Advertisement

Author profile

Cheryl K. Chumley

Follow author updates

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.

Latest "Bold & Blunt" Podcast Episodes

Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley

At 65, Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed up for a fifth 'Terminator' film. (Image: 20th Century Fox)

He’s back: Arnold Schwarzenegger, 65, to star in fifth ‘Terminator’ film

Apparently, age is not an issue in the Terminator saga because Hollywood hero and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 65, has signed up to play the next in the series, No. 5.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** Defendant George Zimmerman, accused in the killing of Trayvon Martin, is sworn in for testimony in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., during a pre-trial hearing, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

George Zimmerman jurors to be sequestered, judge rules

The jurors who will hear George Zimmerman's murder trial will have to be sequestered for up to a month, the judge ruled on Thursday.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Kevyn Orr, Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager, speaks at a news conference in Detroit as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder listens. In a report released late Sunday, May 12, 2013, Orr said Detroit is broke and faces a bleak future given the precarious financial path it's on. It was his first report on Detroit’s finances since taking the job in March. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Detroit emergency manager: City is insolvent, needs moratorium on debt

The emergency manager appointed to reconfigure Detroit's bankrupt finances said Friday that the city is insolvent and the only way to bring it back into the black was to stop paying on some debt.

June 14, 2013

A firefighter keeps watch over a controlled burn at the Black Forest Section 16 Trailhead Thursday, June 13, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. Little more than 36 hours after it started in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, the blaze surpassed last June's Waldo Canyon fire as the most destructive in state history. That blaze burned 347 homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

Colorado wildfire deaths take criminal turn, as two homicides are investigated

A Colorado sheriff said the two deaths reported in the Black Forest Fire that has raged in recent days are now being treated as homicides.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** This Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Lawmakers downplay Edward Snowden: ‘He was lying’ about NSA

Edward Snowden did not have enough high-level access at the National Security Agency to obtain the kind of information that would compromise America's place among other nations, House Intelligence Committee members said Thursday.

June 14, 2013

(Screen shot from http://www.cbsnews.com)

CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s computer intrusion a ‘sophisticated’ plot

CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer was compromised via "sophisticated methods" that included a concerted attempt to cover up hacking tracks, a cyber security firm found on Friday.

June 14, 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Philipp Roesler during a session of German parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to unemployed: Move

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had some harsh words of wisdom for the eurozone's 3.6 million unemployed youth: Relocate to where the jobs are.

June 14, 2013

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

IRS agent at heart of scandal believed fired: media report

A top Internal Revenue Service considered a key player in the political targeting scandal that's hit the agency in recent weeks was fired and had since dropped from sight, one media outlet claimed in a Friday report.

June 14, 2013

Chelsea Clinton

Chelsea Clinton to Hollywood: More movies on ‘sexy female engineers’

Chelsea Clinton thinks she's found the solution to the waning interest of American girls in math and the sciences.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Syria: U.S. is lying about chemical weapons

Syrian President Bashar Assad's government said Friday the United States was lying about his nation's use of chemical weapons.

June 14, 2013

Manhattan thug robs elderly man of leather-bound Bible

A Manhattan thug first tracked an elderly man, 92, from the streets into his West 18th Street home, then attacked him, wielding a pair of scissors and shoving him to the floor. Then he stole his Bible and fled, The New York Post reported.

June 14, 2013

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man checking his destroyed house that was damaged by a Syrian forces air strike, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Syria’s Bashar Assad plots ‘resistance’ force to mobilize against Israel

Lebanon media reported Friday that Syrian President Bashar Assad's next plan to win back his war-torn nation from rebel fighters is to create a force on the Golan Heights with one unifying purpose: To oppose Israel.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** This Jan. 31, 2013, file photo shows two Corona beers. (Associated Press)

Beer bellies: Myth, not reality, study shows

Call it the best Father's Day present ever. A new study says that the notion of a beer belly is nothing but a myth.

June 14, 2013

A visitor views photos by Palestinian photographer Ahlam Shibli, at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris, Wednesday June 12, 2013. The exhibit which started last week at the Jeu de Paume, features dozens of photographs with captions that glorify dead members of Palestinian groups. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Paris museum exhibit: Palestinian suicide bombers are ‘martyrs’

A museum in Paris funded by tax dollars is under fire for displaying an exhibit that refers to Palestinian suicide bombers as "martyrs."

June 14, 2013

2 die as ferry sinks with 60 aboard in the Philippines

A ferry navigating Philippine waters with an estimated 60 passengers on board sank on Friday, killing two.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** In this Jan. 17, 2013, photo provided by U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Roger Mathews, left, and Australian Defence Forces Maj. Gen. Richard Burr salute during a ceremony welcoming Burr to Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Burr's unprecedented appointment to be deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Pacific is the first time a non-American has served in such a high-ranking position at a command like this. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Pacific, Angela Kershner)

Australian army chief orders sexist soldiers to quit

Lt. Gen. David Morrison, the head of Australia's army, had a blunt statement for misogynist soldiers on Friday: Control your behaviors or quit.

June 14, 2013

**FILE** New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Associated Press)

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban bolstered by study on obese

Just as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is winding through State Appeals court, now comes a study that could actually bolster its chances of surviving constitutional challenge.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard makes a statement to the media after a leadership ballot in Canberra, Australia, March 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

Australian D.J. fired for cracking gay joke at P.M.

A radio host was fired for tossing a gay joke Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's way during a live broadcast earlier this week.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** Sen. Christopher Bond, D-Mo., left, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., walk near the floor of the Senate during an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate women hail Capitol Hill win — a bigger bathroom

Women in the Senate won a drawn-out battle this week, announcing they will finally receive a bathroom renovation that expands upon the two-stall structure that has stood for 20 years.

June 14, 2013

** FILE ** Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (Associated Press)

Anthony Weiner: ‘I coined’ the term Obamacare

New York City mayor hopeful Anthony Weiner had an Al Gore-type moment earlier this week when he took credit for coining the term used to describe the nation's health care overhaul: Obamacare.

June 14, 2013