Are GMOs one solution to an ancient puzzle?

Today's GMO skepticism from <a href="http://www.slate.com" target="_blank">Slate</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net" target="_blank">Boing Boing</a> &amp; <a href="http://io9.com" target="_blank">io9</a>:
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<li>Robert T. Gonzalez, in a post on io9, makes the argument that conventional agricultural cross-breeding and gene modification are "...kernels from the same ear of corn," with the only real distinction being that GMO is clearly superior to its historical cousin. | <a href="http://mys.tc/2kl" target="_blank">Read it</a></li>
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<li>In an older Slate post referenced by yesterday's io9 article, Keith Kloor details why despite their best intentions, anti-GMO activists are pretty much "...the Climate Skeptics of the Left." | <a href="http://mys.tc/2kn" target="_blank">Read it</a></li>
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<li>Maggie Koerth-Baker, in another article published yesterday on BoingBoing and referenced by i09, shows that the toxic Lenape potato, a coordinated 1960's breeding experiment of "...researchers from the US Department of Agriculture, Penn State University, and the Wise Potato Chip Company," "...played a big role in shaping how the USDA treats and tests new varieties of conventionally bred food plants today," and is more worrisome than genetic modification which only targets one gene | <a href="http://mys.tc/2km" target="_blank">Read it</a></li>
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