Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Ralph Abraham, Louisiana’s voice of truth: ‘There are only two genders’
Rep. Ralph Abraham, a Republican from Louisiana who is seeking the governor's seat for his state, rocked national headlines by claiming in a 30-second campaign advertisement that "there are only two genders." Remember the days when such a news story would be the stuff and nonsense of The Onion's satirical pages? Published August 22, 2019
San Francisco, where felons are ‘justice-involved’ and there’s no shame in crime
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors just adopted a resolution recommending that felons not be called felons but rather "formerly incarcerated person" or former "justice-involved" person or "returning resident" -- or any other number of soft and fuzzy names that won't hurt the feelings of the, umm, felons. File this under Ridiculous. Published August 22, 2019
Jews really shouldn’t vote Democrat
One of life's greatest questions is if God created all, who created God? And one of life's other greatest questions is, how can Jews vote for Democrats? President Donald Trump put it this way: They're either ignorant or disloyal. And while the media circus performers have been having lots of fun with that one, the fact is, Trump has got a point. Published August 22, 2019
United Nations still ‘disastrous’ after all these years
Ursula Mueller, the leading voice of humanitarian affairs at the United Nations, called for punishments for those found guilty of participating in a widespread abuse of power and sexual misconduct scandal at the global body's Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian people. But isn't that how it goes. Investigate -- and move on. Published August 21, 2019
Alyssa Milano should be pitied
Alyssa Milano, the teen heartthrob from 1980's-era sitcom hit "Who's the Boss," and subsequent shows, has all grown up and become one of women's world's A-Number-One cheerleading fan of abortion. Times change. Published August 21, 2019
Bernie Sanders Boyz: College kids who love free stuff
Sen. Bernie Sanders has finally found his presidential campaign niche -- college-age kids. You know, the ones who pretend like they're adults because they live away from home, but who call mom every weekend to get their pizza and beer checks. Small wonder the socialist message resonates with them, right? Published August 21, 2019
Israel is not an ‘occupier,’ no matter how many crocodiles cry
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, on the heels of creating a media stir over their denied entry to Israel -- because of their support for the anti-Israeli, BDS movement, that is -- just created a new media stir with a press conference that repeated the content of their first media stir. Cry, cry and the world will cry with you -- is that their hope? Published August 20, 2019
First Russia, now racism
For two years, America heard practically nothing from the mainstream media but Russia collusion, Russia conspiracy, Russia obstruction of justice -- President Donald Trump has stolen the election from Hillary Clinton and now must be impeached. Now, there's a new narrative in town: Racism. Published August 20, 2019
Trump’s assassination all fun and games for the left
An Illinois state senator has apologized for photographs taken during his recent fundraiser that showed his supporters acting out a mock assassination against President Donald Trump. Presidential assassinations -- they're all fun and games, aren't they. So long as they're targeting Republicans, that is. Published August 19, 2019
Rashida Tlaib, a troublemaker who’s scoring BDS points
It's been a busy few days for Rep. Rashida Tlaib. She's certainly been whipping up the media frenzy and getting some good press for her whole anti-Israel leanings. Published August 19, 2019
A.I. unleashed on college kids to determine ‘hate speech’
As if college administrators could be trusted to determine what constitutes hate speech versus what does not -- now comes the university-created artificial intelligence aimed at doing the same. And that's "hate speech" in quotation marks. Published August 13, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guard — who wasn’t a regular guard
One of the two guards pressed into service to guard imprisoned sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during what turned out to be the final moments of his life wasn't actually a regular guard, according to findings reported by The New York Times and The Associated Press. That's news that's worthy of more than a passing glance. Published August 13, 2019
‘Fredo’ as the ‘n-word’ a best-kept secret
If calling an Italian guy a "Fredo" is akin to calling a black dude an n-word, wouldn't everybody know that? Wouldn't media companies the world over insist on journalists writing "Fredo" as "F--o," or subbing in the "FO-word" when used in a quote -- or some other non-offending equivalent? Published August 13, 2019
‘Christians in the Mirror’ a sober, somber reminder of how good Americans have it
In America, religious persecution against Christianity means fighting the ACLU for the right to read a Bible in school. In Iraq, or Sudan, or India, it means fighting to worship Jesus without being beheaded. Or bombed. Or left an orphan. That's the sobering, somber, not-to-subtle head thump of the film "Christians in the Mirror." Published August 13, 2019
FiveThirtyEight cautions Tom Brady: Don’t be a Peyton Manning
FiveThirtyEight.com, known more for political tracking than sports' world surveying, nonetheless weighed in with some fine analysis on the future of New England's GOAT Tom Brady and after cutting through the clutter and sifting about the statistics, the final offering was this: Get out while you're still good. Don't be a Peyton Manning. Published August 12, 2019
Ilhan Omar schooled by beauty queen on free speech
In between a bit of Twitter barbing, former Iraq beauty queen and Miss Universe contestant Sarah Idan managed to make clear to Rep. Ilhan Omar: Strict Islamic law has no business in America -- and freedom of speech isn't confined by congressional boundaries. Published August 12, 2019
Dear Donald Trump, please read — a surprise medical billing that needs rapid fixing
What of the idea of informed patient consent? The right of one to control one's own health care? Good question. With emergency medical air transports, patients, families of patients, are bluntly, getting financially screwed. Bamboozled, even. It's high time Congress act to put a stop to this most egregious form of surprise billing. Published August 10, 2019
Rosanna Arquette’s stupid apology for ‘shame’ of being white
Hollywood's Rosanna Arquette sent around a tweet -- later made private -- that apologized for her whiteness. For the "shame" of being born white. For the crime of possessing Caucasian "privilege." Congratulations, Arquette. As stupid tweets go, this one sets a new historical standard. Published August 8, 2019
California knife attacker kills 4 — should we ban knives?
Four were killed and two injured in a series of horrific knife attacks in Southern California. And all the Democrats go: Ban the knives! Not really. That'd be stupid. Right? And yet, this is what the left does with guns whenever there's a fatal shooting. Published August 8, 2019
Texas smart: State letting guns into churches, schools
New laws are about to take effect in Texas that will open doors for firearms' owners to carry their weapons into school, into churches, into places that have been traditionally gun-free and gun-restricted zones. Texas is the banner state to watch on this. If only more legislatures and governors would follow suit. Published August 8, 2019
