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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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** FILE ** James Lee DiMaggio (left), 40, and Hannah Anderson, 16, are pictured in a combination of undated file photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/San Diego Sheriff's Department)

Hannah Anderson hits TV circuit as dad says no to DNA test

Hannah Anderson, the 16-year-old California girl who was saved from her kidnapper, James DiMaggio, when authorities discovered them in a Idaho forest, said in her first television interview since her rescue that she was "a survivor," not a victim.

August 22, 2013
**FILE** The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press)

Atheists incensed after IRS grants them tax exemption as religious group

The leader of an atheist group reportedly is incensed that the U.S. government has granted it a tax exemption, citing allowances for religious organizations — and she's even angrier at learning that she's considered a minister under the Internal Revenue Service code.

August 21, 2013
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Two liberals say Sarah Palin is right: Obama lacks substance

A couple of noted liberal political activists, first Howard Dean and now Noam Chomsky, have found common ground with the most unlikeliest of individuals — former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — and admit she's right on at least one key view: President Obama doesn't have a whole lot of substance.

August 21, 2013
** FILE ** James Lee DiMaggio (left), 40, and Hannah Anderson, 16, are pictured in a combination of undated file photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/San Diego Sheriff's Department)

James DiMaggio twist: Family says abducted girl may be his daughter

There’s a new twist in the case of the California girl, 16, who was abducted by a family friend, James DiMaggio, and taken into the wilderness of Idaho. His family thinks he may have been the biological father of the girl, Hannah Anderson, and now they want her DNA.

August 21, 2013
** FILE ** New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (right) makes comments as Pike River Coal CEO Peter Whittall (left) listens during a press conference in Greymouth, New Zealand, on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Simon Baker)

New Zealand gives go-ahead to spy on own citizens

New Zealand spy agencies now can conduct surveillance operations on its own citizens, thanks to legislation signed into law Wednesday giving government intelligence the expanded powers.

August 21, 2013
Pakistani cleric Haji Alam Sher, founder of the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, talks to the media in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The United States has placed unprecedented sanctions on the Islamic school for allegedly training and financing fighters from al Qaeda and other militant groups. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

U.S. sanctions Pakistani school for ties to al Qaeda

In a nearly unprecedented move, the United States issued sanctions on a school for Islamic youth in northwest Pakistan, accusing the facility's overseers of holding ties to al Qaeda and other militants groups.

August 21, 2013