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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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Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/Presidency Office, Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam)

Iran seeks ‘phased actions’ for nuclear talks

The foreign minister in Iran wants to take a more phased-in approach to discussing the nation's nuclear development program and reaching compromise with the international community.

September 26, 2013
Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio (center) speaks to reporters as City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (second from right) stands next to him during a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, on the steps of City Hall in New York. Ms. Quinn endorsed Mr. de Blasio for mayor. He will face Republican nominee Joe Lhota in the Nov. 5 general election. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Flashback: NYC mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio honored despot Mugabe

Thirty-six of 51 New York City Council members shunned a 2002 event honoring Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, expressing concern with the leader's despotic ways and worrying their attendance might be spun as an endorsement of his torturing of political rivals. But not Democrat Bill de Blasio.

September 25, 2013
** FILE ** Piers Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Piers Morgan goes pro-gun? CNN host defends boys booted for toy guns

Internationally known anti-gun CNN television host Piers Morgan actually came out in strong defense of two Virginia teenage boys who were booted from school Tuesday for playing with toy guns in their front yard while waiting for the morning school bus.

September 25, 2013
The house in which the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain grew up is on sale for $500,000 in Aberdeen, Wash. Inside are a guitar, staged for the sale, and the dining room table and hutch from when Cobain lived in the 1½-story bungalow. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Kurt Cobain’s childhood home gets ‘for sale’ sign

Kurt Cobain's childhood home and its furnishings — including the very mattress the now-deceased Nirvana frontman slept on — have been put up for sale, an action timed to take advantage of the 20th anniversary of the band's final studio album, "In Utero."

September 25, 2013
Indians clean blocked sewerage line to drain out flooded water from a road after heavy rains lashed, in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Massive flooding has forced 15,000 people to evacuate villages in the west Indian state of Gujarat where heavy rains and swollen rivers have inundated cities and closed off roads and railway lines. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India floods force more than 15,000 to flee

Fifteen thousand people who live in the western region of India have been forced to flee massive floods on Wednesday that have closed off roads and railways and swept away untold numbers of structures.

September 25, 2013
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/Presidency Office, Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam)

Israel mocks Iran’s new president with fake LinkedIn page

Israel wasn’t impressed with the so-called charm offensive launched by Iran’s newest president at the U.N. General Assembly conference this week, preparing for the historic New York meeting with a solid social media mocking that took pot shots at Hassan Rouhani.

September 25, 2013
** FILE ** Rep. Nancy Pelosi's views on abortion have brought criticism from the Catholic Church. (The Washington Times)

No communion for Nancy Pelosi: Vatican court head

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has no Catholic right to be granted Communion, said the leading cardinal of the highest court at the Vatican.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has no Catholic right to be granted Communion, said the leading cardinal of the highest court at the Vatican.

September 24, 2013