Lenny Explains

NEW YORK, OCT. 31

Whee!—just like that. On Sunday morning, in the New York Times, Leonard Bernstein called out loud on Mike Dukakis to stop all this silence about the L-word and come right out with it. “I dreamed I heard Michael S. Dukakis say, ‘I am proud to be called a liberal.’ ” And, hours later, Mr. Dukakis said just that. For the very first time, after more than one year’s campaigning. Leonard Bernstein is a happy man today.