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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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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif leaves the hotel, after talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva Switzerland, Friday, Nov.22, 2013. Differences on whether Iran has the right to enrich uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons appeared to be a key sticking point Friday between two top negotiators trying to agree on terms that would start curbing Tehran's atomic activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Catherine Ashton, the European Union's top diplomat, have met repeatedly since Wednesday to hammer out language on a nuclear deal acceptable to both Tehran and six world powers trying to limit Iran's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Keystone,Martial Trezzini)

Iran, world powers hit snag on nuclear talks — again

Iran and the heads of state for six different nations nearly threw in the towel Friday after two days of nuclear discussions, admitting to several stumbling blocks similar to issues that have cropped up in the past.

November 22, 2013
Shoppers wait in line outside of a Best Buy store in Colma, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. While stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, openings have crept earlier and earlier over the past few years. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Black Friday shoppers in Ohio already camping outside stores

Talk about getting a jump on things. Hopeful Black Friday deal-diggers in Ohio are already marking their store line territories with campsites, setting up tents to lay claim to deals at Best Buy — which haven't even been announced yet.

November 22, 2013
President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. The president said he supports the move by Senate Democrats to make it harder for Republicans to block his nominees. Obama spoke shortly after the Senate voted 52-48 to weaken the power of the filibuster. The rule change will make it harder for minority Republicans to block confirmation of the president's nominees for judges and other top posts.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democratic aide says Obamacare price hikes ‘shock to the system’

Aides to certain House Democrats who have worked for years on Capitol Hill say the price hikes they’re seeing in certain insurance plans due directly to Obamacare are both shock and awe, and some may leave their jobs to find more affordable options.

November 22, 2013
**FILE** The Internet homepage of WikiLeaks is shown in this photo taken in New York on Dec. 1, 2010. (Associated Press)

Web creator warns of Big Brother tide on Internet

Tim Berners-Lee, the scientist who’s largely credited with creating the World Wide Web, issued a stark warning on Friday about the trend of surveillance that’s been springing in the Internet.

November 22, 2013
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, talks with navigator Frantcia Thenor, left, and Carmen Celeiro, center, about health care options available under the Affordable Care Act, at the North Shore Medical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Miami. Sebelius visited Miami and Orlando Tuesday to talk up the Affordable Care Act as fallout from the new law grows. The computer screen, which is on the healthcare.gov website, reads " Sorry, our system is temporarily down." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Obama stages private meet with press for Obamacare damage control

President Obama invited several members of the media — notably, the more liberal members — for an off-the-record, behind-the-scenes chance to chat about Obamacare, in what some are describing as a Hail Mary attempt to do some much-needed damage control.

November 22, 2013
** FILE ** Mike Steenhout, comptroller of Washington state's Liquor Control Board, takes photos as he tours a marijuana growing facility in Seattle on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington permit offices flooded with marijuana applications

Hundreds of hopeful marijuana business operators have flocked to local permitting authorities and filed applications to open pot shops — and that's in just the first week of the enactment of a state law that lets recreational sales and production commence.

November 22, 2013
A Santa Claus figurine is part of a holiday window display at Macy's, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

S.C. charter school bans Christmas carols with religious tone

A music director at one charter school in Rock Hill, S.C., reportedly said students are more than welcome to sing their celebrations of Christmas at upcoming performances – just not those songs that refer to Jesus Christ, or that have overtly religious overtones.

November 22, 2013
** FILE ** Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican (Associated Press)

FBI scrambles to find Iraqi terrorists living off U.S. welfare

Federal investigators are sifting through the records of thousands of Iraqis who came to the United States as "war refugees" in recent years, trying to discern how many more are like the two they recently arrested: Admitted terrorists who left Iraq for America, accepted public housing and welfare assistance, then continued with their plots to kill.

November 20, 2013
Actor James Woods (Associated Press) ** FILE **

James Woods, the science geek: U.S. future ‘built on dreams’

Actor James Woods, a Hollywood hero for conservatives who's been outspoken against President Obama and his policies, took the Comic-Con stage in New York to speak on what he saw as a more inspirational subject: America's future ability to make great scientific leaps and bounds.

November 20, 2013