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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

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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Gov. Ralph Northam attends the Women's March in Richmond, Va., on Saturday Jan. 20, 2018. People participating in marches in the U.S. and around the world are walking in support of female empowerment and are denouncing President Donald Trump's views on immigration, abortion, LGBT and women's rights and more. (Shelby Lum/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Virginia abortion bill makes mockery of state motto, ‘sic semper tyrannis’

Virginia just proposed a bill that would allow women, until pretty much the very moment of birth, to abort. It was tabled. Still, this is the state with the motto of "sic semper tyrannis," or "thus always to tyrants," a phrase that's supposed to evoke images of freedom and justice. Not so for the babies, apparently.

January 30, 2019
Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ** FILE **

Phil Robertson, Duck Dynasty: ‘We’ve been on this no-God thing’ too long

Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame warned that America was rapidly losing its moral compass, its godly guidance, its biblically-centered politics, and that without some concerted efforts on the parts of the people of virtue, this nation, in just a few short decades, will be unrecognizable. So he says in his new book, anyway.

January 29, 2019
A stack of nine bibles rests on a podium for use before Mike DeWine is sworn in as the 70th Governor of Ohio, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio. The former U.S. senator took his oath in a private midnight ceremony at his Cedarville home ahead of a public inauguration planned Monday at the Statehouse. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)

Bible classes in public schools? ‘Great!’

President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he'd back states currently considering the addition of Bible literary classes in their public schools. This is good news. About time news, in fact.

January 28, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to announce a temporary deal to open the government. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump vs. Fox News, vs. Ann Coulter, vs. et al

President Donald Trump has always been a bit of thorn in the side of the left and the elitist, establishment wings of the right. Understandable. He doesn't play the normal reindeer political games. But this shutdown battle has spread a bitter taste wide.

January 28, 2019
The Capitol iat sunset after the Senate rejected competing Democratic and Republican proposals for ending the partial government shutdown, which is the longest in the nation's history, in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Government shutdown not as bad as private sector shutterings

An estimated 800,000 federal employees were reportedly affected by this government shutdown, and put in positions of -- as the media tell it -- having to borrow money to buy groceries or make the untenable decision of paying rent or getting chemotherapy. But let's remember: Jobs aren't a human right.

January 26, 2019
In this Dec. 6, 2018, photo, Roger Stone speaks at the American Priority Conference in Washington. Stone, an associate of President Donald Trump, has been arrested in Florida. That's according to special counsel Robert Mueller's office, which says he faces charges including witness tampering, obstruction and false statements. Stone has been under scrutiny for months but has maintained his innocence. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Roger Stone’s ‘Stormin’ Norman’ arrest a black mark on FBI

Roger Stone has been arrested, virtually guaranteeing that the media cycle for the foreseeable future will focus on tying this former adviser to the president to all-things-Russia-collusion, and by logical extension, all-things-impeach-Donald Trump. But the bigger story is the FBI's treatment of Stone during his arrest.

January 25, 2019
A Volvo and shovels are displayed at the groundbreaking for Volvo's first auto assembly plant in North America, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, near Ridgeville, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ** FILE **

What a Volvo ad, a poet and America have in common

The poet e.e. cummings: Here's a guy who saw firsthand the effects of overreaching government -- and fled. That's the same spirit of freedom and quest for individualism that led to the founding of America, as well. Now comes Volvo with a television car commercial to remind us.

January 24, 2019
The U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Washington. Seniors in many states will be able to get additional services like help with chores, safety devices and respite for caregivers next year through private ‘Medicare Advantage’ insurance plans. It’s a sign of potentially big changes for Medicare. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Medicare for All? My, oh my, far too many say yes

Oh say can you see -- all the brand new freebies? Fully 56 percent of Americans say they'd love to see a single-payer health insurance system in the nation that provided for every eligible man, woman and child at government, er, make that taxpayer, expense. Medicare for All. My, oh my.

January 23, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, speaks committee member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin’s public servant problem

So Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to take a peek at several Barack Obama-era political curiosities, to put it kindly, that have left voters with bad tastes in their mouths -- and Democrat Dick Durbin thinks that's oh-so-stupid, worthy of mocking. But Durbin's laughter, thrown as it is Graham's way, is actually a face-slap to voters.

January 22, 2019
This Nov. 29, 2017, photo shows a mural of Christopher Columbus at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The University of Notre Dame will cover murals in a campus building that depict Christopher Columbus in America, the school's president said, following criticism that the images depict Native Americans in stereotypical submissive poses before white European explorers. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Notre Dame’s sad and sorry whitewash of Christopher Columbus

Notre Dame University President John Jenkins announced by email to students that he would be covering up a mural of Christopher Columbus in order to appease those who find the explorer offensive. Another hat tip to political correctness.

January 22, 2019
Tony Danna, left, vice president of international development at Three Square Market in River Falls, Wis., reacts while getting a microchip implanted in his left hand at company headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The company is making microchips available to its employees, allowing them to open doors, log onto their computers or buy break room snacks by simply waving their hand. (AP Photos/Jeff Baenen) ** FILE **

Arkansas takes stab at regulating human microchipping

The fact this is even a headline -- "Bill Would Regulate Microchipping Employees in Arkansas" -- shows just how far this country has fallen off its freedom scale. But the bill is a good thing, really.

January 22, 2019
Lady Gaga, winner of the awards for best song for "Shallow" and best actress for "A Star Is Born," poses in the press room at the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lady Gaga defines Christianity as — Not Mike Pence

Lady Gaga, in a Las Vegas concert, went on a bit of a tantrum against this White House, dropping the f-bomb at the president for the partial government shutdown and then, somewhat curiously, calling out the vice president as "the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian" because of his views of LGBTQ issues.

January 21, 2019
In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, addresses a gathering during a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File )

Rudy Giuliani — stop talking!

Rudy Giuliani is a great American, a stand-up guy and a solid law-and-order patriot who obviously loves his country, loves his president and wants to do right by both.

January 21, 2019
Thousands of protesters look at at a rally following a march in favor of gun control at the Seattle Center Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Seattle. Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Education failure: Generation Z following Millennial footsteps to Big Government

Make way for an even bigger, more bloated government. Pew Research Center on Social & Demographic Trends has a new survey that shows Generation Z-ers, like the Millennials they follow in years, believe government -- not the individual, not the private sector -- is the better source to handle societal ills and solve national problems.

January 19, 2019
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Clive, Iowa. A war of words over Donald Trump’s “deplorables” is intensifying as Republicans and Democrats fight to score political points over Hillary Clinton’s charge that millions of the New York billionaire’s supporters are racist, sexist and homophobic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Deplorables Comedy Show’ facing bias, shunning from venues

Tour promoters and personnel of the "Deplorables Comedy Show" say they've been facing a bit of a backlash because of their conservative, pro-President Donald Trump views. Specifically, they're being turned away from certain venues in certain cities, they say.

January 18, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters following a weekly policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans finally getting it right

Republicans had two years of total control of Congress in which to pass provisions to tighten the border, in line with President Donald Trump's agenda and campaign promises. They didn't. They failed. Now? They're finally coming together on this shutdown and standing strong.

January 17, 2019