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Your story "The Peril of Prosecutorial Passion" [NATION, June 16] was a mixture of misleading and inaccurate observations. You claimed that Whitewater's independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, told me to back off from issues involving Clinton. That statement is false. You stated that I was appointed to learn "whether a Cabinet member [former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy] got some free football tickets and a few other gifts." That misstates the court order appointing me Independent Counsel. Your conclusion that I have "turned up little" in a "costly probe" failed to note the 44 criminal convictions of three corporations, five individuals and one law firm, plus the imposition and collection of more than $3.5 million in criminal fines. This investigation is in fact about Big Business and powerful individuals illegally buying or attempting to buy access to a member of the Cabinet who regulates their industry. It is not about just a few football tickets. I will continue to perform the duties for which I was appointed fairly, vigorously and expeditiously. DONALD C. SMALTZ, Independent Counsel Alexandria, Va.
GIRLS WITH TURNER'S SYNDROME
We were distressed that your article on the genetic disorder Turner's syndrome [SCIENCE, June 23] would saddle girls who have this condition with such labels as "socially inept" and "insensitive." These girls have enough challenges to face without the additional stigma created by such distortion and oversimplification. LYNN-GEORGIA TESCH, Executive Director Turner's Syndrome Society of the U.S. Minneapolis, Minn.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SINEAD
Sinead O'Connor should stick to singing and lay off religious commentary [MUSIC, June 23]. Her statement in her interview with TIME that "people of the Christian church preach that God is dead and we can never be like God..." is the opposite of what Christianity means and what Christian churches teach: that God is alive and eternal. If Rastafarianism appeals to O'Connor because it proclaims that God is in every one of us, it is not alone in that concept. Christians, particularly Roman Catholics, also believe God is in each of us if we accept God--whom we are also free to reject. RICHARD HUNTER Pleasantville, N.Y.
If O'Connor thinks that christianity teaches "God is dead," then she should learn about religion from someone other than electronic rocker Trent Reznor. NATHAN CAHILL Rochester, N.Y.
SUCH GOOD COMPANY
Gee, I felt bad that you called me quirky [PEOPLE, June 23] and deemed two of my movies "box-office poison." But then I noticed in the same issue you said that Dennis Rodman's sometime religion is "Moron" and that Farrah Fawcett has Jell-O for brains. Now I realize it's still an honor to be mentioned in such a classy magazine! GEENA DAVIS Los Angeles
CANINES UNDER ATTACK