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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” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** A job seeker grabs a flier advertising a job at Orange County One Stop Center in Westminster, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama’s minimum wage hike to $9 would kill jobs, report says

President Obama's push to hike the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour may sound good to minimum wage earners, but business owners and economic analysts aren't applauding. History shows that mandated minimum wage hikes often lead to massive job loss.

February 13, 2013
A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Patent dispute: Facebook sued over ‘like’ button

Facebook is being sued by a Dutch widow who alleges her husband, who died in 2004, was the inventor of the social media site's "like" button, and that the technology was used without permission.

February 12, 2013
French lovers David, 22, and Charlene, 23, share a Valentine's Day kiss near Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. The padlocks on the fence of the bridge belong to lovers who throw the keys to the locks into the Seine as a symbol of enduring love. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon )

D.C.-area men in bidding war for Valentine’s dates

This isn't desperate at all. So far, 2,696 Washington-area men have paid good money to place bids on the website WhatsYourPrice, all in hopes of winning of a Valentine's Day date with a local woman, according to a report in The Washington Examiner.

February 12, 2013
Rep. Trey Gowdy (right), South Carolina Republican

Republicans to Obama: Schmooze more, and you might get your way

Republicans are sending a message to President Obama in the final hours before he's expected to lay out an ambitious policy plan in his State of the Union address: Schmooze more, and White House policies might pass congressional muster more easily.

February 12, 2013
** File ** Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf waves upon his arrival for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Islamabad on, Aug. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pakistan conducts ballistic missile test

First North Korea. Now Pakistan. The Pakistani government said Tuesday it had successfully conducted a test of its short-range ballistic missiles — which are capable of carrying nuclear firepower.

February 12, 2013