Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Hawaii to pay $81K salary for someone to tell people how to avoid falling
Hawaii's latest government job offering is an $81,000-a-year taxpayer-funded position for someone who can dish out information to residents about the best ways to avoid falls and fall-related injuries. Published July 3, 2014
Beleaguered beer makers pin revenue hopes on Fourth of July drinkers
Beer sales are down, and manufacturers say the Fourth of July holiday could be make-or-break time for pulling out of the slump. Published July 3, 2014
Rush Limbaugh: Soccer began by ‘animal-abusing white guys … kicking pig bladders’
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh had an interesting observance about the genesis of soccer — one that he described as sure to anger liberals, if only they would face the truth. Published July 3, 2014
Bill O’Reilly blasts mass deportation of illegals as ‘draconian’ notion
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly had harsh words of criticism for those who favor a cut-and-dry mass deportation approach for illegal immigrants, calling out such notions as ridiculous and "draconian" during a recent broadcast on "The O'Reilly Factor." Published July 3, 2014
Lawmaker denied entry to immigrant detention site: ‘What are they trying to hide?’
Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstine fired off an angry letter to the Department of Health and Human Services after he was denied entry to an illegal immigration facility in his own state. Published July 3, 2014
Thad Cochran campaign accused in bizarre press call of ‘harvesting black votes’
A conference call set up by Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign camp took a turn to the bizarre, after a caller who identified on Twitter as a freelance journalist broke in to repeatedly ask: Why was the candidate's camp "harvesting black votes?" Published July 3, 2014
Chase bank surveys workers to see if they’re ‘ally of the LGBT community’
A JP Morgan Chase bank employee says he's not only puzzled by an internal company survey that asked workers if they considered themselves friend of the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community — he's fearful of losing his job. Published July 3, 2014
Israeli summer camp for kids hit by Hamas rockets from Gaza
Hamas radicals in the Gaza Strip shot off more than a dozen rockets toward Israel in the overnight hours, scoring a direct hit on a house that's serving as a summer camp for youth. Published July 3, 2014
New York insurers seek 12- to 20-percent hike in Obamacare premiums
Insurance companies that feed into New York's health exchange system for Obamacare are requesting hikes to patient premiums that are in the double-digits, a New York Post investigation found. Published July 3, 2014
Germany poised to pass first minimum wage law at $11.61 an hour
Germany is about to approve the nation's first-ever minimum wage law — and converted from euros to dollars, it comes out to $11.61 per hour. Published July 3, 2014
University of Utah’s football fight song deemed sexist: ‘Man’ changed to ‘fan’
Come fall, fans of the University of Utah's football program will no longer necessarily sing the word "man" in their traditional, century-old athletic event fight song. Published July 3, 2014
Costumed ‘Star Wars’ stormtrooper sends Kansas business into lockdown mode
A man dressed in a "Star Wars"-type stormtrooper costume, complete with fake weaponry, so scared a business owner in one Kansas community that he locked his shop and called police. Published July 2, 2014
‘Clinton Inc.’ going strong, as Bill, Hillary raise $1B in political bucks over 20 years
Former President Bill Clinton and his former Secretary of State wife, Hillary, are big money-making machines, it seems, having raised a total of $1 billion-plus from various political causes over the last two decades. Published July 2, 2014
Ken Cuccinelli calls for states to dispatch the National Guard to border
Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia attorney general, said states along the Southern border not only have the legal right to secure their properties by dispatching the National Guard — but they pretty much also have a constitutionally based responsibility. Published July 2, 2014
Burger King in San Francisco releases pro-gay ‘Proud Whopper’
A Burger King in San Francisco has taken its support of LGBT pride week to a new level and released a special sandwich — the Proud Whopper. Published July 2, 2014
White House’s $172K club: Jay Carney pulled top pay in press secretary gig
A newly released White House report shows that three of President Obama's closest — adviser Valerie Jarrett, National Security Adviser Susan Rice and personal counselor John Podesta — top the salary scale for White House aides, drawing in $172,200 each. Published July 2, 2014
North Korea bans ‘Choco Pies’ as factory pay, says use sausages instead
North Korean authorities have issued a decree to factory workers who were used to receiving beloved "Choco Pies" snack cakes as a form of payment and bonus: No more pies. You'll get sausages instead. Published July 2, 2014
Nearly 200 arrested in massive democracy rally in Hong Kong
Almost 200 protesters were arrested Wednesday in a Hong Kong rally for democracy that drew tens of thousands of participants. Published July 2, 2014
ISIL mocks Obama: ‘Did you prepare enough diapers for your soldiers?’
Jihad fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant sent a mocking video aimed directly at President Obama — a YouTube spot called "The End of Sykes-Picot" that wraps with a smiling terrorist taunting the White House head for his failing military prowess. Published July 2, 2014
Ben Carson likens abortion in America to ‘human sacrifice’ of paganists
Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon-turned-conservative rock star — and an open follower of the Christian faith — likely ruffled liberal feathers with his most recent comment on abortion, during which he likened it to the biblical act of sacrificing humans. Published July 2, 2014
