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...While Hamas rockets pummel southern Israel and Israeli bombs decimate Gaza, a parallel war is being fought in virtual communities. On Dec. 27, two hours after Israel began its military operation, Joel Leyden created a Facebook group called "I Support the Israel Defense Forces in Preventing Terror Attacks from Gaza." Leyden, an American who served with the Israeli military, says he has since received dozens of death threats via his Facebook inbox. "People were not just saying 'I hope you die!' but also asking, 'How do you want to die?' " says Leyden, who uses Facebook to alert people about potential...
...remains a strong favorite," said Kevin Leyden, associate professor of political science at West Virginian University in Morgantown. "Although ethics allegations have been thoroughly aired here, they haven't seemed to stick." Indeed, a Majority Watch poll of 1,003 registered voters conducted at the end of August put Mollohan up, 52% to 42%, with a margin of error of 3%. That's easy enough to explain after 24 years in Congress, said Mollohan's campaign manager, Gerry Griffith. "One man's pork is another man's job, another man's progress. People here on the ground can see, hear...
...Despite some gains in Republican registration and the vote for President Bush in the last two elections, Leyden points out that West Virginians - and the residents of Mollohan's district in particular - remain largely Democratic. This fall, moreover, some of those who sided with the President last time may find voting Republican less appealing. "The same kind of concerns that are affecting the nation are also affecting this congressional district," Leyden said. "People are concerned about the economy and the President's handling the war in Iraq...
...alum who is now in the state House of Representatives, was an Army officer in Massachusetts during the war, and that his degree was earned at a less competitive extension school run by Harvard but which lacks the competitive admission policies of most of the university's schools. Still, Leyden predicts the race will likely be the closest Mollohan has seen in years. Considering Mollohan's history of runaway victories, however, that may not be enough to unseat...
...disappointed that so much of your reporting on the future was devoted to gadgetry. Do we really need any more silly electronic gewgaws? The key to heading off the real crises the world will face in the future is in developing alternative energy sources. Daniel A. Brown Leyden, Massachusetts, U.S. My compliments for the excellent piece on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The agency is one of the reasons for the high level of U.S. agricultural productivity. Many policymakers in different countries don't know that it is impossible to have successful, competitive agriculture without good...