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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 with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** A woman holds a Bible while standing in silent prayer on the steps of the Supreme Court on Oct. 1, 2012, before the justices return to the bench for another term. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Detroit mom incensed after school bans son’s Bible

A woman who lives outside of Detroit says she was outraged after staffers told her 8-year-old son he couldn't read his Bible during free time — but then gave her daughter a worksheet that made what she thought were inappropriate claims about parents who drink wine.

January 24, 2014
This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

Russia extends asylum for Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden doesn’t have to return to the United States unless he wants to, the head of the foreign affairs committee for Russia said Friday.

January 24, 2014
** FILE ** Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio mulls run for Arizona governor

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the law enforcement local known nationwide for his tough treatment of inmates and illegals alike, said that he’s mulling a run for governor of Arizona.

January 24, 2014
** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left), along with his aunt Kim Kyong-hui (right), attends a statue-unveiling ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday anniversary of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

North Korea pens appeal to South: Let’s be friends

North Korea’s National Defense Commission sent a somewhat surprising letter to South Korean authorities, suggesting the two countries set aside hostilities and enter an era of friendship. The friendly outreach didn’t come without a caveat, however.

January 24, 2014
Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis takes part in a interview, Tuesday,  Jan. 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Davis promised to veto a state income tax to pay for public schools and to expand where people may carry their handguns in the interview. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Wendy Davis tied to video that mocks wheelchair-bound Greg Abbott

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis — whose campaign has already been tainted by charges she stretched the truth with her biographical sketches — has a new scandal: Her supporters were caught on video mocking her wheelchair-bound political opponent, Republican Greg Abbott.

January 24, 2014
In this photo provided by the Indiana State Police, emergency crews work at the scene of a massive pileup involving more than 40 vehicles, many of them semitrailers, along Interstate 94 Thursday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2014, near Michigan City, Ind. (AP Photo/Indiana State Police)

Indiana icy highway crash leaves 3 dead, 20 injured

At least 30 vehicles — including about a dozen semitrailers — crashed on an icy patch of Interstate 94 highway running through Indiana, leaving three dead and more than 20 injured.

January 24, 2014

WWII vet fights village seizure of private property for public market

A World War II veteran on Fire Island, N.Y., is fighting off a taxpayer-funded attempt by his local duly elected officials to take over his privately owned grocery story via eminent domain and build, in its place, a market that would be owned by the village.

January 22, 2014
Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis takes part in a interview, Tuesday,  Jan. 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Davis promised to veto a state income tax to pay for public schools and to expand where people may carry their handguns in the interview. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Wendy Davis digs in heels: ‘Damn right, it’s a true story’

Wendy Davis, the Democratic contender for governor in Texas who made national headlines for donning pink running shoes and a urinary catheter to try to filibuster an abortion bill, is digging in her heels on her newest political flare-up that finds she exaggerated certain campaign claims.

January 22, 2014