Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
NYC Mayor Bloomberg loses stop-and-frisk battle to city council
New York City’s Michael Bloomberg was forced to admit defeat Thursday after a two-hour heated debate among City Council members led to a vote to override the mayor’s veto of two stop-and-frisk curbs. Published August 23, 2013
Israeli warplanes attack ‘terror site’ in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military attacked a "terror site" near the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday after four rockets were fired by militants into northern Israel a day earlier. Published August 23, 2013
Doctors die treating Syrian chemical patients
Some of the emergency responders who first arrived at the scene of a purported chemical weapons attack outside Damascus have died, lending further credence to claims that President Bashar Assad used poisonous gases to fight rebel forces. Published August 23, 2013
Pat Buchanan: U.S. has been ‘de-Christianized’
The United States has lost one of its core guiding lights — its Judeo-Christian focus — said one conservative pundit, reflecting on the tragic and senseless shooting death of an Australian man in Oklahoma on a baseball scholarship, whose life was allegedly snipped by three self-proclaimed bored teens. Published August 22, 2013
German tourist bitten by shark in Hawaii dies from wounds
A German woman who was vacationing in Hawaii when she was bit by a shark died from her injuries on Wednesday, a week after she was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment. Published August 22, 2013
Jesse Jackson missteps again, calls Okla. shooting victim wrong name
The Rev. Jesse Jackson “frowned upon” the random shooting death of an Australian man attending an Oklahoma college on scholarship earlier this week via a Facebook post. That perceived cavalier reaction has been taken further with another faux pas — misspelling the name of the victim in subsequent Facebook and Twitter postings that have been since deleted. Published August 22, 2013
Catholic Church set to launch mass immigration amnesty pitch
The Catholic Church has put the word out to the faithful: Come September, the papacy will be pushing for a widespread and comprehensive immigration reform package on Capitol Hill that will open the doors to citizenship to roughly 11 million illegals. Published August 22, 2013
Al Qaeda in Syria warns Western aid workers: We’ll kill you
An affiliate of al Qaeda in Syria has sent a stark warning to aid workers from the West who try to enter the chaotic country: You risk kidnapping or killing. Published August 22, 2013
Sarah Palin touts Ashton Kutcher’s pro-work speech: ‘Iowa roots’ showing
Once you go country, you can never go back — that was the essence of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's praise for Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, who just delivered a pro-work speech that threw conservatives for a spin because of its traditional-core-values tone. Published August 22, 2013
Michigan lawmaker: It would be ‘dream come true’ to impeach Obama
Believe me, said Rep. Kerry L. Bentivolio, to a crowd of Michigan constituents at this week’s town hall meeting: It would be a “dream come true” to be the lawmaker who writes the bill to impeach President Obama. But so far, there’s not enough proof of impeachable offenses, he said, as Politico reported. Published August 22, 2013
Pope Emeritus Benedict: I resigned because ‘God told me to’
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said this week that he stepped away from the papacy on the orders of God. Published August 22, 2013
Okla. teen arrested for shooting Australian man tweets: ‘White ppl are nasty’
One of the teenagers arrested in the random shooting death of an Australian man on a baseball scholarship at an Oklahoma college sent out a string of colorful Twitter messages in the days leading up to the gun crime: "White ppl are nasty," read one. Published August 22, 2013
New Mexico clerk bucks state law, issues same-sex marriage licenses
Dona Ana County will go down in history as the first jurisdiction in New Mexico to issue same-sex marriage licenses — and the attorney general says he sees nothing in state law to prevent the unions from continuing, despite the absence of specific voter approval. Published August 22, 2013
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak ordered to house arrest after jail release
Egypt's jailed former leader Hosni Mubarak could be freed from one prison and confined to another of sorts, as the country's interim prime minister said Thursday that the deposed leader should be placed on immediate house arrest. Published August 22, 2013
Beach bathers shocked as Russian navy hovercraft lands on sand
Hundreds of beach-goers at an undisclosed location were shocked when their sunbathing was interrupted by a gigantic Russian navy hovercraft sliding from the sea onto the sand. Published August 22, 2013
Beau Biden set to fly home from hospital aboard Air Force Two with VP dad
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, a son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden, is due to fly home from the hospital with his famous father aboard Air Force Two on Thursday. Published August 22, 2013
French foreign minister calls for ‘force’ in Syria if poison gas used
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has tossed into the ring of international possibilities for action in Syria a stark warning: If chemical weapons really were used, the world should react with force. Published August 22, 2013
Hannah Anderson hits TV circuit as dad says no to DNA test
Hannah Anderson, the 16-year-old California girl who was saved from her kidnapper, James DiMaggio, when authorities discovered them in a Idaho forest, said in her first television interview since her rescue that she was "a survivor," not a victim. Published August 22, 2013
Satellite images show alterations at Iran’s Parchin nuclear site
A U.S. institute with a mission of tracking Iran's weaponry and military development claims new satellite images show the country is making nuclear gains. Published August 22, 2013
ACLU sues Oklahoma over Ten Commandments monument at Capitol
The American Civil Liberties Union is waging judicial war on Oklahoma, suing the state over a Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol building that one attorney for the group decries as an unwelcome mat to visitors. Published August 21, 2013
