Roberta Actor-Thomas

Norm Benson''s column contains numerous distractions from the real issue of the debate on Prop. 37. I hope voters won''t be taken in by the predictable attempts by bio-tech spokesmen...

What are they thinking? I am writing in response to an Aug. 31 commentary by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce regarding Proposition 37 -- the California Right to Know...

In his "Straight Poop" Green Chain column, Norm Benson uses a strange urban legend having nothing to do with labeling to confuse readers about the need to label GE food....

The Record-Bee erred in using the staff reports byline for an article in the news section, "Civil War Round Table kicks off Sesquicentennial." This article is not "news" - it''s...

Both Geraldine Gutsch and Deb Baumann made important points about the dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in our foods. U.C. Davis''s GMO cheerleader, Pamela Ronald, goes around claiming that...

Gary Dickson need look no further than misguided editorial policy for the reason the media is no longer trusted by the public. Here''s a recent example: Cynthia Parkhill wrote about...

If Becker had chosen any subject other than somebody else''s credibility, I would just continue to sigh and shake my head, as I usually do when I read her commentary....

Recipe for disaster? Rob Brown has now gone on record publicly opposing a role for local farmers in emergency food security preparations. One of his objections apparently was the lack...

The Provinsalia developer''s supporters in Clearlake like to talk about the hoped-for benefits Provinsalia will bring to the City of Clearlake, but have Mayor Chuck Leonard, Councilman Curt Giambruno, or...