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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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A man checks handguns displayed at the Eurosatory defense and security trade show in Villepinte, outside Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

AMA wants CDC to treat guns as public health crisis

The president of the American Medical Association, David Barbe, said in recent remarks that it's high time professionals within the Centers for Disease and Prevention started treating gun violence as if it were a public health crisis. Does that mean a cure for Gun Ownership Malady is on its way?

June 12, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un during a press conference at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ** FILE **

On Donald Trump, liberals running out of things to hate

President Donald Trump's forging of a historic peace-making deal with North Korea's despot Kim Jong-un has the leftists of the country up in arms because, to put it bluntly, it's getting harder and harder for them to sell their hate. They're actually having to admit Trump is not half as bad as they tried to paint.

June 12, 2018
Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman arrives at Singapore's Changi Airport on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Dennis Rodman weeps of North Korea: ‘Obama didn’t give me the time of day’

Dennis Rodman gave an emotionally charged testimony to CNN about President Donald Trump's political and diplomatic successes in North Korea -- but what was more remarkable than the wild ride of this televised interview was this little nugget offered in between the cries: Barack Obama "didn't even give me the time of day."

June 12, 2018
The Uber app is shown on a phone in New York, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, says New York City should impose a fee on app-hailed rides to help taxi medallion owners who are struggling with debt. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Uber wants to know if riders are drunk — but why?

Uber has just applied for a patent for machine learning that will tell if the caller for a ride is drunk. Why? Isn't that why people use Uber in the first place -- because they're drunk? Uber ought to know that by now.

June 12, 2018
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts salute the flag during ceremonies at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 26, 2018. More than 6,000 Scouts, with the support of local community members, placed 88,000 American flags on graves throughout the cemetery to honor fallen service members in anticipation of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) ** FILE **

Boy Scouts of America fall on tough moral-compass times

The Boy Scouts of America used to be the place to send sons to reinforce godly behaviors, provide proper moral compasses, instill common courtesies and help raise the next generation of men in the value-driven way they should go. Now? They've fallen a bit in ye olde traditional leanings, and even the atheists are apparently gunning for them.

June 12, 2018
Cars go by the scene Monday, March 19, 2018, near where a pedestrian was stuck by an Uber vehicle in autonomous mode late Sunday night in Tempe, Ariz. The vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when a woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit. Uber suspended all of its self-driving testing Monday after what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian crash involving the vehicles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The mad money rush to market self-driving cars

With self-driving vehicle technology, big bucks are on the line. And in the words of at least one mechanical engineering expert, the rush to produce -- the rush to profit -- is both real and dangerous. Truly, the real winner of this autonomous car race will be the one who forgoes the short-term IPOs for the longer-term of consumer confidence.

June 9, 2018
Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies in Grainger County, Tennessee, is making national headlines after posting a "No Gays Allowed" sign in the storefront window following the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. (WBIR)

‘No Gays Allowed’ sign gives Christianity a bad name

Dear Mr. Jeff Amyx: Tear down this sign. Amyx, a Baptist minister and the owner of a Tennessee hardware store, has reportedly decided to celebrate the Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding a cake baker who refused creative service to a gay couple by putting up this sign in the front window: "No Gays Allowed." He shoudn't.

June 8, 2018
In this Dec. 4, 2017, photo, part of the Republican Senate bill "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" is photographed in Washington. Republican tax legislation advancing toward final votes in Congress could undermine “Obamacare” health insurance markets, and add to the financial squeeze on Medicare over time. This week lawmakers will try to resolve differences between House and Senate versions in hopes of finishing around Christmas. Also in play are the tax deduction for people with high medical expenses, and a tax credit for drug makers that develop treatments for diseases affecting relatively few patients. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) **FILE**

Ding, dong, the Obamacare witch is — almost — dead

Lawyers for the White House said they wouldn't take the federal government's side and defend an Obamacare suit that's being waged by 20 attorneys general from Republican-dominated states. And with that, sounds the final bell on Obamacare.

