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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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John Podesta eats crow: ‘I apologize to Speaker Boehner’

John Podesta, the former White House aide to President Clinton who was just brought on board the Obama administration to save executive face from falling popularity poll numbers, apologized Wednesday for his reference to the Republican Party as a cult.

December 18, 2013
In this Dec. 12, 2013, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Chaplain Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgerald, 20th Fighter Wing chaplain, sprinkles holy water over the Nativity scene at Shaw Air Force Base S.C. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Ashley L. Gardner) ** FILE **

Gitmo under fire for Christmas display

Mikey Weinstein is back. The notable head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation — a group with a claim to fame of halting displays of Christian symbols at military bases around the nation, especially those tied to the Air Force — has now complained about a nativity scene at Guantanamo Bay.

December 18, 2013
Runners, dressed as Santa Claus, and one dressed as Superwoman, take part in the 37th "Christmas Corrida Race" in the streets of Issy Les Moulineaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Half of America strips religion from Christmas

Nine out of 10 Americans do Christmas and three-quarters believe in the biblical account of Jesus' birth — but only a little more than half actually regard the holiday primarily as a religious celebration.

December 18, 2013
** FILE ** U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle. (Associated Press)

Obama ‘cavalier’ in hiding foreign aid order, judge rules

A district court judge ruled that President Obama can’t lawfully keep hidden a foreign aid order he tried to shield via a claim of executive privilege, characterizing the move as a “cavalier” dodge of the Freedom of Information Act.

December 18, 2013

EPA slap-down: Senate says no to lead-free fire hydrants

An Environmental Protection Agency push to regulate fire hydrants and require that all new ones be built without lead fell flat this week, as the Senate voted to override a House bill containing the measure.

December 18, 2013
** FILE ** Google co-founder Sergey Brin wears Google Glass glasses at an announcement for the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at Genentech Hall on the University of California at San Francisco's Mission Bay campus in San Francisco on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

Google’s newest photography find: Just wink and shoot

Kodak may have coined the phrase, “You press the button, we do the rest,” in 1888. But Google has taken the technology to a new level, with a new picture-taking means that requires users only to wink their eyes.

December 18, 2013

Pa. police pull people over for random DNA tests for feds

Pennsylvania police this week were pulling people to the side of the road, quizzing them on their driving habits, and asking if they'd like to provide a cheek swap or a blood sample — the latest in a federally contracted operation that's touted as making roads safer.

December 18, 2013
** FILE ** This May 23, 2010, file image provided by NASA shows the International Space Station with the Earth in the background. The image was photographed by an STS-132 crew member on space shuttle Atlantis after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, NASA decided to schedule a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International Space Station. The first is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA pushing hard to get back into space game

NASA is fighting hard to get back in the space game, launching a massive drive to develop new technology that will remind politicians America should take the lead in galaxy exploration — not China and not Iran.

December 18, 2013
** FILE ** A pedestrian walks by as SWAT team members assemble outside a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Four buildings on campus were evacuated after campus police received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed inside, interrupting final exams. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Harvard student to face federal charges for bomb hoax

A Harvard University student is due to make his initial appearance in federal court on Wednesday to face charges related to what prosecutors are saying was a fake bomb threat to escape exams.

December 18, 2013