Skirts

Thoughtful readers of The Jakarta Post may have difficulty reconciling two recent fashion reports. On Nov. 20, the Post published a letter castigating U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for her wearing of short skirts, flashing a bit of knee and thigh at diplomatic receptions.

On the previous day the Post's sports pages carried a news report that the National Basketball Association fined two players of the Portland Trail Blazers and three members of the Minnesota Timberwolves for wearing excessively long basketball shorts, in violation of the NBA rule mandating that shorts must not be lower than one inch above the knee.

The solution is obvious. Ms. Albright, who made history as the first female Secretary of State, should resign and make history again by becoming the first female coach (or player?) in the National Basketball Association. Then she could wear her skirts or shorts comfortably above the knee, without fear of criticism.

HARVEY A. LEVE

Jakarta