Actors don't help.

• Author: Bury, John
• Position: Letters to the Editor

Tim Robbins may complain about being shunted aside by the media, but he should recede to the background to advance his causes ("Tim Robbins, Defiant," by David L. Steinhardt, June issue).

Rather than accepting a spot on the dais as the disloyal opposition, Robbins should step aside and allow Noam Chomsky, Richard Falk, or Howard Zinn to speak from a sounder stance.

Being an actor and director and dabbling in politics do not imbue you with the powers of persuasion that a full-time historian and...