Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
‘The Simpsons’ go to college: Campuses nationwide adopt cartoon into the curriculum
Bart Simpson has hit the college scene — along with sisters Lisa and Maggie, dad Homer and mother Marge. Colleges across the nation are incorporating the long-running cartoon series into course discussions. Published December 17, 2014
Pakistani kids recount Taliban orders: ‘Children are under the benches. Kill them.’
Survivors of the Taliban terrorist attack at the Army Public School and Degree College say militants shouted "God is great" as they swarmed through the facility, spraying bullets and rooting out as many children for massacre as they could find. Published December 17, 2014
Landmark Theaters pulls premiere of ‘The Interview’ over terrorist threat
Landmark Theaters announced it was canceling the premiere of "The Interview" in New York City on the heels of a terrorism threat made by individuals who declared themselves aligned with the cyberattack against Sony. Published December 17, 2014
Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues for ‘inconveniencing’ their weekend
Sen. Ted Cruz said in a closed-door session with colleagues that he was sorry for trying to spark a government shutdown in protest of the $1.1 trillion budget bill and immigration amnesty in a way that upset his colleagues' schedules — and that he wished he "hadn't done it," a source at the meeting said. Published December 17, 2014
North Korea asks U.N. to investigate CIA’s ‘brutal medieval’ acts
North Korea has petitioned the U.N. Security Council to look into the CIA's so-called "brutal medieval" treatment of terrorism suspects, as described in the Democrat-fueled report released by the Senate. Published December 17, 2014
Mom calls into C-SPAN to scold on-air pundit sons: Stop arguing
Republican Dallas Woodhouse and his Democratic brother Brad Woodhouse, two pundits on separate political poles, were staking out their opposite positions on a recent Washington Journal television broadcast — when their mother dialed in and told them to stop arguing. Published December 16, 2014
Native Americans sue feds for siting solar plant on sacred lands
Four Native American tribes have joined forces to sue the Interior Department over White House plans to site solar power plants on Mojave Desert land deemed by some as sacred. Published December 16, 2014
Andrew Cuomo bans pet tattoos, piercings in New York
Come early 2015, New York pet owners will no longer be able to pierce or tattoo their pets, thanks to a new measure signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Published December 16, 2014
Elliot Seymour, Mickey Rourke’s boxing opponent, confesses the match was a sham
Elliot Seymour, the 29-year-old boxer who fell to gray-haired Hollywood hitter Mickey Rourke, 62, during a knock-out match in Russia last month, has now come forward and admitted what almost everybody who watched the fight already figured: It was a sham. Published December 16, 2014
Eric Holder cheers NBA stars for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts: ‘Shows a depth to them’
Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing but praise for the many NBA stars who've come out in recent days wearing "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts, saying the political messaging serves the public well and shows "a depth" to the players that many didn't expect. Published December 16, 2014
Omar Mahmood, Michigan University student: Home vandalized over conservative op-ed
A University of Michigan student's apartment was vandalized after he penned a conservative opinion piece for the school newspaper that poked fun at political correctness. Published December 16, 2014
James Mitchell, ex-Air Force psychologist, on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: ‘Yes, I waterboarded KSM’
Former Air Force psychologist James Mitchell told Fox News that he was the person who physically waterboarded Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — and that the terrorist also prophetically told him that the United States would one day turn on him. Published December 16, 2014
Google’s top searched terms for 2014 goes to ‘Robin Williams’
The top Google search term for 2014 goes to — Robin Williams, the Hollywood actor and comedian who took his own life in August. Published December 16, 2014
Camille Cosby defends husband Bill: He’s a ‘kind man, a generous man’
Camille Cosby, the wife of Hollywood's latest tainted star, Bill Cosby, broke her silence about the multitude of rape and sexual assault allegations that have been slung her husband's way and said the charges were false — that her man of 50 married years is not a predator. Published December 16, 2014
Rand Paul’s bill seeks to moot Obama’s executive amnesty
Sen. Rand Paul introduced his Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act, a bill that would completely shut down President Obama's executive action to grant amnesty to roughly 5 million illegals — if it ever passed. Published December 16, 2014
Mark Levin slams GOP: ‘The Constitution is in tatters’
Conservative talk radio icon Mark Levin blasted his fellow Republican Party members during his most recent show, slamming the leadership for caving on the budget and for, time after time, ignoring basic constitutional principles. Published December 16, 2014
Queens kid, 17, lied, did not score $72M from Wall Street investments
After this article was published, Mohammed Islam admitted he lied to New York Magazine and did not make any money on the stock market, the New York Observer discovered. Published December 15, 2014
Defense Department tests .50 caliber bullet that changes direction midflight
The Defense Department has been testing a type of .50 caliber bullet that can change direction, midflight. Published December 15, 2014
Chuck Schumer on Hillary Clinton: ‘I’ll bet she’s running … I’ll bet she’ll win’
Sen. Charles Schumer said his senatorial colleague Elizabeth Warren may be coming on strong — but his bet on who's most likely to win the Democratic primary for the 2016 White House stands firmly with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Published December 15, 2014
Utica, N.Y., fire department criticized by atheist group for ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ sign
A fire department in Utica, N.Y., is facing fire from atheists and the Freedom From Religion Foundation for a sign posted outside its door that reads: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS WE LOVE YOU." Published December 15, 2014
