DEGENERATION

Has anyone else noticed how Calendar Letters is degenerating into a forum for the worthless stone-throwing of readers? I mean, what compels Frank Malfitano to write a letter telling Sally Field that he doesn’t like her anymore (Calendar Letters, April 7)? Who cares !

Or the various people who have written in to take potshots at, in the last few weeks alone, Diana Ross, USA for Africa, Madonna, the Oscar telecast, even Evelyn Keyes’ use of parentheses? Is this “criticism” supposed to be interesting? Thought-provoking? Constructive? I call it bitching. And boring.

MATT BARBER

West Hollywood