Puffing at Peter, Paul and Mary

It’s a sad commentary that Howard Rosenberg, despite his facility with the English language, lacks the compassion to have been “touched” by “Heartstrings.” The trio’s person-to-person approach to the heartbreaking tragedy of the people of El Salvador and Nicaragua was immeasurably more meaningful than a two-sided erudite presentation.

The tears shed by the performers and the interpreter came from the heart; and the sincerity and shame at the U.S. government’s role are of the same quality that made the Peter, Paul and Mary symbols of hope in the ‘60s.

I wonder why Rosenberg thinks we need to be exposed to “the other side” of Peter, Paul and Mary’s expose. Isn’t that what we see and hear daily in America?

MILLICENT LIPTON

North Hollywood