Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
A border wall poll that matters
A survey from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist found 85 percent of Republicans say they're A-OK with President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall. Published February 19, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like wow, confuses ‘Berlin Wall’ with America
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist with the mostest, unleashed a new wave of fire and fury against this White House, telling a listening America that President Donald Trump's push for border protection, like, is nothing but "a moral abomination," like because it like reminds of like, the Berlin Wall and all. Like wow. Published February 19, 2019
China’s duplicitous call for ‘arms race’ controls on A.I.
China, according to a report from the Center for a New American Security, is warning that global controls and international agreements on artificial intelligence are needed, or else a technological "arms race" will soon enough lead to world war. America shouldn't be fooled. This is the same China that demands countries "pay their debts" on climate change, all the while bucking controls on its own production. Published February 19, 2019
Lara Logan, of CBS fame — a hero to truth
Here's something you won't read about every day -- a journalist in the mainstream media speaking publicly about the left-leaning bias of the mainstream media. But that's what Lara Logan, who worked for years as a foreign correspondent for CBS, just did. Somebody give this woman a gold star. Published February 18, 2019
Alec Baldwin, sorry — Donald Trump has free speech rights, too
President Donald Trump, doing as he does, doing as he always does, took to Twitter to express his displeasure with a "Saturday Night Live" skit that mocked him. And for that, Alec Baldwin, who plays Trump on "SNL," wondered: Did the president threaten my safety? Sorry, Baldwin. Free speech rights run both ways. Published February 18, 2019
Donald Trump builds; Beto O’Rourke destroys
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to free up funding and build his long-promised border wall. And on the other side of town, Beto O'Rourke -- Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke -- says let's bust 'em all down. The campaign lines for 2020 couldn't be any clearer. Published February 16, 2019
Donald Trump’s ‘egregious’ border ‘overreach’ hardly ‘egregious’
So President Donald Trump announced he was poised to declare a national emergency at the border, setting leftist tongues a-waggin' about the "egregious" lines of power he was crossing, and "egregious" bypass of Congress he was committing, and "egregious" political precedents he was setting. Hmm. Can you say Barack Obama? Published February 15, 2019
Facebook turns censorship eyes toward anti-vaccination crowd
Company executives told Bloomberg News that they're considering cutting from their pages any news that undercuts vaccinations -- meaning, anyone who disagrees with the government about the need to vaccinate kids will see one of their key platforms completely shuttered. Published February 15, 2019
Five Republicans join Democrats for useless gun control
No Republican ought to support this gun control measure. Those who do are only doing the Democrats' bidding. Published February 14, 2019
Eric Holder for president? Run — we’d love a Fast and Furious vetting
Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under Barack Obama, announced his mulling of a presidential campaign. Run, Eric, run. Americans are still waiting for answers to certain Justice Department issues from the Obama years -- and what better way to get them finally answered than during a presidential campaign vetting? Published February 14, 2019
Double standard of racism, anti-Semitism
Sen. Cory Booker said Americans need to give each other "grace" and engage in "honest conversations" about racism and blackface and the breakdown of political leadership in Virginia. Great. But if conversation doesn't start with the double standard of how racism is perceived in this country -- then it's all for naught. Published February 12, 2019
Donald Trump wins the optics on looming government shutdown
Once again, headlines are warning of a government shutdown if Congress and the White House can't strike a deal on border security. But this shutdown, if it comes, will be a public relations win for President Donald Trump. Published February 11, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unicorn flight of ‘Green New Deal’ fancy
There's a saying in the Bible that goes, "Come, let us reason together." And you can bet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with her Green New Deal and all, hasn't read it. That's to say: The Green New Deal is about as far from a thinking person's mind as can be. Published February 9, 2019
Chris Pratt inspires with God-talk on Stephen Colbert show
Without a doubt, Hollywood's Chris Pratt is an anomaly. He's not only a Christian in Hollywood. He's an open Christian in an anti-Christian Hollywood crowd -- and just recently, he took that Christian message to Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show," of all places. Published February 8, 2019
The Washington Post to Ralph Northam: ‘Time is up’
The editorial staff of The Washington Post called on Virginia's Ralph Northam to resign from his governor's seat. Published February 7, 2019
Blackface, ‘dark makeup’ and Dems — and the confusing politics of hate
All eyes may be on Virginia and its gubernatorial blackface scandal right now -- but really, the juicier story is watching members of the media duck and dodge for the Democrats caught between a rock and a racist place. It's getting confusing to keep track of when blackface is racist, when it's not and just whom we're supposed to hate. Published February 7, 2019
America could indeed become socialist
It was inspiring of President Donald Trump to say, during his State of the Union, that America would "never be a socialist country." But the thing is: America could. Only by acknowledging that can America protect against it. Published February 7, 2019
Catholic priests should be allowed to marry
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, is holding a summit this week to press Pope Francis into taking stronger action against clergy members who commit acts of sexual abuse. Well and good. But a better course of action would be for the Catholic Church to open its priestly ranks to marriage. Published February 6, 2019
Donald Trump’s State of the Union did the impossible
In his State of the Union, President Donald Trump managed to do what political watchers wouldn't have predicted possible just a few short hours before his opening words -- and that's draw together the chamber, the Democrats and Republicans, the country. He made Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smile and applaud, for crying out loud. Published February 6, 2019
Birth tourism’s bigger risks are national security
Federal agents just arrested scores of suspects tied to a couple of birth tourism programs that brought hundreds of pregnant women from China into America so they might get citizenship status for their children. These operations are offenses to taxpayers. But they're also national security risks. And should be treated as such. Published February 2, 2019
