Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
New York Times delusion: We’re ‘in no way anti-Trump’
One of the editors for The New York Times, Deputy Managing Editor Rebecca Blumenstein, said at a FT Future of News event -- the FT for its sponsor, the Financial Times -- that no way, no how is her Gray Lady paper unfairly biased against President Donald Trump. Delusional? Methinks so. Published June 7, 2019
George Will’s off-mark likening of GOP, post-Trump, as ‘cult’
Perennial anti-President Donald Trumper and prolific writer George Will has penned a new book, "The Conservative Sensibility" -- and guess what: It's about the dire direction the Republican Party has taken post-Trump. Once again, Will's off base, off mark, off the reservation. Published June 6, 2019
Nancy Pelosi’s ‘prison’ wish for Donald Trump just pigheaded politicking
If Democrats are supposed to be the party of tolerance and diversity and acceptance, then Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't exactly the best rep. An example? Calling for "prison" for the president, for example, just doesn't seem in line with opening doors of communications to accomplish legislative agendas -- also called Doing Your Job. Published June 6, 2019
The good news about America’s floundering morals
Gallup just reported that more and more Americans are seeing a society that's going to the pot, rotting away in a low-moral morass and that oh me, oh my, the times are only changing for the worse. In a way, that's good news. Published June 6, 2019
Mayor Sadiq Khan’s knife control ain’t looking so good
A woman in London has been arrested for stabbing to "death" a blimp mockup of President Donald Trump with what authorities believe was a small pair of cutting shears. And this is curious because London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim to take on a mayoral role in a major Western city, has banned the carrying of knives. Published June 5, 2019
Paul Manafort’s new Black Lives Matter friend
Paul Manafort, scourge of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigators -- a.k.a. Deep State anti-Donald Trumpers, in White House and political truth-telling circles, that is -- has been sent to Rikers Island, the place where prisoners go to be abused. The place where even BLM activist Shaun King says he doesn't belong. Published June 5, 2019
U.N. human rights mouth actually calls U.S. abortion laws ‘torture’
Talk about a low culture moment. Kate Gilmore, the U.N. deputy high commissioner for human rights, in an interview with The Guardian, called out America's restrictions on abortion as "torture" and examples of "extremist hate." Come again? "This is a crisis," she said. "It's a crisis directed at women." Oh. My. Gosh. Published June 4, 2019
Donald Trump shoo-in for reelection, says historian with record of being right
President Donald Trump is on a fast-track slide to a second administration, says one historian whose opinion matters because he's correctly predicted the outcomes of the previous nine White House runs. No wonder the Democrats are ramping up, rather than abandoning, the "impeach, impeach, impeach" rhetoric. It's panic time. Published June 4, 2019
Venezuela admits — finally — economic collapse
Venezuela, the country the left had loved to showcase as a good example of what socialism could be -- until it started crashing and burning, that is, and then suddenly, the message from the left was that Venezuela wasn't a socialist nation at all -- has now openly admitted its economy is indeed, crashing and burning. Do tell. Published June 4, 2019
Robert Mueller hits, Robert Mueller runs
In this whole theatrical performance called "Impeach, Impeach, Impeach" that the Democrats have been playing since heir apparent Hillary Clinton went down in flames to Donald Trump, Robert Mueller's special counsel report was the main act. It was to be the a-ha moment to unseat Trump from the White House. But it failed. Miserably. Published June 4, 2019
Twitter’s new ‘Fabula’ fake news finder hints at more anti-conservative bias
Twitter's bought a new fake news finder -- a machine learning tool devised by the London-based Fabula AI, a company co-founded by Imperial College of London scientist Michael Bronstein and by chief technologist Federico Monti. Heads up, conservatives. This may be the next big social media enemy. Published June 3, 2019
Target goes full speed LGBTQ with ‘Love my dads’ shirts for kiddies
Target, the object of long-running Christian group boycott -- because of its opening of bathrooms and dressing rooms to those of both sexes -- is selling "Love my dads" and "Love my moms" shirts. And donating $100,000 to the Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network. Published June 3, 2019
Birtherism, smirtherism: Jared Kushner stands ground
Newsflash: Jared Kushner defends father-in-law Donald Trump during an interview with Axios that focused, for an eye-rolling bit of time, on the now-president's previous -- i.e., years previous -- questioning of Barack Obama's birth certificate. And all the mentally competent go, umm, how is that a newsflash? Or, in Twitter lingo, WTF. Published June 3, 2019
Democrats are enemies of even Captain Obvious welfare controls
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that puts teeth into two laws from 1996 requiring the sponsors of those who come to this country legally to pay back welfare benefits they may have used -- laws that have largely gone unenforced. So simple; so Captain Obvious obvious. Published May 25, 2019
U.S. flag fight shows grit of a true patriot
Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis said he's not going to remove the giant U.S. flag his Gander RV flies proudly at his Statesville, North Carolina, branch no way, no how, no matter how much local authorities fine him. You go, Marcus Lemonis. This is a lesson of principle for fighting patriots -- and just in time for Memorial Day, no less. Published May 24, 2019
Prince George’s despicable sanctuary-loving leaders
Prince George's County, Maryland, has been in the news of late because two male illegal aliens with reported ties to MS-13, along with a female companion, were arrested for the murder of a 14-year-old girl -- a murder that investigators say began with a baseball bat and ended with a machete. Prince George's County is a sanctuary city. Published May 23, 2019
Amazon’s human emotion reader a tad of technological unease
Amazon has a new gadget it's developing that affixes to the wrist and reads human emotions. Hmm. What could possibly go wrong here? It's not that a modern-day mood ring, which is what this smartphone app-in-works seems to be, is in itself a terrible idea. Rather, it's the future potential uses that pose the pitfall. Published May 23, 2019
Abortion a sad asterisk on suffragist anniversary
We're coming 'round the time when women earned the legislative right to vote in America. And it's an interesting time in America because abortion is one of today's most talked-about matters. Is this what suffragists fought to win -- the legislative right to abort on demand? Published May 23, 2019
Gay marriage support dips — but traditionalists need not cheer
Gallup pollsters just found that gay marriage, while still supported by the majority of Americans, is losing a bit of its luster and falling in favor. It's a dip, albeit a small one. What used to come in at 67% favor -- in 2018 -- is now registering at 63%. But the numbers aren't significant enough for traditionalists and Bible-believers to cheer. Published May 22, 2019
Joe Biden, a ‘fool’ whose candidacy makes ‘a cat laugh’
Joe Biden's presidential campaign has drawn the notice of Kim Jong-un -- whose state-run media called him out as a "fool" of such proportions, he could "make a cat laugh." That's at least a little bit funny. Everybody knows cats can be quite persnickety with their humor. Published May 22, 2019
