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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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World War II veterans take photos of the National World War II Memorial from behind barricades after the National Park Service closed monuments and national parks because of the government shutdown on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, in Washington. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Veterans to stage storming of memorials, monuments

Angry and outraged military veterans are heading to Washington this weekend to stage a mass storming of the very memorials and monuments that were created in their honor but that they now cannot access because of the government shutdown.

October 8, 2013
** FILE ** A solitary runner heads along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass., in front of the Boston skyline, at dawn on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, after explosions killed three and injured more than 140 at the Boston Marathon the day before. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Boston-area school looks to back off zero tolerance

A Boston-area school with a high-crime neighborhood backdrop is bucking that national trend for zero tolerance and offering student offenders another way to serve their sentences: Talk it out.

October 8, 2013
A glass of water. (http://www.freepik.com)

Yuck! Water served to airline passengers still frequently contaminated

Apparently, the warning to not drink the water doesn't just apply to overseas destinations — it applies to the airline transports that get you there. Numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency indicate that plane passengers are frequently served contaminated drinking water, despite federal attempts to clear the bacteria.

October 8, 2013
Sen. Evie Hudak. (Screen shot from http://www.eviehudak.com/)

Colorado gun advocates, fresh off wins, launch 3rd recall

Second Amendment supporters and activists in Colorado, buoyed by two recent recall wins, have launched another petition drive to oust a third Democrat who voted in favor of the state's much-ballyhooed new gun control laws from office.

October 8, 2013
** FILE ** In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, photo, a portrait of Jesus hangs in the hallway at Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Ohio. The superintendent of the southern Ohio district facing a federal lawsuit over the Jesus portrait says it's been moved to a high school at the preference of the Christian-based student club that the district views as the picture's owner. (AP Photo/WBNS-10 TV)

Jesus portrait forced off school wall by ACLU lawsuit

Jesus has left the building. That’s the fate of a portrait of the savior of Christian faithful at one Ohio school, after the American Civil Liberties Union launched a lawsuit and demanded its removal.

October 8, 2013
Ben Stiller stars in 2004's "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Long Island middle school bans balls, citing student safety

So much for tossing the ball during recess — or playing tag. One middle school in Long Island has banned a list of popular playground items because the games promote roughness among the students, administrators said.

October 8, 2013