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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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A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Facebook facing FTC fire for privacy changes

The Federal Trade Commission said it is investigating Facebook to determine if two of its recently announced privacy rule reforms are in violation of a 2011 agreement.

September 12, 2013
Lengths of paper are rolled up after etching names at the south tower of the September 11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 (AP Photo/Chris Pedota, Pool)

Girl, 15, brags of using 9/11 name-reading to petition Obama on Syria

The family members of one Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack victim were stunned and outraged during Wednesday’s name-reading ceremony in New York City when a girl at the podium, who was supposed to say their son’s name and move on, instead launched into a plea to President Obama about Syria.

September 12, 2013
** FILE ** Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin sends message to America: You are not exceptional

Russian President Vladimir Putin's barely subtle message to America — that we are hardly exceptional — as relayed in an op-ed on The New York Times' website has sparked some serious fire, including a reaction from a senator who said the piece nearly made him vomit.

September 12, 2013
A Syrian refugee sits on the ground at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour, Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, on Sept. 11, 2013. Lebanon is a tiny country that shares a porous border with Syria, and has seen cross-border shelling, sectarian clashes and car bombings in recent months related to the civil war raging next door. The country of 4.5 million already is already host to nearly 1 million Syrian refugees. (Associated Press)

U.N. panel finds both sides in Syria guilty of war crimes

As discussions heat in the international community about what to do over Syria’s chemical weapon use, a panel of U.N. human rights investigators came forward Wednesday with some new findings, implicating both sides in war crimes.

September 11, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres walk off stage following their joint statement to members of the media at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Israel, March 20, 2013, (Associated Press)

Israel President Peres: I trust Obama and Putin on Syria

Israel President Shimon Peres said at a Wednesday graduation ceremony for naval recruits that he trusts President Obama and President Putin, when it comes to forging a deal to bring a peaceful solution to Syria’s chemical weapon dilemma.

September 11, 2013
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Ron Paul launches home-school course on Constitution

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, libertarian extraordinaire, may have given up his congressional pin, but he's far from removed from the political arena. He's launched a new project aimed at providing home-schoolers with historically accurate information on the U.S. Constitution.

September 11, 2013
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks after receiving the Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. The honor is given annually to an individual who displays courage and conviction while striving to secure liberty for people worldwide. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton heckled on Benghazi during award ceremony

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded hecklers who hounded her on Benghazi at the tail end of an award acceptance speech she delivered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.

September 11, 2013
** FILE ** Archbishop Pietro Parolin, pictured in 2009 when he was a monsignor, was appointed Vatican secretary of state by Pope Francis on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

Vatican opens door to discussion of priest celibacy

The second-in-charge at the Vatican, the secretary of state, said the requirement for priests to be celibate is not a dogma that hails from the Catholic Church and is therefore open to discussion.

September 11, 2013