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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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Israel demands Lebanon account for border killing of soldier

The United Nations is urging restraint after a Lebanese sniper shot and killed an Israeli soldier near the border, sparking a retaliatory incident by IDF troops and leading to a scheduled emergency meeting on Monday to try to diffuse the tensions.

December 16, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool)

John Kerry pledges $32M to help Asians defend waters from China

In the face of growing tensions between China and Japan over ownership of a set of islands, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry vowed during a Monday stop in Vietnam to bolster maritime security for nations in the region friendly to America’s interests.

December 16, 2013

N.J. mall carjacking leaves man, 30, dead

A 30-year-old New Jersey man was shot and killed as he tried to leave a mall parking lot with his wife, the apparent victim of a couple of carjackers who confronted them as they tried to get in their vehicle.

December 16, 2013
Screen grab from Amazon.com.

Ted Cruz coloring book breaks onto best-seller list

No. 1 in Amazon's list of top-selling children's coloring books? That would be the one about tea party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz, titled "Cruz to the Future: Comic Coloring Activity Book," as of Friday morning rankings.

December 13, 2013
** FILE ** A small Draganflyer X6 drone is photographed during a test flight in Mesa County, Colo., on Jan. 8, 2009. (Associated Press/Mesa County Sheriff's Department)

U.S. Army hails success with drone-shooting laser

The U.S. Army said its latest defense technology — a vehicle-mounted laser — has passed a recent test with flying colors, successfully shooting a drone from the sky and intercepting and destroying several mortar rounds.

December 13, 2013
Actor Daniel Craig as James Bond.

James Bond: The spy who is really an alcoholic

If Bond, James Bond, were a real person and not simply a fictional character in 14 novels and on Hollywood movie screens, he'd not only be considered a drunk — but also a sexually dysfunctional, liver-damaged, car-crashing, dead man walking.

December 13, 2013
** FILE ** In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, file photo, Aaron Sherman, of Renton, Wash., chants with other protesters as they begin a day-long march in support of fast-food workers, in SeaTac, Wash. Demonstrators planned an eight-hour march Thursday, part of a nationwide-protest for higher wages. Workers, activists and community supporters met in in SeaTac and expected to continue to Seattle City hall, a 12-mile journey. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

SeaTac, Wash.: City’s new $15 minimum wage heads to court

Opponents of SeaTac's recently approved minimum wage — at $15, it's the highest in the nation — have launched a last-minute appeal and taken their objections to the statute to a Friday court hearing, in hopes of winning at least a delay to the pay rule that's due to take effect Jan. 1.

December 13, 2013
** FILE ** A Syrian refugee man looks out of his family room in an old deserted building where they live, as a strong wind blows the fabric door and passes through the alley into the building modified for a dozen Syrian refugee families from storerooms, during a snowstorm in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Obama mulls support for Islamists in Syria, with conditions

A senior U.S. figure said the Obama administration may expand its support for Syrian rebel fighters — to include Islamist groups that seized American equipment and gear stored at a warehouse near the Syrian-Turkey border.

December 13, 2013