Dan Glickman

Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Hollywood Break My TV

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fcc, Mpaa, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Shapiro, Selective Output Control, Congress, Piracy, Julius Genachowski, Dan Glickman, Federal Communications Commission, Analog Hole, Department of Justice, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.

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Global Harvest Initiative Seeks Not to Feed People, But to Bolster Big Agriculture's Profits

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Dupont, Hunger, Monsanto, Global Harvest Initiative, Dan Glickman, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Richard Lugar, Adm, Norman Borlaug, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Hunger looks on the surface to be the most bipartisan policy issue on our collective plates. We can all agree to the fact that hunger today is a global tragedy. But from there the discussion diverges.

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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Conventional Wisdom: Political Process on the Silver Screen

Dan Glickman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Mpaa, Dan Glickman, Movies, Hollywood, Politics News
Dan Glickman

A look at our nation's democracy in action, as seen through the lens of Hollywood, might help put us all in the electoral spirit.

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Goodbye Good Ole Boys, Hello Hollywood? How Will Obama Handle the Oil Industry?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Entertainment, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Kennedy, American, Pipelines, Iraq, Obama, Texas, Cold War, Hollywood, Export, Iran, Exxon, Dan Glickman, Venezuela, Oil, Sudan, Will Smith, Nigeria, Spielberg, Jack Valenti, Rusia, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The Republicans will always back a pro-oil immediate future, until their own voters, and the lobbyists filling their coffers with dollars, stop supporting them.

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Movie Ticket Sales Hit Record

Los Angeles Times | Josh Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Movie Tickets, Mpaa, Movie Budgets, Dan Glickman, Movie Ticket Sales, Motion Picture Association of America, Box-Office Revenue, Business News

In Hollywood, the math is never simple. Worldwide box-office revenue rose to record levels last year, the studios' main trade group said Wednesday --...

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