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Cheryl K. Chumley

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

Jordan: U.S. to deploy F-16s, anti-missile batteries to protect against Syria

Jordan security heads said on Wednesday that the United States is going to deploy anti-missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets to the nation as a precautionary measure against a Syrian attack.

June 5, 2013

Emerson Knives designs memorial blade to auction for family of slain SEAL

Just days before famed Navy SEAL Team 3 sniper Chris Kyle was killed at an attack on a shooting range, he had met with Ernest Emerson, of nationally known Emerson Knives Inc., to discuss the creation of a specially designed blade.

June 5, 2013

Israel takes international security force off peace-talks table

Israel shot down any notion of putting an international security force in the region as a condition of forging and maintaining peace with the Palestinians, saying history proves such security measures don't work.

June 5, 2013

National parks’ new menu: Less ice cream, more lentil soup

The National Park Service is trading ice cream for lentil soup as well as hot dogs for local farm produce as it pushes a new Healthy and Sustainable Food Program at all its properties this summer.

June 5, 2013

Hamas’ ban on male-female mixing could close Catholic, Christian schools

Two Catholic and three Christian schools in Gaza could face closure if Hamas really cracks down on an order that bans male-female co-educational program, the head of Latin Patriarchate Schools said.

June 5, 2013

Muslim students make video: U.K. soldier Lee Rigby’s killing a hoax

The grisly street killing of British soldier Lee Rigby that was captured on video — and contained graphic images of one knife-wielding suspect with bloodied hands — was a hoax perpetrated by the government, a Muslim student group said.

June 5, 2013

FBI agents raid offices of California Democrat, Latino caucus

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the offices of California state Sen. Ron Calderon and the Latino legislative caucus on Tuesday, but the specifics of their search is not yet known.

June 5, 2013

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘Gee whiz,’ male hormones drive sex assaults in military

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss is facing heat from both sides of the political aisle for comments he made about sexual crimes in the military that seemed to attribute the problem to natural hormone levels in males.

June 5, 2013

U.S. Postal worker busted on TV game show for disability pay scam

A North Carolina woman who had to quit her U.S. Postal Service job and go on disability because she couldn't life mail bags was outed on national television as a fraudster, after pulling hard on The Price is Right wheel — twice — without any difficulty.

June 5, 2013

Alabama University basketball star arrested on kidnapping charges

A rising junior basketball player at the University of Alabama was arrested on Tuesday on charges tied to an April kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from Mississippi.

June 5, 2013

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

The Army psychiatrist on trial for killing 13 people in a mass shooting on Fort Hood in 2009 said during testimony Tuesday that he thought he was protecting Taliban leadership in Afghanistan from the U.S. military.

June 5, 2013

Prius problems: Toyota recalls 250K hybrids for braking problems

Toyota is recalling a quarter of a million of its vehicles due to braking problems, company executives said on Wednesday.

June 5, 2013

Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif puts U.S. drones in crosshairs

Pakistan's newly elected prime minister said one of his first goals would be to put an end to U.S. drone strikes in the country.

June 5, 2013

Tests confirm use of sarin gas in Syria, France says

Soil samples collected from Syria and sent to France for testing confirm that sarin gas was used on multiple occasions, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.

June 4, 2013

Ex-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son sentenced to 5 years in Egyptian jail

He's long since left the country, but if former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's son Sam ever heads back to Egypt, he might need a get-out-of-jail card. An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced him — along with 15 other Americans — to prison time for using foreign funds to stir up unrest in the nation.

June 4, 2013

Benjamin Netanyahu touts new border fence: Only 2 illegal crossings

Israel's newest border fence with Egypt has dropped the number of illegal crossers from 2,000 per month to two, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

June 4, 2013

Vladimir Putin endorses ban on gay adoptions

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that he would support a legislative ban on homosexual foreign couples adopting Russian children.

June 4, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Supporters have sent me thousands of dollars

Accused terrorist bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev says supporters have sent in thousands of dollars to help with his defense and miscellaneous expenses.

June 4, 2013

India’s anti-rape plan: Ban mannequins wearing lingerie

One municipality in India thinks it may have the solution to rising rape statistics in the nation: Don't let the mannequins wear lingerie. And the proposal comes just as another woman — a 30-year-old American tourist — was gang-raped in a resort town Tuesday.

June 4, 2013

Russian politico: U.S. ignored Tsarnaev intelligence at its own peril

A leading Russian politician said Tuesday that the United States could have averted the Boston bombing attacks by listening to warnings about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

June 4, 2013

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Cheryl K. Chumley

Latest "Bold & Blunt" Podcast Episodes

Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley

Jordan: U.S. to deploy F-16s, anti-missile batteries to protect against Syria

Emerson Knives designs memorial blade to auction for family of slain SEAL

Israel takes international security force off peace-talks table

National parks’ new menu: Less ice cream, more lentil soup

Hamas’ ban on male-female mixing could close Catholic, Christian schools

Muslim students make video: U.K. soldier Lee Rigby’s killing a hoax

FBI agents raid offices of California Democrat, Latino caucus

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘Gee whiz,’ male hormones drive sex assaults in military

U.S. Postal worker busted on TV game show for disability pay scam

Alabama University basketball star arrested on kidnapping charges

Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan: I was protecting the Taliban

Prius problems: Toyota recalls 250K hybrids for braking problems

Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif puts U.S. drones in crosshairs

Tests confirm use of sarin gas in Syria, France says

Ex-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s son sentenced to 5 years in Egyptian jail

Benjamin Netanyahu touts new border fence: Only 2 illegal crossings

Vladimir Putin endorses ban on gay adoptions

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Supporters have sent me thousands of dollars

India’s anti-rape plan: Ban mannequins wearing lingerie

Russian politico: U.S. ignored Tsarnaev intelligence at its own peril