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...also said that just because the issue of gay marriage is receiving the most media attention, it is still critical to realize how much gay rights need to advance. He pointed to the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy,” as well as the current absence of federal anti-discrimination employment and hate crimes laws as areas that still have a long way to go. —Staff writer Alexander B. Cohn can be reached at abcohn@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Receptive to CA Gay Marriage | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...ethnic scruples home. Scholars of antiquity will be pleased to know that Crystal Skull - with its runic inscriptions, vanished languages, hidden caves and dreadful secrets - is the archaeolog-iest Indy film yet. In fact, the movie is a little plot-heavy around the middle. It seems more determined to tell a complicated story than to use a story as the excuse for a convulsive, nonstop thrill ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indiana Jones: Smart, Sleek, Familiar | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

...David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson cope with middle age in their X Files movie later this summer. They may suffer from the occasional creaking joints of Crystal Skull. (And, truth to tell, there was more applause here at the beginning of the screening than at the end.) But they'd be hard-pressed to inhabit the sleek, satisfying adventure that three septuagenarians and their pals dreamed up here. There's a moment in the film where Mutt sees Indy negotiate some really cool bit of action, and the kid can't help mouth a "Wow." That's the right response...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indiana Jones: Smart, Sleek, Familiar | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

...homosexuality was wrong; and forbidden her from wearing a pink breast cancer awareness bracelet that he alleged was a gay pride accessory. Though school board superintendent Steve Griffin denies Davis told the student homosexuality was wrong, calling it a "rumor that the kids took off running with," Davis did tell the court that rainbows and T-shirts with messages such as "God loves me the way I am" called to mind images of gay people having sex. He also conceded during the trial that he would allow students to promote the image of the Confederate flag at school because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Legal Win for Gay Pride | 5/17/2008 | See Source »

...government believe it's better to engage Hizballah than pretend it can be crushed. On May 11, Walid Jumblatt, one of the leaders of the governing coalition, placed a call to Nabih Berri, the speaker of Parliament and a Hizballah ally, while TIME waited nearby for an interview. "Tell [Nasrallah] I lost the battle and he wins," Jumblatt said. "So let's sit and talk to reach a compromise. All that I ask is your protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to Hizballahstan | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

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