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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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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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** FILE ** South African President Jacob Zuma, second left, talks with Mandla Mandela, left, after they and other dignitaries unveiled a bust of former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, at the South African Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Fake Mandela memorial sign interpreter freed from psych ward to cut app ad

The fake sign language interpreter for the deaf who put on a baffling yet humorous performance at the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela — right on stage next to U.S. President Obama — has been set free from his psychiatric ward confines for a day to help an Israeli company cut a commercial.

May 9, 2014
** FILE ** Wild macaques huddled against the cold in southwest China's Guizhou province as record-breaking winter storms pound eastern, central and southern provinces, stranding holiday travelers and burying dwellings in Nanjing (above) in the east under heavy snow. (Associated Press)

China’s new secret air force weapon: Monkeys

The People's Liberation Army Air Force has spent time and money training macaques — a form of monkey with a shorter tail — to clear the base of nesting birds, and in so doing, keep troops healthy and from harm's way, the PLA website reported.

May 9, 2014
** FILE ** Operation Welcome Home Maryland team leader Anne Church, left, leads volunteers and friends and family in the Pledge of Allegiance before the arrival of a Delta charter flight bringing troops home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Texas teen suspended for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance

A sophomore at a Texas high school was given a two-day in-school suspension for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag — something he said he does to protest the National Security Agency's spy tactics.

May 9, 2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio (left) and Gov. Charlie Crist were cordial to each other earlier this month, but some supporters of Mr. Rubio's Senate bid are angry at the NRSC for favoring Mr. Crist.

Marco Rubio on Charlie Crist: He’s ‘absolutely’ a big phony

Sen. Marco Rubio issued a sharp rebuke of Charlie Crist and his cited reason for leaving the Republican Party — that the GOP was filled with members possessed of race-based hostility toward the president — and said during a Fox News appearance that the Florida politico was simply putting on a show.

May 8, 2014
A Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurant in Atlanta is seen here on July 19, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

New York gays with taste for Chick-fil-A face quandary: To eat or not to eat?

Chick-fil-A is expanding with gusto into the New York City market, and that leaves gays and gay activists in the area facing quite a quandary that pits their principles — their opposition to CEO Dan Cathy's publicly expressed biblically based views of homosexuality — against their tastebuds.

May 8, 2014