Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Maui: There but for the grace of God go all
President Biden made a much-awaited, widely watched visit to the devastation called Maui fire, and with the ghosts of more than 100 dead drifting in the background, cracked jokes about a dog. It's notable that not only did it take Biden 13 days to visit Maui, but that after his comic bit, most wished he had stayed in D.C. Published August 24, 2023
Vatican hypocrisy on America’s ‘inhuman’ border control grows intolerable
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano just ran a front page headline decrying "that inhuman wire" -- "quel filo disumano" -- in reference to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border protection, above a photograph of illegal crossers caught among the concertina wire crosshairs. And Americans ought to go: Bite me. Published August 24, 2023
Bold & Blunt: Democrats’ big folly
One thing Democrats can be counted on to do, and that's go too far. And that's exactly what they're doing with the indictment after indictment after indictment of Donald Trump. "Donald Trump stands in their way," said Monica Crowley, best-selling author, podcaster, media pundit and former Trump Team official. Published August 23, 2023
Zombie nation: Marijuana, Adderall and the destruction of America
America is becoming a nation of druggies. Whether these drugs are prescribed, illegal, legalized for recreational use or a combination of all three, the minds of Americans, both young and old, are being compromised. There's no way to look at that reality without also acknowledging a larger societal effect. And it ain't a good one. Published August 22, 2023
Heartbreaking erasure of women’s sports — of women — continues
A man pretending to be a woman -- and who claims he's been a woman for the last 20 years or so -- blew up the woman's powerlifting record in Canada, with a lift that was about 500 pounds more than any female in that nation's history. The heartbreaking erasure of women's sports -- of women -- goes on. Published August 21, 2023
Democrats’ obsessive bowing to their god of environmentalism
We all know Democrats are hypocrites. But the left's obsession with environmentalism and climate-based regulatory controls go beyond politics, into the realm of cultish. Truly, environmentalism is the left's religion. And they've become fanatical about it. They're capturing the youth. Published August 18, 2023
Bold & Blunt: Public schools teach kids subversion techniques
It's not just about teaching that capitalism is evil. It's about filling the minds of the youngest and most vulnerable that America itself is evil -- and must be changed. This is why the public schools might have finally reached the stage of unfixable. Published August 17, 2023
Minotaur: The newest ‘gender revolution’ evil aimed at kids
The thing about the "gender revolution" is that it's built on lies, so it can be whatever ridiculous notion pops at the moment -- and it can linger for as long as the ridiculous can sell. Published August 17, 2023
Hillary’s deplorable laugh at Trump’s expense
Hillary Clinton, reacting on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" to the fourth indictment slung Donald Trump's way, laughed. It was one of her most deplorable moments. Published August 16, 2023
Bold & Blunt: Joe Biden and his climate foolishness
It's bad enough America has a White House leader that's weak. But it's even worse when the policies that this president is able to advance are all the anti-American ones. Witness: climate change. Published August 15, 2023
Police raid on Kansas newspaper latest sign of America’s downfall
These aren't the best of times. These are the worst of times. A simple allegation can oh-so-quickly turn into a cause to toss out the Constitution. This is what happens when a nation formed on a model of God first, government subservient, abandons that premise and flips the structure of power. Published August 15, 2023
Trump’s indictments all the more reason to vote for him
Another day, another Donald Trump indictment. The takeaway is this: The more indictments fly Trump's way, the more voters should dig down and decide he's the guy to elect in 2024. At this point, voters should choose Trump because of the indictments, not in spite of them. Published August 14, 2023
Bold & Blunt: Perils from across the pond
Digital currency is coming. And that means individual freedom is going. Former Brexit Party political candidate and patriot across the pond -- Jim Ferguson in the United Kingdom --has much to say about the massive perils to freedom that are taking place at the hands of governments around the world. Published August 11, 2023
Fear in the church: Too many of God’s people afraid to fight
Sixty-nine percent of Protestant pastors in a Lifeway Research survey said they see a "growing sense of fear" among their congregants, and another 63%, that their pews are also filled with people who feel "dread" about the "future of Christianity" in America and around the world. That explains a lot. Published August 11, 2023
FBI’s alarming targeting of Catholics as ‘potential terrorists’ grows more alarming
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray may have testified under oath to Congress that a memo calling out Catholics as "potential terrorists" was a "single product by a single field office." But turns out the good director lied. Or, in deep state lingo, that he erroneously stated facts in a manner that was unintentionally false. Published August 10, 2023
Bold & Blunt: America’s money laundering problem
Three-hundred billion dollars per year: That's the amount that's laundered in America each year. And that's a problem that needs to be speedily fixed. Published August 10, 2023
Tipping toward fatigue: Consumers exploited by entitlement workforce
It's bad enough America raised a generation to expect trophies simply for the so-called achievement of participating -- in so doing, fueling an entitlement culture. Now we've got to add to this entitlement mindset by tipping service workers simply for the achievement of doing what they're paid to do, anyway? Published August 10, 2023
Gold Star families deserve better than Biden
Thirteen American service members were killed during the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan -- a botching that was overseen by President Biden. But Biden understands how the family members of these military heroes feel because his son, Beau, died of cancer. How clueless. How self-absorbed. Published August 9, 2023
Democrats hitting brick wall with younger voters
The midterms may have seen a surprising surge of young voters for Democrats, and the youthful Gen-Zers may have helped push Joe Biden's presidential tally in 2020, but that was then, this is now. Democrats are losing the youth and quite possibly, the youth vote. They brought it on themselves. Published August 8, 2023
‘In God We Trust’ makes a comeback
Louisiana just signed into law a requirement that all public school administrators make sure the motto "In God We Trust" is displayed in every classroom, in every building, in every district. It's a law that's been passed in several other states of late as well. Praise the Lord. God is making a comeback in America. Published August 7, 2023