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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com. 

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FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Trenton, N.J. A day after revelations that Christie's administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution, the prospective Republican presidential candidate is faced with what may be the biggest test in his political career. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

N.J. Democrats float criminal charges for Chris Christie in road scandal

It's been barely a day since the news broke that Gov. Chris Christie's administration may not be as innocent as claimed about an alleged politically motivated road closing that jammed traffic through the New Jersey city of Fort Lee. But one local Democrat is already floating the idea of criminal charges. Published January 9, 2014

Passengers walk to board Aeroflot flight SU150 from Moscow to Havana, at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow on June 27, 2013. (Associated Press)

Olympics alert: No liquids to major Moscow airports, Russia rules

Two of Moscow's major airports are banning all airline passengers from carting liquids, gels and aerosol containers in carry-on baggage, a security measure aimed at protecting Russia from a terrorist attack during the Sochi Olympics. Published January 9, 2014

** FILE ** In this Aug. 4, 2010, file photo, cinnamon rolls are sold at a bakery in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration recently found that Danish bakers use more cinnamon in their pastry than the recommended limits set by the EU. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Per Folkver, file)

Cinnamon regulations from EU rankle Danish pastry chefs

Too much cinnamon — that was the finding of European Union-based regulators to Danish bakers about their pastry rolls. And now Danish bakers are fuming, saying that the spice crackdown is too strict, too burdensome and too ridiculous to abide. Published January 9, 2014

Pope Francis waves as he leaves Rome's Jesus' Church to celebrate a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order's titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope effect: Pontiff inspires top Mass. paper to bolster Catholic coverage

Call it the pope effect. But interest in the Catholic Church has surged to such level in the months since Pope Francis took office that the leading newspaper in Massachusetts in terms of circulation has hired a top Vatican reporter and mulled the sense of launching an entirely new publication, dedicated solely to the religion. Published January 8, 2014

Dennis Rodman walks along the court at an exhibition basketball game between U.S. and North Korean players at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

John McCain: Dennis Rodman, a ‘dangerous idiot’

Sen. John McCain didn’t pull punches when characterizing former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s cozy relations with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un: He’s an “idiot,” the Arizonan said. Published January 8, 2014

** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles as he listens to a question in Trenton, N.J., Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, after he announced that Deborah Gramiccioni would replace Bill Baroni as executive deputy director of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie aide linked by email to road closure revenge plot

Emails have surfaced showing that some of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s top administrative staffers and appointees may have purposely tried to create a traffic jam on a specific section of roadway as a revenge plot against the Fort Lee mayor. Published January 8, 2014

FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is expected to participate in the proceeding to have his Penn State pension restored by video conference. The proceeding begins on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Sandusky lost a $4,900-a-month pension in October 2012, when he was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for child sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Jerry Sandusky fights to get back $4,900 monthly pension pay

Imprisoned child molester Jerry Sandusky told a court Tuesday that he deserves his pension from Penn State and that his convictions should not keep his wife from benefiting from his $,4900-a-month earnings. Published January 8, 2014