Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Michael Mantenuto, ‘Miracle’ movie hockey star, found dead
This is a sad day for fans of the 2004 Disney "Miracle" movie about America's miraculous Olympic gold in the 1980 hockey games.One of the leading actors, Michael Mantenuto, they guy who played Jack O'Callahan -- the street-fight tough player with the broad Boston accent -- was found dead in his car. He was 35 years old. Published April 28, 2017
Ivanka Trump’s uncomfortable embrace of refugees
Ivanka Trump, already under growing fire from some in the conservative camps who think she's exerting too much influence over dad Donald, is now calling for the White House to open doors to Syrian refugees. Conservatives and border control advocates are quite right to be concerned. Published April 27, 2017
Ann Coulter, Berkeley and the shuttering of free speech
After a contentious and very public back-and-forth about speaking at Berkeley, conservative firebrand Ann Coulter announced her planned Thursday speech at Berkeley was canceled, after all. Another ding to freedom of speech; another win Published April 27, 2017
Kelly Wright, black Fox News anchor, sues for race discrimination
Fox News is on a rolling, plunging, rocky ride of late, with all the sexual harassment allegations, suits, settlements, claim and the rest -- and now, this.Black anchor Kelly Wright has joined a handful of former and present staffers accusing the cable outlet of racial discrimination. Published April 27, 2017
‘Queer theory’ in schools an anti-moral crusade
A professor at the University of Arizona, Kristin Gunckel, wants to bring "queer theory" to elementary school classrooms across America, teaching the youngest and most vulnerable of the country that LGBTQs are just as "normal" in their drives and desires as heterosexuals. It's a propaganda campaign aimed at tossing biblical values and morals. Published April 27, 2017
National monuments on Trump chopping block
President Donald Trump is taking aim at some of Barack Obama's national monuments, as well as at designations made by other presidents. And this is great news. Terrific news. When it comes to the country's national monuments, this White House's attitude should be one of slash and burn -- not conserve and preserve. Published April 27, 2017
William Orrick, judge who blocked Donald Trump on sanctuary cities, a big Obama donor
The federal judge -- William Orrick -- who just sided with the sanctuary city crowd and blocked President Donald Trump's order to pull tax dollars from jurisdictions that insisted on breaking border laws happens to have a background that includes bundling donations for Barack Obama. Published April 26, 2017
Facebook’s ‘appalling’ 24-hour post of a baby’s murder
What the freak, Facebook. You let a post of a baby being murdered by a madman hang around the public viewing files for 24 hours -- but when it comes to political censorship of, say, talk show giant Michael Savage, you're on top of the booting? Unbelievable. Published April 26, 2017
Sanctuary cities ruling a despicable sign of lawless times
My, how far we've come. Used to be a time when the Constitution was the country's rule of law, the Bible and its Judeo-Christian principles, the national moral compass. Now? That prize goes to the ones with the loudest mouths, deepest pockets and -- even more shamefully -- most activist courts on their sides. Published April 26, 2017
Obama to net $400,000 in ‘fat cat’ speech
Well, well, well. Guess Barack Obama, who spent much of his eight years in the White House pointing critical fingers at Wall Street and Big Business, isn't as adverse to the buck as he lets on. The ex-prez is about to earn $400,000 to deliver a speech at a Wall Street conference being run by Cantor Fitzgerald LP -- the same type of people Obama used to blast as "fat cats." Published April 25, 2017
Nordstrom’s $425 fake-mud jeans — for the wanna-be worker
Move over, ripped jeans. Nordstrom has now come up with a new way to make it appear the wearer is having a hard day -- the Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans, complete with "caked-on muddy coating." For the wanna-work in you -- that just can't quite bring on the work. Published April 25, 2017
Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel pushing more gun control
Yes, this is probably the way to go -- when criminals holding illegally owned firearms shoot and kill and pour blood into the city streets, the way to make the community safer is to rip guns out of the hands of legal and permitted owners. That sounds about right. You go, Chicago. Published April 25, 2017
Texas Democrats go on hunger strike to save sanctuary city
Democrats, standing firm wth the party of lawlessness, have decided in Texas to oppose a proposed anti-sanctuary city bill by -- sigh -- staging a hunger strike. They're like Gandhi, only not. Published April 25, 2017
100 days of the GOP eating its own
It's rounding on 100 days of the President Donald Trump administration -- and surprise, surprise, it's not just Democrats who are pointing wild fingers at the White House for this and that, for what have you and what not. criticizing, condemning and generally crying about how things are progressing. It's Republicans, almost as much. Published April 25, 2017
Anti-Semitic incidents rise by 86 percent in U.S.
It's not a good time to be a Jew in America, it seems. Between 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the country rose by 86 percent. Published April 24, 2017
Sean Hannity, Fox star, vows legal action against ‘serial harasser’
Over the weekend, another woman, Debbie Schlussel, came forward to accuse another Fox News host -- Sean Hannity -- of sexual harassment. Insert collective groan here. Hannity is denying. And moreover, he's vowing to sue. Published April 24, 2017
Scientists stunned: Antarctica’s not as cold as it should be
Scientists, already stunned at climate change, the holes in the ozone, and the fact that people persist in driving even though they're told cars pollute the air, have gotten even stunnier in recent days. Published April 24, 2017
North Korea must be dealt with
North Korea, long a thorn in the side of America -- a thorn that sharpened considerably under the "strategic patience"-slash-do-nothing leadership of Barack Obama -- has seized a third American citizen. And the regime must be dealt an aggressive blow. Published April 24, 2017
Hey, Christian killers: Let my people go
Every hour, around the world, a Christian's killed for the simple reason of worshipping Jesus. And America's response? It should go like this: Hey Christian killers, let my people go. Published April 22, 2017
Obama heads to Chicago to agitate against Trump
Steel yourselves. Barack Obama's about to emerge from the shadows -- and first stop, University of Chicago. Make no mistake about it. This is about teaching the upcoming generation, loud as it already is about all topics that offend, to get even louder, even Leftist Prouder, and to -- here's the gist -- use that Leftist Loud and Proud persona to tackle the problem of President Donald Trump. Published April 21, 2017
