guy" and "Alfa & Romeo, Italian Superheroes," all of whom battle the notorious excesses of America's biggest film and music superstars. From Canadian company Eggplant Productions. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Spike TV Television Highlights - August 2007 Jul 10, 2007
A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial. Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, and Josef Sommer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The World Seems the Same From a Hotel Jul 8, 2007
In Belize, we wanted to know the origins of the Amish people who sold watermelon by the side of the road. (They came from Pennsylvania, via Mexico. (Time.com)
Weekend Guide Jul 5, 2007
AMISH BURLESQUE FEATURING GOODY PLENTY & THE AMLETS Devilishly discreet parodies and musical numbers lampoon everyone from Broadway's finest to your favorite pop divas. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Presents, Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Suspect Holed Up In Bank Surrenders Jun 22, 2007
The situation started midmorning when a state trooper pulled over a silver car for having windows that were too darkly tinted on a stretch of Interstate 57 about 12 miles north of Arcola, a town of 2,600 where horse-drawn buggies of Old Order Amish are a familiar sight ... Arcola, about 150 miles south of Chicago, is home to an Old Order Amish settlement ... The rural area features Amish homes, business and schools. (NBC4.tv, CA)
New research on Amish moms released Jun 20, 2007
The high incidence of genetic disorders and birth defects among the Amish are well documented ... Breaking myths, Amish women here were less likely to have underweight babies, were more fertile and no more likely to have premature babies than the general population ... "Amish women may be more prepared to become pregnant in that they expect it, desire it, lead a lifestyle that supports it, and have the social support necessary to have a successful outcome," concludes the study, which appears in... (NEPA News, PA)
