Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Female NFL tryout ends amid accusations it was business promotion
Lauren Silberman's try for the NFL consisted of two kicks and the aggravation of an old leg injury. Then she went home. Published March 4, 2013
Syrian rebel fighters storm academy, kill 115 policemen
Reports from Syrian media indicate opposition fighters have killed 115 policemen and injured 50 in a fight at the police academy in Aleppo. Published March 4, 2013
Pakistanis sift through rubble for bodies of 45 bomb victims
Pakistan's Shiite members were frantically sifting through rubble on Monday, searching for the bodies of the 45 friends and family members who were killed in a car bomb blast following evening prayer services. Published March 4, 2013
CHUMLEY: NYC Mayor Bloomberg commands impressive, nationwide attack on 2nd Amendment
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to the Second Amendment what billionaire investor George Soros is to the free market: A resounding death knell. Published March 2, 2013
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: ‘Sadness in Rome’ over pope’s departure
The mood in Rome in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation and departure is melancholy, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Published March 1, 2013
Gun shop window: Obama ‘Firearms Salesman of the Year’
For some gun shop owners, President Obama's push to tighten Second Amendment rights isn't all bad. One New Hampshire gun store has a picture of the president, along with photos of two AK-47s, next to this banner in its front window: "Firearms Salesman of the Year," CBS reports. Published March 1, 2013
Florida Republicans pull the reins on Gov. Scott’s Medicaid expansion plans
Florida's Gov. Rick Scott may have jumped the gun a bit with his recent announcement that he supports Obamacare's expansions to Medicaid, after all. Just minutes after his announcement, lawmakers in the state were rallying in opposition. Published March 1, 2013
Danica wanna-be: New York woman to try out for NFL
A New York woman is going to try out for the NFL, a first in league history. Published March 1, 2013
SpaceX capsule hits snag on route to space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule that launched Friday morning to bring supplies to the International Space Station has hit a snag. Three of the four rocket thrusters are having problems that flight controllers are trying to fix. Published March 1, 2013
Syrian rebels beg for weapons, not Band-Aids
The chief of Syria's opposition fighters says they are in dire need for weapons, not the food and medical aid that the U.S. is set to send. Published March 1, 2013
L.A. driving out sex offenders, one park at a time
Los Angeles thinks it's stumbled on a novel way to drive out sex offenders: Build more parks, then quote state laws that prohibit them from living within 2,000 feet. Published March 1, 2013
Investment icon Druckenmiller: ‘I see a storm coming’
Entitlement spending is driving the nation into deeper economic despair than most realize, said hedge fund guru Stanley Druckenmiller. Published March 1, 2013
Lose weight — run a vacuum? Fat rates rise as housework falls off
American women are fat because they don't vacuum enough. That's — kind of — the finding from a new study published this month on American waistlines. Published March 1, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama downplays Oscar appearance, ‘kitchen-table conversation’
First lady Michelle Obama said she wasn't surprised her Academy Award appearance set national tongues talking because even "my shoes can set off a national conversation," she said. Published March 1, 2013
NRA: N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sacrificing 2nd Amendment’s gun rights on ‘altar of own ambition’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not only shredding the Constitution with new statewide gun-control laws, but he's doing so "on the altar of his own ambition," the NRA chief said at a rally outside the Capitol in Albany. Published March 1, 2013
Bold Pennsylvania county votes to defy federal gun laws
In true David-versus-Goliath fashion, one small-town Pennsylvania board of commissioners has passed a resolution to stand strong against any federal law that infringes on the Second Amendment. Published March 1, 2013
Shooter takes VP Joe Biden’s advice — and lands in trouble with cops
Vice President Joseph R. Biden told a Field & Stream reporter in a published report on Monday that if "you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door." That same day, a 22-year-old man in Virginia Beach, Va., did just that — and was charged with reckless handling of a firearm. Published March 1, 2013
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu suspends housing settlements ahead of Obama’s visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended all housing construction in contested areas of east Jerusalem and the West Bank as a diplomatic nod at President Obama's upcoming visit. Published March 1, 2013
Rep. Maxine Waters’ math: U.S. to lose 30M more jobs than it has
Rep. Maxine Waters gave this dire prediction about sequestration at a Thursday press conference: The United States would experience a loss of 170 million jobs, if Congress and the White House fail to strike an agreement. Published March 1, 2013
Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan under fire for anti-Zion remarks
The United Nations, the United States and Israel have all condemned Turkey's prime minister for calling Zionism a "crime against humanity" during a recent U.N. assembly Published March 1, 2013