Although she's now divorced, Madonna is about to find out that she can't flex her muscles when it comes to her soon-to-be ex-husband's parenting style. As part of the agreement, she can still be a material girl and keep her fortune. However, while Lourdes stays in New York with her...

One of the remarkable aspects of our democracy is how, after a grueling presidential race, the losing candidate makes a concession speech and there is a gracious transition of power. The incoming President then acknowledges the attributes of his competitor in the Presidential race.

This tradition starts the process of...

On the campaign trail, Gov. Sarah Palin proudly holds her baby son, Trig, who has Down Syndrome, and promises "to help families who have children with special needs." You don't have to know trigonometry to realize what that adds up to.

Having a special-needs child not only requires expensive, life-long...

With the confidence of a captain of the girl's basketball team, Sarah Palin swished her way into the office of Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, took a jump shot at being Governor of Alaska, and then slam dunked the nomination for the Republican vice presidency.

Along the way,...

Lately people are throwing poison darts at Elizabeth Edwards for supporting her husband's bid for the Presidency even though she knew he was unfaithful. Excuse me?

If a doctor's wife finds out her husband has been unfaithful, should she stop him from performing surgery, something he has done for...

Imagine being Elizabeth Edwards.

Not only is she battling terminal cancer, but she now must muster the strength to deal with the news that her husband had an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards will admit tonight on ABC News that he did have...

Talk about possibilities. Within a year, Carla Bruni went from being dumped by her son's father to marrying the dashing Nicolas Sarkozy and becoming the First Lady of France.

Even she giggles at the amazing turn of events. In interviews with Barbara Walters and Vanity Fair, France's femme fatale shared...

It really isn't a surprise that architect Peter Cook was seen having a manicure this week. His claws were being sharpened for his divorce trial with model Christie Brinkley.

Mr. Cook, he who was the architect of his marriage's demise by having an affair with an 18...

When Hillary Clinton finally divorces herself from delusion and exits from the race, the two remaining candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, will be part of a historic campaign -- the first time in American history where both candidates have been affected by divorce.

Barack Obama's mother,...

JP Morgan's CEO Jamie Dimon was able to financially rape Bear Stearns employees with a bargain basement bid sanctioned by the Treasury Department that wiped out years of deferred compensation and now is reportedly trying to enslave them by strong-arming the rest of Wall Street away from hiring refugees.
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It's easy for many women to say, "I'd dump the bastard," until it actually happens to them. Many women across America are faced with unfaithful husbands during the course of a marriage and weigh the pros and cons of divorce.

What are the odds of Silda staying...

When NBC's Tim Russert questioned Senator Barack Obama on being far to the left, Obama should have responded with pride, and said, "Well yes, I am a lefty and am in great company."

Many presidents who are quite deft have functioned on the left.

Just ask Hillary Clinton....

At my son's basketball game last weekend, a father compared the upcoming Super Bowl to a battle between destiny vs. dynasty. Hmmm, I thought to myself, maybe the Super Bowl is also a metaphor for Super Tuesday. Doesn't Obama have a lot of similarities to the Giants?

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Even after all these years, it surprises me how powerless one can feel as a stepparent. This crystallized again over the holiday card when I unsuccessfully tried to arrange a group photo of my son and two stepdaughters.

Unlike my 10-year-old son, with whom I can say, "Please...

Poor Heather Mills. She is truly a desperate housewife. Like many, she didn't fully digest how her "wifestyle" would disappear after breaking-up with a husband of fame and fortune. She was so used to the flashbulbs and fawning friends as the wife of Sir Paul McCartney that she became...

To the cynic, the UN General Assembly can seem like a high school cafeteria where a group of diplomats, foreign ministers and politicians spend lots of time in cliques plotting, posturing and whispering. Then there are the bullies and despots in the bunch who throw intimidating spitballs and absurdly get...

I'm not worried about Sally Field's Emmy award speech being cut since she should have censored herself after the first rambling "umm." With all the time, money and effort that Hollywood stars spend on finding the right dress, haircut, jewelry and make-up, couldn't they spend a little effort...

It is a myth that time heals all wounds. Any anniversary of a loved one's death becomes a crowbar in the calendar that reopens those wounds again. What is more accurate to say is that the loss of someone you love creates a permanent hole in your heart that never...

Sending my 9-year-old son off to sleepaway camp involved ardent discussions between my husband -- who wanted him to learn independence -- and moi -- who worried I would miss him too much.

After realizing that sleepaway camp offered a roller coaster ride of non-stop fun with all his favorite...

In the universal quest to one up each other, there are few places where you can keep score as closely as Wall Street. When Steven Schwarzman raised $4.75 billion to take the Blackstone Group public, poor Henry Kravis surely felt diminished that his company wasn't raking in as much...