Jerome Robbins

I wonder who will have made a more lasting and generous contribution to America: Jerome Robbins (homosexual) or Trent Lott (not a kleptomaniac, not an alcoholic)? Gee, “West Side Story,” “On the Town,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and several brilliant ballets on the one hand, and, uh, stopping campaign finance reform, gutting tobacco legislation, and carefully teaching hate on the other.

VICTOR KENYON BROWN

Los Feliz