Hundreds of thousands of dollars later Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his wife Anne Sinclair, and his lawyers are rejoicing at what an August 24th New York Times headline called a "Quick and Quiet End to the Strauss-Kahn Case." Perhaps this group should hold the champagne...

Meanwhile Manhattan DA, Cyrus R. Vance,...

"YOU are going to Walk with the Philly SlutWalkers on August 6th , AND dress in a slutty way?" a very good and savvy friend asked me for the second time --- her voice incredulous.

"Yes, I am -- in an age appropriate slutty way," I responded.

"What's that?"...

This blog is a plea to President Obama to stand up against a growing malignancy of ideas with no basis, and, with passion and plain talk (and no fancy words), explain to our citizens why we must join together and fight for the health and sanity of our country.

There are enormous and complicated conflicts between the underpinnings of a puritanical American and overwhelming sexual urges that can seem impossible to contain and understand. Such conflicts make people so uncomfortable that rather than speak seriously about them, they become fodder for jokes and ridicule.

What better example is...

When Maria Shriver was a young college graduate, she was an intern at Philadelphia's KYW TV news station. On occasion she would call me for background information on stories she was working on. Two words to describe her: competent and lovely. At this time, she was a very close friend...

There is hope for all of us when people and organizations view actions for what they really are, and do not offer support or aid based primarily on skin color, culture, ethnicity or sex.

Such hope is being illustrated by a bittersweet saga now unfolding in my hometown, Philadelphia.

The extraordinarily well-acted film "Blue Valentine" is being promoted as a film showing the eventual death of young marital love. Its cynical message: Marital love cannot last. This is underscored by two heartbreaking renditions of the Ink Spots' "You Always Hurt the One You Love."

Nothing is further from the...

Ending a relationship due to lack of stimulation and desire is not neat and easy, especially when children are involved.

If you are the one who ends the relationship, and you are a decent human being, there will be pangs of guilt. Such as the 33 year old guy,...

So much hoopla in the Sixty Minutes temper department! Have you followed it? On January 9th, Lesley Stahl interviewed the soon to be Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania (my home state) about the relationship between gambling and addiction. Her message was clear: Casinos promote addiction. Rendell has supported casinos in Pennsylvania....

Many find the following impossible to believe: According to Jewish law only a husband, and never a wife, can "give" a Get, or Jewish divorce. Although a Jewish woman can delay the process of a divorce, she must eventually acquiesce if her husband wishes one.

A vindictive husband, however,...

Emotional health challenges on college campuses today are overwhelming.

A recent study by the American College Counseling Association concludes that most students visit campus counseling centers with universal post-adolescent difficulties, such as devastation following a romantic breakup, academic pressure, confusion and difficulty defining their futures.

However, 44 percent...

Elizabeth Edwards will be ever remembered as a woman who offered hope to the suffering, as well as one who stood up valiantly for economic well being and protection for those denied these rights. She was fierce, brilliant, and authentic in her reasoning and her pleas on their behalf. Even...

It has not been proven exactly who leaked volumes of confidential US diplomatic material from the State Department to WikiLeaks, which was then picked up by major newspapers world wide. But to call the printing and distribution of this material reckless is a vast understatement.

While a disgruntled employee...

Several years ago I began a quiet project that offered no feedback. Nevertheless it has been privately rewarding. Then something happened, and my project did give incredibly positive feedback. I want to tell you about it, for maybe you would like to join in, and maybe the result will be...

I know divorce inside out and upside down. I have been divorced. One third of the clients I work with are deciding whether or not to divorce, going through a divorce, or living with the realities of divorce.

There is great confusion about the impact of divorce on children. In...

I remember the event, a presidential debate, like it was yesterday. The date, October 13, 1988. Susan Estrich, Michael Dukasis' campaign manager, knew that Dukasis was vulnerable due to his opposition to the death penalty. This vulnerability was intensified because while governor he supported a controversial prison furlough program. During...

Governor Bob McDonnell
Patrick Henry Building
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Dear Governor McDonnell:

Millions of people all over the world were horrified as you disgraced America, not to mention the proud state of Virginia, by allowing Teresa Lewis, a mentally and emotionally limited woman,...

I am not sure if the news reached you, but horror has hit Philadelphia. It is the kind of horror that can hit any community. And it provides food for thought for all regarding the balance between taking a chance on a new activity, and personal safety.

This horror involved...

I was stunned when I read that Al and Tipper Gore were separating after 40 years of marriage. But then five minutes later, their decision did not seem stunning at all. To paraphrase the late Ann Landers, "Some good marriages do not make it to the finish line."

There are...

There is only one reason that I am glad that Arlen Specter lost his heated Pennsylvania Democratic primary to Joe Sestak: As his friend for over 40 years, I will no longer feel compelled again and again to try to explain his decisions or describe, with examples, the core of...