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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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California college in shock as dean dies in elephant stampede

A 58-year-old dean at the University of California was killed during a luxury safari in Tanzania after he fell in the path of stampeding elephants – 50 of them – and grieving colleagues at the college say they’re shocked, to say the least.

September 5, 2013

Californian in Syria on video: ‘What America hates, I love’

A video that shows a heavily bearded, sunglasses-wearing man, reportedly from California but in Syria to help the rebels fight, is making the media rounds — an upsetting commentary on America at a time of high tensions and political crossroads.

September 5, 2013
** FILE ** Ariel Castro looks at Michelle Knight, one of three women whom he was convicted of holding captive, as he speaks during the sentencing phase of his trial on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ariel Castro victims stay silent on captor’s suicide

The three Cincinnati women who were held hostage by Ohio's Ariel Castro for about a decade stayed silent on their captor's suicide this week, leaving trial watchers and sympathizers wondering how the news hit them emotionally and whether they considered the news good or bad.

September 5, 2013

N.Y. judge choked, hit with toilet tank lid, left on floor

A judge in upstate New York was the target of a recent vicious act of violence when somebody — police are still searching the identity of the attacker — choked him and whacked him on the head with a toilet tank lid while he locked up court.

September 4, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles, speaks and gestures during an interview with John Daniszewski, the Associated Press's senior managing editor for international news, at Mr. Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. The Russian leader sought to downplay the current chill in the U.S.-Russian relations and said that the two countries need to cooperate on a range of issues in the interests of global stability. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin: Edward Snowden is ‘a strange guy’

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that intelligence leaker and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden tried to get Russia on board to work together, but he said no. He also said that Mr. Snowden actually stayed in the Russian consulate in Hong Kong before he traveled to Moscow in June.

September 4, 2013