Cheryl K. Chumley

Election predictions: Sanity will win

President Donald Trump's latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll numbers show him at a 45 percent approval rating, up a full percentage point from June -- and that's despite the Helsinki summit. Know what that means? It means come November, and come 2020, the candidates seen as sane will win.

July 24, 2018

James Comey losing friends, right and left

Poor James Comey. First, he's vilified by the White House. Then he's vilified by conservatives. Then he's vilified by book reviewers. And now? Now, even those on the left are scuttling his side.

July 23, 2018

Donald Trump at his best — beating Rouhani at Iran’s own bully game

President Donald Trump unleashed a few furious rebukes against Iran on Twitter, telling the rebellious nation that its time of talking tough and issuing war-like threats against America had come to an end. And kudos, double kudos, to this president. Thank goodness this White House's idea of fighting off foreign bullies isn't simply the strongly worded letter.

July 23, 2018

Democrats need to chill, but science says they can’t

If happiness had a political tag, conservative would be its name. A study in the Social Psychological and Personality Science found conservatives are happier than liberals and those those of right-leaning ideologies are far more likely than their left-leaning counterparts to grasp the "meaning of life." That explains a lot.

July 21, 2018

Google’s A.I. ‘ethics principles’ sound great, guarantee little

Google has put in place some ethical rules to guide its company's artificial intelligence pursuits. And the principles do show promise. But let's be clear: The devil remains in the details. It's one thing to lay out a path to walk, a wish-list to fulfill. It's another thing entirely to have the technological know-how to fulfill these goals.

July 20, 2018

Judge Jeanine Pirro, Whoopi Goldberg and the explosive ‘View’ reveal of left’s intolerance

In the case of Jeanine Pirro v. Whoopi Goldberg, the court of public opinion finds in favor of -- the good judge.

July 20, 2018

Nikki Haley’s awesome U.N. ding: A human right ‘is not a political chit’

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a strong statement of support for America's withdrawal from the Human Rights Council at a Heritage Foundation press event, telling the listening audience that human rights, God-given rights, are not tools for trade, fodder for political bargaining and bantering.

July 19, 2018

LOL — the left’s newest: ‘Russian bots are using #WalkAway to try to wound Dems in midterms’

The #WalkAway movement that began in May with hairstylist Brandon Straka explaining why he was leaving the Democratic Party has sprung into a national force. And apparently, liberals are beginning to shake in their boots. Enter CNN with this headline: "Russian bots are using #WalkAway to try to wound Dems in midterms."

July 19, 2018

Donald Trump’s would, wouldn’t, whatever — now let’s move on

President Donald Trump clarified in a press conference that he meant to say in Helsinki that he saw no "reason why it wouldn't" -- rather than "it would" -- be Russia that meddled in America's 2016 elections. And OK to that. Believe the man or not. Whatever. Either way -- let's move on, please.

July 19, 2018

Irish bookie — seriously? — fuels ‘impeach Trump’ wave, post-Helsinki

The Washington Post just ran with a story with this headline: "Trump impeachment odds hit record after Helsinki, says Irish bookmaker." Seriously now? This is where the all-courts-press from the left to impeach President Donald Trump has headed -- to a bookie operation in Ireland named Paddy Power?

July 18, 2018

James Comey, candle in political wind, goes full court for Democrats

James Comey has finally come out of the closet. The once-upon-a-time registered Republican -- the guy who told Congress in July of 2016 that he had "been a registered Republican for most of my adult life" but am "not registered any longer" -- has finally shed his so-called conservative coating and called for all Americans of conscience to vote Democrat this November.

July 18, 2018

Marines, in dubious honor, win bragging rights as biggest binge drinkers

When it comes to alcohol consumption and military members, Marines take the cake, it seems. So goes a recent Department of Defense's Health Related Behaviors Survey that found that while about one-third of military personnel meet the criteria to be slapped with an alcohol problem, Marines, far and away, were worse.

July 17, 2018

China’s quest for A.I. dominance must be stopped in its tracks

China, according to a recent report by LinkedIn, is rising in the rankings of numbers of workers in the artificial intelligence industry. This is not, nor should it be, a shoulder-shrug moment.

July 17, 2018

Donald Trump — yes, even Donald Trump — disappoints

President Donald Trump certainly did a 180 on his normal course of tough talk, matched by tough walk, when he met with Vladimir Putin. And what a disappointment.

July 17, 2018

Peter Strzok’s smirk a gold nugget for GOP

When Peter Strzok, shamed FBI agent, sat before Congress with his smirky, smug expression and gave smirky, smug answers to valid questions voters wanted answered, seriously now, was there anyone in America, save the anti-President Donald Trumpers and hard-core leftists, who didn't want to slap his face?

July 17, 2018

Franklin Graham stands tall in face of LGBTQ-pressed censorship

The Rev. Franklin Graham is headed to the United Kingdom to preach on the spiritual pitfalls of "sex, drugs, money, even religion," but Blackpool bus company powers-who-be, facing pressure from LGBTQ activists, have pulled his advertisements about hoping in Jesus from their transit system.

July 16, 2018

‘Divisive’ label a badge of honor for today’s conservatives

The left, whenever confronted with a hard truth about its vicious self, likes to run screaming toward the exit signs, calling out conservatives for so-called "divisive" rhetoric and over-the-top partisanship. But being called "divisive," for those of conservative ilk, anyway, should actually be regarded as a badge of honor these days.

July 7, 2018

Republicans need to stop eating their own

It's safe to say President Donald Trump has his share of detractors and critics. But what's so puzzling to the conservatives of America -- the ones who don't party-hearty with politicos in the cesspool of Washington, D.C., that is -- are the detractors from within the ranks of Trump's own GOP.

July 6, 2018

Donald Trump slays in Montana: Pocahontas, take a DNA

President Donald Trump, during his speech in Great Falls, Montana, floated the idea of paying $1 million to charity if Sen. Elizabeth Warren would only take a DNA test to prove her so-called Native American heritage. Warren tried to fight back -- but it had all the defensive air of a fish out of water, flopping and floundering for air.

July 6, 2018

Democrats hate America — and here are the numbers to prove it

Democrats hate America. That's one takeaway from a recent Gallup poll that shows only 32 percent of Dems are "extremely proud" to be an American, versus a substantially higher number of Republicans. Of course, that's a bit snarky.

July 3, 2018