June 8, 2018
In this March 8, 2017, photo, Barb Halleen who is battling Parkinson's disease, spars with volunteer coach Jimmy Lyons as part of the Rock Steady Boxing program at CrossFit 309 in Peoria Heights, Ill. The Rock Steady program is growing, offering people with Parkinson's a way to push themselves to fight back against the disease by boxing. This year, they've expanded to more classes, moved into their own dedicated space at CrossFit, and just recently installed a professional boxing ring. (Fred Zwicky/Journal Star via AP) ** FILE **

CrossFit, the latest example of raging, rabid leftist intolerance

An executive at CrossFit put out on Twitter that he was happy a local gym decided to cancel a workout session in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month because, in his view, "celebrating 'pride' is a sin" and "the intolerance of the LGBTQ ideology toward any alternative views is mind-blowing." For that, he was fired. And bam, his point's underscored

June 7, 2018
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, listens to the conference after his speech titled "How to save the European Union" as he attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

George Soros election plot for California goes down in flames

So billionaire George Soros poured tons of dollars into different district attorney races in California, hoping -- no, expecting -- big wins for the progressive left, just as he and his liberal cronies had scored in similar campaigns in New York. But the effort failed. Went down in flames, really.

June 7, 2018
In this image released by CBS, former President Bill Clinton, left, appears with host Stephen Colbert while promoting his book "The President is Missing," on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in New York. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP)

Bill Clinton, a gift for the GOP that keeps on giving

Bill Clinton, hereafter to be known as the Tone Deaf President, has had a heck of a week trying to shove his lecherous affair with a young White House intern into a #MeToo box, as if the two could ever fit together as one. But for Republicans, this is all good.

June 7, 2018
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2015, file photo, contestants wear swimsuits as they compete in the 2016 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants in their appearance. Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America who is head of the organization's board of trustees, made the announcement Tuesday, June 5, 2018, on "Good Morning America." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Miss America swimsuit segment IS pretty stupid

Aside from men and lesbians, there really aren't going to be that many beauty pageant watchers who miss the swimsuit portion of Miss America. The whole ogle-fest is just that -- an antiquated means of determining which woman among a crowd of women has the best body. It's good Miss America's giving it the boot.

June 6, 2018
People walk in front of the Capitol building in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Regulatory Memorial madness: Every 3 hours, a new rule

Congress and the federal agencies may give the impression of being a do-nothing entity, but the numbers don't lie, and what the numbers are saying is that feds pushed through 54 new and finalized rules in the last week. That's on average a new rule every three hours, according to one watchdog nonprofit.

June 5, 2018
Hillary Clinton pumps her fist as she is introduced at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, May 25, 2018. Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute honored Clinton with the 2018 Radcliffe Medal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Hillary Clinton not off the hook just yet

As Robert Mueller continues his special counsel investigation to nowhere, at least one government watchdog group is keeping up the pressure on Hillary Clinton.

June 5, 2018
Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, here in CBS' 1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas special, kept audiences laughing, but Jeff Alexander, author of "A TV Guide to Life," says contemporary comedies such as "The Office" with Steve Carell (left) are sharper. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

America’s moral compass worst it’s ever been: Poll

Americans say the country as it stands today is worse off morally than in past years -- and worse off, morally speaking, to a tune that's never before seen. Can't say this is surprising. It's not rocket science, people.

June 5, 2018
In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures as he addresses a joint session of the the 2018 session in the House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Terry McAuliffe, Clinton money man, makes ludicrous stab at morals

Terry McAuliffe, the power broker of Bill Clintondom, was out and about this past weekend telling MSNBC news watchers how immorally and horribly his old presidential pal treated Monica Lewinsky. Well, isn't that special. But McAuliffe speaking of morals is like watching O.J. pull on a too-tight leather glove. Something is painfully amiss.

June 4, 2018
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent a message this week to Russian President Vladimir Putin: Do not make a deal with President Trump or your forces in Syria may suffer. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s call to fight ‘bullying’ Donald Trump a diplomatic boon for America

Iran has called on the countries of the world -- the ones that care, anyway -- to stand up to that big ol' bad bully Donald Trump and join forces to save the nuclear deal from the trash heap of U.S. history. Good. Now America can see clearly who's friend, who's enemy and who wants to play pussyfoot with a rogue, despotic nation over a principled, free America.

June 4, 2018