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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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Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheating claims rock European soccer world

English football — called soccer in the United States — is "100 percent clean" of cheating, declared one of the sport's highest ranking official, following hundreds of complaints the games in Europe and around the world have been fixed. Published February 8, 2013

**FILE** Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh (left) and his younger brother, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, participate in a Feb. 1, 2013, news conference in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII. (Associated Press)

Harbaugh brothers haven’t talked since Super Bowl

They're not fighting. They're just busy. That's the word from Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh to "Late Show" host David Letterman on why he's not spoken to his brother since the Super Bowl. Published February 8, 2013

LAPD manhunt for killer goes door-to-door

Don't answer your door. That's the message from California authorities to Big Bear Lake resort residents, as the manhunt for an ex-policeman suspected of killing three people delved deep into neighborhoods on Friday. Published February 8, 2013

** FILE ** Seattle police Officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle during an informational meeting at which the police attempted answer questions about their drone program at the Garfield Community Center in Seattle on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. The mayor of Seattle ended the police department's drone program in February after residents protested. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Colin Diltz)

Seattle mayor orders police to back off drone use

Seattle's mayor, reacting to widespread complaints and concerns from residents, has ordered the city's police department to drop plans to use two drones it purchased via a federal grant. Published February 8, 2013

** FILE ** Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

Newark Mayor Cory Booker joins list of nanny politicos pushing weight loss

First, Michelle Obama launches a nationwide campaign to fire up youth to exercise and compel American adults to eat better. Then, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a crackdown on super-sized sodas, cigarettes and bottle-fed babies — going so far toward that latter as to ask hospitals to hide bottles from new mothers and instead pressure breast feeding. Now comes Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J. Published February 8, 2013

** FILE ** Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is pictured in 2009. (The Washington Times)

Conservative Dr. Ben Carson speech upstages Obama at prayer breakfast

Move over President Obama. Conservatives are not talking so much about the president's address at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, but rather remarks from Dr. Benjamin Carson, a black pediatric neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins Hospital who took over the stage for 25 riveting minutes. Published February 8, 2013

** FILE ** Briton Terry Pratchett said watching a 71-year-old man's assisted suicide, filmed for a BBC documentary, has reaffirmed his support for the right to die. Mr. Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. (Associated Press)

Assisted suicide bills gain traction in 6 states

At least six states are considering bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide, a reflection of a growing national shift in attitude toward a procedure that was once regarded more in terms of killing, than compassion. Published February 8, 2013