By Rex Reed 2/08/12 10:11am

movies

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Private Romeo?

Private Romeo: Every Soldier is a Lover

From a World War II Macbeth in an Alan Ladd trench coat to a drug-dealing Shylock in an all-black Merchant of Venice set in Harlem, Shakespeare has been boldly “opened up” before. (A rock ’n’ roll Hamlet, anyone?) But a gay Romeo and Juliet, both played by military school cadets on their way to West Point, is a new one on me. It’s Private Romeo, a brave, controversial, not always successful, but hugely adventurous and highly liberated movie that offers a fresh take on the Bard in the age of same-sex marriage. Like it or not, you will not go away yawning. Read More

By Aaron Gell 12/22/10 3:07pm

Progress

Obama Signs Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal [Watch]

This morning, President Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010, ridding us of one of the most egregious and backwards-thinking laws on the books. (It’s still a shocker that the Congress pushed the thing through last week, somehow redeeming lame ducks the world over.) What it all means is that following Read More

By Staff 10/01/07 11:46am

After Court Battle, Military Recruiters to Appear at Yale Law Today

Miltary recruiters will participate in a recruiting fair at Yale Law School for the first time in five years this afternoon, after a decision by the federal government to withhold some $350 million in funding from the school was vindicated in an appeals court. The funding withdrawal was threatened in compliance with the Solomon Amendment, Read More