Dan Glickman

Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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Piracy: (Some of) the Short and Long of It

Ted Hope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mpaa, Piracy, Content Protection Summit, Dan Glickman, Dga, Taylor Hackford, The Screen Ban, Net Neutrality, Indie Film, Technology News

When it comes to protecting artists' rights, piracy is a serious issue, but free access to a public good (i.e. the internet) is a greater one. We can not look at short-term solutions with long-term repercussions.

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Restoring America's Future

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Deficit, Debt, Alice Rivlin, Pete Domenici, Dan Glickman, Bipartisan Policy Center, Politics News

The only way to get our fiscal house in order is by enacting a thoughtful, balanced program that includes spending cuts; reforms to medical, retirement, farm, and other programs; and revenue increases.

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Time to End Hyper-Partisanship

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Congress, Dan Glickman, 2010 Elections, Bipartisan Policy Center, Dirk Kempthorne, Bipartisanship, Barack Obama, Steve Case, Politics News

If the election demonstrates anything, it is that the public is weary of excessive gamesmanship and is demanding that American politics become more realistic and responsive. And we have all grown more cynical about where any of this can happen.

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ShoWest Day 2: 2009 Was Very Big; 2010 Promises To Be The Same

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

Bits and pieces of films that were big and those expected to be big paled next to the high point of the day, the first outside-the-studio showing of the Disney-Pixar Toy Story 3.

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

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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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Conventional Wisdom: Political Process on the Silver Screen

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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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