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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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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis waves the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on March 13, 2013. Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. (Associated Press/L'Osservatore Romano)

China to new pope: Welcome, but stay away from Taiwan

China welcomed aboard Pope Francis 1, the former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, with a formal statement of congratulations on Thursday. But in the next breath, the nation issued a thinly veiled warning.

March 14, 2013
**FILE** Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat (Associated Press)

Alan Grayson on Paul Ryan: He wants the poor ‘to die’

Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat, is back in the news. This time, his statements focus on Rep. Paul Ryan and the Wisconsin legislator's budget plan to cut expenses and balance federal finances within a decade.

March 14, 2013
** FILE ** Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex on the UT campus in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner)

Bill Gates pines for more U.K.-type powers for Obama

Sometimes America's free system of government and constitutional Democratic-Republic just make it too hard for the president to properly do his job, suggested Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday.

March 14, 2013
**FILE** President Obama discusses the continuing budget talks in the briefing room of the White House on July 19, 2011. (Associated Press)

Obama admits budget deal could prove impossible

President Obama admitted that efforts to reach a budget deal may be at an impasse if Republicans aren't willing to raise taxes without attaching caveats on entitlement spending.

March 13, 2013