Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: No Divorce Cites Koran A female judge in Germany cited the Koran in her refusal to allow a Muslim woman permission to file for an immediate divorce over abuse by her husband, saying that the Koran allows a man to beat his …

Americans hear conflicting messages about how to think and talk about terrorism. As a result, the message of freedom and justice is often muted or muddled. Americans can do better. There are core ideas that should serve as a taproot for a consensus on how to understand and describe our …

First of all, my new book “Kids Are Americans Too” will be number three on The New York Times list next Sunday. And I thank all of you who are supporting this very important book. “Kids Too” bluntly tells teenagers what their rights are and what they cannot do. For …

No question I made too much of the O’Donnell story. If you look at it from a behavioral point of view, I mean, who really cares what this woman thinks? Not many. But the bigger story is the growing anti-American wave that’s being driven by the Internet and aided and …

Michael Jackson | Chris Albrecht | Odds ‘n’ Ends Jacko Burns Final Bridge in Music Biz Bruce Swedien, the man who recorded all of Michael Jackson’s adult hits including “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Dangerous” and “Off the Wall,” is out. Swedien, a lovely, soft-spoken man, said Jackson has cheated him out of …

Oops … he “did it” again. O.J. Simpson made the rounds at Super Bowl parties in Miami this weekend, apparently running at the mouth again about getting paid for “If I Did It” — even though the book about how he would have committed double murder was yanked and destroyed …

Your GRRRs | Things That Make Me Go Grrr! | The GRRR! Book “We all make mistakes,” said Michael Vick. “Dogfighting is a terrible thing and I reject it … I found Jesus and turned my life over to God. I think that’s the right thing to do as of …

The other day while looking at a map of the United States and trying, in vain, to find Sweden, it occurred to me that with my good looks and rockin’ body, I should run for Miss Teen USA. People have suggested it to me countless times before, but I always …

We are definitely ready for 2007. But what were the five, the five most important stories of 2006? Number one has to be the deepening chaos in Iraq. There’s no question this war has brought pain and suffering to the nation and divided the country. To those of us who …

A quick trip around Hannity’s America… Transparent! See? The president’s honeymoon with the press is already over. Now Obama’s announcement of a “new era of openness” have left some in the media scratching their heads wondering well, why so many closed doors? Now a reporter from Politico.com pressed President Obama …