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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 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 ** Pope Francis shows a box shaped like a pill box but which contains a rosary during his traditional Sunday appearance in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Pope Francis said that the rosary is like a medicine for the heart and small boxes containing rosaries were distributed to faithful at the end of Pope's traditional Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis warns of dangers of progressivism

Pope Francis had a stark warning for those who listened to his latest homily at St. Martha's House, about the dangers of today's rising secularism: Don't fall into the pit of progressivism, which puts the emphasis on the collective instead of on the spirit of the individual.

November 19, 2013
** FILE ** Former President George W. Bush turns and waves as he follows President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they leave after the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

George W. Bush on Keystone pipeline: ‘Build the damn thing’

With the economy as sluggish as it is, former President George W. Bush had some quick advice to bolster revenues and bring a boom to the job market, during a conference in Pittsburgh attended by hundreds: Build the Keystone XL pipeline.

November 19, 2013
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. (AP Photo/Olivia Harris, Pool, File)

Dick Cheney on daughters’ public gay dispute: I’m ‘pained’

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he and his wife are naturally upset their two daughters are disputing over their conflicting views of gay marriage, but that what perhaps hurts more is they've taken a years-long, behind-the-scenes argument and brought it into the public arena.

November 19, 2013
**FILE** New England Patriots QB Tom Brady and his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, attend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit in New York on May 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

Blindsided: Tom Brady-Gisele Bundchen bodyguards get 5 years in prison

Two bodyguards who were hired to protect New England Patriots superstar Tom Brady and his supermodel partner, Gisele Bundchen ,as they exchanged wedding vows in 2009 were sentenced to five years in prison on attempted murder charges for shooting at two photographers who covered the affair.

November 19, 2013
** FILE ** In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House, ‘despite assurances,’ knew of Obamacare glitches in spring

A new report from a consulting firm indicates the White House was warned of Obamacare rollout glitches as far back as the spring — a significant claim, given the administration's insistence that the president wasn't aware of any problems until after the enrollment website went active.

November 19, 2013
** FILE ** A lioness walks through the tall grass in the Phinda Private Game Reserve, near the town of Hluhluwe, in Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa. (AP Photo/Matthew Craft)

Dallas Zoo workers baffled as lion kills lioness

It's all fun and games — until one lion bites another too hard. That's what happened at the Dallas Zoo over the weekend when a lion killed a lioness in front of visitors. Zoo workers are struggling to understand why.

November 18, 2013
A full moon rises behind the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) spacecraft on board at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Maven is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring and understanding the Martian upper atmosphere. (AP Photo/National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Bill Ingalls)

NASA to launch to Mars: ‘Are we alone in the universe?’

The Maven spacecraft on Monday was atop its Florida launch pad, ready to take off on a Mars mission to answer a couple of key questions: Why did the planet go from warm to cold, and is there other human life in the universe?

November 18, 2013
Iran unveiled its Fotros drone aircraft, the biggest yet developed in the Islamic Republic, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Iranian Defense Ministry)

Iran unveils drone it claims can hover over Israel

Iran unveiled a new drone on Monday that is being touted as its biggest and most technologically advanced yet, capable of flying for 30 hours nonstop – long enough to hang above Israel, the defense minister claimed.

November 18, 2013