Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Kathy Griffin — can you imagine if it’d been Obama’s head?
Kathy Griffin, sometimes-CNN host, sometimes-comedian, stoked angry fires by sending out a picture of herself holding a severed head of President Donald Trump. Can you imagine if this had been Barack Obama's head? Published May 31, 2017
Trump ‘negative press covfefe’ tweet turns Twitter heads
So President Donald Trump sent out a midnight Twitter message that contained a spelling error -- and in double quick time, it became the joke of the world. It was worse -- way, way, way worse -- than when Barack Obama thought there were 57 states. Published May 31, 2017
Barack Obama’s spy games ignored by yawning media
Barack Obama, the president who rode a wave of promises for uber-transparency into eight years at the White House, has apparently been -- well, not. Lucy, I think you got some 'splainin' to do. Published May 30, 2017
Captain America hates on Donald Trump
The actor who plays Captain America, Chris Evans, has launched a fight against President Donald Trump, taking his public platform in a new political direction to talk up how bad the commander-in-chief is to any fan who will listen. Talk about 'dissing your fans. Doesn't Evans know Marvel fans and Trump fans are often one and the same? Published May 30, 2017
John Bolton’s right — Israeli-Palestinian peace ‘undoable’
Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said President Donald Trump may have the best of intentions, but his attempts to forge peace between Israel and the Palestinians with a two-state deal would most certainly fail. "It's undoable," Bolton said. And he's very, very likely quite right. Published May 30, 2017
Manchester bomber funded terror with tax dollars
Police say Salman Abedi, the terrorist who targeted mostly women and children at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, used government dole-outs and low-interest education loan dollars to fund his suicide bomb plot. Published May 30, 2017
Ramadan bombings target shoppers, families eating ice cream
ISIS terrorists targeted a popular ice cream shop in Baghdad for their next hit, detonating a bomb in the nighttime hours where families -- families with children -- went for a snack to mark the end of the day's Ramadan fast. A second bombing hours later targeted bustling shoppers in the Shawaka region. Happy Ramadan. Published May 30, 2017
Ramadan’s here — let the killing begin
It's Ramadan, and for followers of Islam the world over, the monthlong celebration of their prophet's unveiling of the Koran means fasting, spiritual introspection -- and apparently, murder, mayhem and bloody attacks against infidels. That's not polite to say, of course. But it can't help but be noticed. Published May 30, 2017
Hillary Clinton still blaming press, Russia, FBI
Hillary Clinton, who lost the presidential election, just can't quite seem to get it through her head -- that she lost the presidential election. In a recent interview with New York Magazine, she told the writer she should've won -- she would've won -- had it not been for those dang, pesky Russians. Published May 29, 2017
James Mattis rocks: He fights people, not weather
Defense Secretary James Mattis rocks. Why? He considers the threats America's flesh-and-blood enemies bring -- not the weather reports, like Barack Obama's defense chiefs did. Published May 29, 2017
Maxine Waters: Less lawmaker, more circus act
Rep. Maxine Waters, once again, has gone on national television to talk about impeaching President Donald Trump -- to double down that time's a-tickin' and Americans are weary of waiting. This is a woman who has been blinded by hate. Published May 29, 2017
Republican senators slow-walk Obamacare, fearing failure
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Obamacare is going to be tough to repeal and that the bill he's bringing to the floor for vote probably won't meet voters' expectations. And with that, out the window flew any grand vision the GOP held for 2018. Published May 29, 2017
Democrats’ dangerous dance with terrorists
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly went on national television recently and made this somewhat chilling remark: "If [Americans] knew what I knew about terrorism, [they'd] never leave the house in the morning." It's just that kind of frightening head thump on reality that makes one wonder: So why are so many leftists in this nation heck-bent on keeping borders open? Published May 27, 2017
Hillary Clinton ‘fesses to hitting the bottle, post-election loss
Hillary Clinton, during delivery of a Wellesley College commencement speech, may have inadvertently made Hillary history -- by telling a truth that quite possibly nobody will dispute. What was it she said? Read on. Published May 26, 2017
4th Circuit’s Russian roulette roll of the border
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit shot down yet another attempt by President Donald Trump to control and limit travelers to this country from terror hot spots in the world. It's like the panel just can't get enough of Russian roulette -- the game that's basically being played with America's border security and the open door approach the left wants to keep intact, regardless of terror and security concerns. Published May 26, 2017
Coptic Christians, dozens of them, massacred in Egypt
Terrorists bearing guns and bent on wiping out Egypt's non-Islam population went on a persecution mission Friday and attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians, killing more than two dozen. Published May 26, 2017
Mark Zuckerberg’s radical, socialist global tax idea
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, has made his money -- his billions of dollars in a short span of time -- and now? Now, he wants yours. How? He pitched a global tax idea to Harvard graduations, a way of giving every man, woman and child a set amount of money for the simple reason of being born. Published May 26, 2017
Ben Carson’s poverty comments shake, shock — and bear true
Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, sent shockwaves through the liberal world during a recent radio show when he told the host that poverty is, "to a large extent," simply a "state of mind." He's right. Published May 25, 2017
Greg Gianforte, Montana GOPer, gives new meaning to ‘losing it’
Greg Gianforte, Montana's Republican hopeful for the congressional seat vacated by Ryan Zinke -- who's now President Donald Trump's secretary of Interior -- had a little bit of an altercation with one of the reporters who questioned him at his campaign headquarters in Bozeman. And given the special election is Thursday, one might say the unpleasantries came at a quite inopportune time. Moreover, altercation is probably an understatement. Published May 25, 2017
Bob Woodward, Watergate fame, bemoans media’s ‘smugness’
Bob Woodward, one of the legendary Washington Post journalists who broke Watergate said reporters ought to tread carefully, or face the risk of tripping over their own smug attitudes. That's a pretty apt summary of the nastiness and snark that passes as Investigative Reporting, and Hard Journalism these days. Published May 25, 2017
