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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 ** Milton Friedman, one of the most famous economists and defenders of the free market, died in 2006. (Associated Press)

Stanford University drops pro-capitalism course; keeps one questioning free market

A popular course with a pro-capitalism slant has been cut from Stanford University course listings. Called "Moral Foundations of Capitalism," the class received rave reviews. Meanwhile, the "Moral Limits of the Market" will continue

March 22, 2013

DNC chairman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Sequester nearly starving staffers

Automatic federal cuts are bringing staffers to the brink of starvation, suggested Debbie Wasserman Schultz, at a recent House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

March 22, 2013

** File ** A child in Johannesburg plays with a water pistol.

5-year-old suspended for toy gun in Mass. school

A Hopkinton, Mass., mother is expressing outrage that administrators at Center School suspended her five-year-old son for bringing a toy gun into class.

March 22, 2013

** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a visit to Chapel Hill, N.C., on Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

British ad showcases Michelle Obama as crown-wearing queen

It may be just an advertisement, but it does grab attention. And it shows just how much the Brits really do love first lady Michelle Obama.

March 22, 2013

Female sailor found shot aboard Navy ship dies from wound

A 19-year-old female sailor discovered aboard a Navy ship off San Diego with a gunshot wound has died, naval officials said.

March 22, 2013

Illegal aliens killed in police chase in Texas

A truck being chased by police at a Navy site in Texas crashed and killed six illegal aliens aboard, police officials said.

March 22, 2013

Myanmar police officers provide security near burnt buildings in Meikhtila, where ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims continues, in Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, March. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

State of emergency declared in Myanmar town racked by riot

Mobs in Myanmar stormed Muslim homes and mosques, setting fires and killing residents, in a massive riot that's steeped in sectarian tensions.

March 22, 2013

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, photo, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, stands on the shoulder of one of his handlers, John Griffiths, while looking at his other handler, Ben Hughes, in Punxsutawney, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Punxsutawney Phil ‘indicted’ by prosecutor for chilly spring

A prosecutor in Ohio has filed a criminal "indictment" against Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who makes an annual appearance to predict the start of spring.

March 22, 2013

** FILE ** Paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel, pictured in an undated photo, led Texas authorities on a 100-mph car chase that ended in a shootout on Thursday, March 21, 2013, and may be linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prison chief on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections)

Police believe white supremacist may have murdered Tom Clements

Police are honing in on a killed white supremacist on parole as a key suspect in the shooting death of Colorado prisons' official Tom Clements and a pizza delivery man.

March 22, 2013

A row of portable toilets line the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

U.N.’s latest campaign: Bringing toilets to the world

Move over peacekeeping. The United Nations has a new campaign: Turning the world into an "open defecation-free zone."

March 22, 2013

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, March 13, 2013, file photo, a worker in protective clothing prepares to haul away dead pigs pulled from a river along Zhonglian village of Jinshan district in Shanghai. (AP Photo/File)

Mystery of dead pigs in Shanghai grows to 16,000

More than 16,000 dead pigs have been pulled from Shanghai rivers in the past couple weeks. The rivers feed into the city's drinking water supply, The Associated Press reports.

March 22, 2013

Col. David W. Maxwell holds a press conference at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Va., on Friday, March 22, 2013, regarding a murder/suicide that occurred on Thursday night that resulted in the deaths of three Marines. A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself, officials said early Friday. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka)

Three Marines dead in shooting at Quantico base

Three Marines — a male and female victim and the suspected male shooter — are dead following a Thursday evening shooting at the base in Quantico, Va.

March 22, 2013

President Obama (center) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (left) shake hands as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a welcoming ceremony upon Mr. Obama's arrival at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Body language experts: Obama likes Peres better than Netanyahu

Tensions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have smoothed and warmed, if body language experts watching the two leaders interact this week are to be believed.

March 21, 2013

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, gives a speech in a mosque inside the leader's housing compound in Tehran on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Iran threatens to ‘raze Tel Aviv’

Iran's leading cleric vowed to take out Tel Aviv and Haifa if Israel ever dared launch at attack on the Islamic republic.

March 21, 2013

A speed camera on New York Avenue Northeast in Washington (The Washington Times) **FILE**

New York City Council asks state for speed cameras

New York City Council members pushed a speed-camera program forward on Wednesday with a vote to petition state lawmakers to approve a pilot program.

March 21, 2013

**FILE** Monica Leon Galarza (right), a nursing assistant, helps Archie, a resident, make a collage on Oct. 15, 2009, during an art program at the Alzheimer's disease unit of the Patriots Colony retirement community in Williamsburg, Va. (Associated Press/The Daily Press)

Utah sheriff proposes fitting Alzheimer’s patients with criminal tracking anklets

A sheriff's office in northern Utah has a novel idea to keep track of Alzheimer's patients: Put them in ankle monitors that trace their every move.

March 21, 2013

** FILE ** Fans arrive for a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago in 2009. (AP Photo/David Banks)

Chicago politico proposes tearing down Wrigley Field scoreboard

A Chicago politician wants to demolish Wrigley Field's iconic scoreboard to clear the sky view for nearby residents.

March 21, 2013

Rescue workers examine two crashed helicopters of the German federal police on a field at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, March 21,2013. The two helicopters collided as they approached for landing during an exercise of the federal police .(AP Photo/dpa/ Hannibal Hanschke)

Two helicopters collide in Berlin, leaving 1 dead and several injured

Two helicopters crashed near an Olympic stadium in Berlin, and initial reports indicate that at least one is dead and several more are injured.

March 21, 2013

** FILE ** The video-sharing site YouTube is a growing digital environment where professional journalism mingles with citizen content. (Google Inc. via Associated Press)

YouTube hits landmark 1 billion users per month

YouTube, launched in 2005, has hit a landmark — its monthly user rate has hit 1 billion each month.

March 21, 2013

** FILE ** In this file photo provided by the Turkish Intelligence Service on Feb. 18, 1999, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan poses in front of Turkish flags before being interrogated by Turkish officials at the prison-island of Imrali , Turkey. (AP Photo/Turkish Intelligence Service, File)

Kurdish chief to call for cease-fire of 30-year conflict in Turkey

One of the bloodiest conflicts in the world could come to a halt Thursday, as Kurdish chief Abdullah Ocalan is expected to call his rebel fighters to cease fire in Turkey.

March 21, 2013