Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
The New York Times admits wrongdoing? Why, yes — yes indeed
Did The New York Times just admit wrongdoing? Why yes, yes indeed, the newspaper, through its sports editor, sent an email to The Washington Post taking responsibility for a recent tweet that appeared to show how much the New England Patriots hated President Donald Trump in comparison to Barack Obama -- only the tweet was highly inaccurate. Published April 21, 2017
Scientists go all woman-ey and gear for anti-Trump protests
Scientists -- and granted, that term is used most loosely in this context -- have taken a page from the leftist woman's playbook on How to Defeat Donald Trump in Six Easy Protest Steps and, upset at the president's climate change views, scheduled some mean marches for the streets of Washington, D.C. Published April 21, 2017
Paris terror shows Marine Le Pen, like Donald Trump, is right
A terror attack in Paris -- now there's a phrase we've been seeing quite a bit of in recent times -- could be the final straw for France citizens, the one that drives Marine Le Pen across the finish line. Why? She's right. France needs quick border control and a halt to immigration. Published April 21, 2017
Mike Huckabee, man of the anti-Comcast people
Apparently, having a "former presidential candidate" or "former governor" next to your name doesn't get you any better Comcast cable service than the average no-name Joe. Just ask Mike Huckabee. Published April 20, 2017
Squirt gun plus zero tolerance takes out another student
These school no-tolerance policies have just sucked up another youthful non-offender into the mix. A 16-year-old Alabama girl, caught by teachers carrying a water gun, was tossed from school for an entire year. Published April 20, 2017
George Soros and his shady $4.8 million U.S. taxpayer deal
George Soros, the self-declared billionaire philanthropist who amuses himself by capsizing and upsetting national economies and by pressing all-things-progressive in politics, has a curious expenditure of taxpayer cash in the amount of $4.8 million. Curiously enough, the money's been sent to Macedonia -- a country that leans conservative, in direct contrast to Soros' own personal political interests. Published April 20, 2017
Gretchen Carlson, ex-Fox-er, presses Congress to fight for women, victims
Gretchen Carlson, one of the many now-former Fox News talents to come forward in recent months to speak of sexual harassment at the cable giant, is now pressing Congress to get in the employee rights game by passing a bill that would make it easier for workplace victims of criminal behaviors to come forward and sue -- without having to use the corporation's forced arbitration clause. Published April 20, 2017
Ann Coulter, Milo, Rice and the loss of free-thinking at colleges
The latest college cave to petulant student demands involves Ann Coulter and Berkeley, and the cancellation of the conservative firebrand's speech over fears of violence. Hey, Berkeley, how about sending out the cops to deal with the law-breakers -- rather than squelching the free speech of the innocent? Published April 20, 2017
Charity keeps America free
President Donald Trump's senior advisers, deep in the weeds of tax reform, are reportedly looking at ways to save the middle class by placing more financial responsibilities on the shoulders of the wealthy -- and part of the plan being discussed is to limit the level of deductions charitable organizations can take. This is the wrong way to go. Published April 20, 2017
Seattle shocker as council doles tax bucks to help illegals fight deportation
Now this is an impeachable offense -- if city council members could be subjected to such treatment, that is. Seattle City Council members have given the OK for $1 million of taxpayer dollars so illegals can hire attorneys and tap into legal services that will -- get this -- help them fight their deportations. Published April 19, 2017
‘Allahu akbar’ screaming man charged with hate crime in murders
A black man who was arrested for fatally shooting three white men in Freson, California, and then shouting "allahu akbar" before surrendering to police, is believed by authorities to have been a racist, not a terrorist. Maybe. But he didn't shout "allahu akbar" for nothing. Published April 19, 2017
Aaron Hernandez, a tragedy of wasted talent
Aaron Hernandez, of former NFL fame, killed himself in prison, the Department of Correction reported. The former New England Patriots tight end was found hanging from a bed sheet attached to his single-cell window in his Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Mass., shortly after 3 a.m. What a tragedy. A tragic end to a life that had become a tragedy. Published April 19, 2017
Jessica Chastain: I want my free birth control and I want it now
No, Jessica Chastain, of Hollywood fame, the women in your family didn't get pregnant because they didn't have access to the birth control pill. They got pregnant because they had sex. Published April 19, 2017
France’s Marine Le Pen warns: ‘Behind mass immigration, there is terrorism’
France's presidential hopeful, Marine Le Pen, called for a halt to immigration, saying in the lead-up to the first round of elections that all the refugees running across the border are decimating the country's culture. It's like Donald Trump for the French, and in female form. Published April 18, 2017
Voting machines go missing in lead-up to Georgia election
Oh my, this can't be good. Four voting machines were reported stolen from a precinct manager's car just days before Georgia's special congressional election. Published April 18, 2017
Arizona university shows all that is wrong with higher learning
A professor at Arizona State University let her students choose: Take the final exam or go join in a picket protest against President Donald Trump. So guess what the students chose? Three words: Fire this professor. Published April 18, 2017
‘Shattered’ debuts, peeling back curtain on Clinton dysfunction
A new book about Hillary Clinton's disastrous presidential run hits the book shelves Tuesday, and it's as suspected: Infighting and dysfunction marked the campaign every step of the way -- even before she made it to the stage of one-on-one face-offs with Donald Trump. Published April 18, 2017
The Islam clash in America
The arrest and charge of an Indian woman, Jumana Fakhruddin Nagarwala, for performing female genital mutilation on two young girls in Michigan, brings front and center the question of whether certain religions are compatible with America's Constitution. Certain religions -- ha. Let's be blunt here. We're talking about Islam. Published April 18, 2017
Burlington, Vermont, pro-LGBTQ mayor bans travel to North Carolina
Burlington, Vermont, Mayor Snowy Van Snowflake, also known as Miro Weinberger, has issued an executive order banning officials from traveling to North Carolina on any business-tied endeavor, in protest of the state's transgender bathroom policy. Tenth Amendment, anyone? Published April 17, 2017
Mike Pence’s North Korea warning a happy moment for America
Vice President Mike Pence sent a strong message North Korea's way Monday, telling the regime the "era of strategic patience is over," a reference to the former Barack Obama's foreign policy preference of dealing with Pyongyang's aggressions by turning a blind eye and pretending all was A-OK. This is a good time to be an American. Published April 17, 2017