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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 ** “We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow,” President Reagan said during his first inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981. (Associated Press)

GOP strategist: ‘Reagan is dead. Accept it.’

Lovers of Ronald Reagan: Avert your eyes. A leading Republican strategist said the beloved leader is dead and that the GOP of the future needs to move on and quit looking to the past. Published December 2, 2013

**FILE** David Plouffe, former White House senior adviser. (Associated Press)

David Plouffe on Obama: People ‘trust this president’

Forget the polls, said former White House senior adviser David Plouffe said. Americans really do have confidence in President Obama. In fact, most people “trust this president,” he said, on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Published December 2, 2013

** FILE ** This Nov. 11, 2013, photo shows Cardinal Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivering remarks at the conference's annual fall meeting in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Cardinal Tim Dolan warns Obama to back off birth control

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said the Catholic Church will not stand down its opposition to Obamacare’s birth control mandate and warned that the president will lose substantial support if he doesn’t compromise. Published December 2, 2013

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein: Terrorism is a greater threat today

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers may hail from opposite political parties, but they struck agreement on at least one key issue in recent talk shows: America’s threat from terrorism is on the rise. Published December 2, 2013

**FILE** Fraser fir Christmas trees are offered for sale at a tree lot in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Nov. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Grinch steals 50 Christmas trees from Pensacola parking lot

Police in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday were seeking the identity of a Christmas tree-stealing perpetrator who cleared out a chunk of Fraser firs destined for sale at a parking lot near a local high school. Published November 29, 2013

"People are opportunistic buyers — they bought [an AR-15 variant] because they thought they were going to be banned," says David Chipman, a former ATF agent. (Associated Press)

Gun deals galore dot Black Friday landscape

Nothing like chiming in the Christmas season with a new gun. That's the message advertisers are blasting out, with deals that promise purchasers savings in the double-digit range. Published November 29, 2013

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, shares a light moment with members of the parliament as he arrives there in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. Hard-line Iranian politicians publicly criticized the deal reached in Geneva last week over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, an agreement that has largely been welcomed by Iranians. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Companies eye business prospects in Iran after nuke deal

Now that Tehran has forged a nuclear deal with six world powers, the doors to business with Iran have opened and Germany's head of Chamber of Commerce said Friday that the phones are ringing off the hook. Published November 29, 2013

** FILE ** President Obama (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to Netanyahu: Tone down Iran trash talk, please

President Obama has sent a query to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, asking the fiery and blunt-talking prime minister to take a break from his criticism of the U.S.-forged deal with Iran. Published November 29, 2013

WWII Purple Heart hero, 88, found strangled to death in Chicago-area home

John Poyer, an 88-year-old World War II veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart after he almost lost his legs in Germany, was just found strangled to death in his home, and a 55-year-old man who lived in the same Chicago-area apartment complex has been charged in his murder. Published November 29, 2013