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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

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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 ** Seattle police Officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle during an informational meeting at which the police attempted answer questions about their drone program at the Garfield Community Center in Seattle on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. The mayor of Seattle ended the police department's drone program in February after residents protested. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Colin Diltz)

Seattle mayor orders police to back off drone use

Seattle's mayor, reacting to widespread complaints and concerns from residents, has ordered the city's police department to drop plans to use two drones it purchased via a federal grant.

February 8, 2013
** FILE ** Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

Newark Mayor Cory Booker joins list of nanny politicos pushing weight loss

First, Michelle Obama launches a nationwide campaign to fire up youth to exercise and compel American adults to eat better. Then, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a crackdown on super-sized sodas, cigarettes and bottle-fed babies — going so far toward that latter as to ask hospitals to hide bottles from new mothers and instead pressure breast feeding. Now comes Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J.

February 8, 2013
** FILE ** Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is pictured in 2009. (The Washington Times)

Conservative Dr. Ben Carson speech upstages Obama at prayer breakfast

Move over President Obama. Conservatives are not talking so much about the president's address at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, but rather remarks from Dr. Benjamin Carson, a black pediatric neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins Hospital who took over the stage for 25 riveting minutes.

February 8, 2013
** FILE ** Briton Terry Pratchett said watching a 71-year-old man's assisted suicide, filmed for a BBC documentary, has reaffirmed his support for the right to die. Mr. Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. (Associated Press)

Assisted suicide bills gain traction in 6 states

At least six states are considering bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide, a reflection of a growing national shift in attitude toward a procedure that was once regarded more in terms of killing, than compassion.

February 8, 2013
**FILE** Gun dealer Mel Bernstein fires his AK-47 assault rifle on full automatic at his own Dragonman's shooting range and gun store, east of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Feb. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

Colorado Democrats bring on the anti-gun bills

House Democrats in Colorado made good on vows to tighten gun laws in the state, and on Thursday introduced a package of bills that would do everything from banning high-capacity ammunition magazines to mandating background checks on all gun sales.

February 8, 2013
** FILE ** Comedian and TV host Jon Stewart appears onstage at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" event at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Jon Stewart: Comedian mocks drone hypocrisy of Dems, Obama

Comedy commentator and Daily Show host Jon Stewart has come down hard on the White House's recent refusal to deal with questions from media and Congress regarding the administration's policy on killing Americans with drones.

February 7, 2013
Afghan boys warm their hands over a brick-factory fire during a cold day on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, east of Kabul, on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Kabul has been experiencing below-freezing weather and snow for several days. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans spend $3.9 billion on bribes in 2012

The cost of doing business in Afghanistan soared in 2012, as fully half of all the nation's adult-aged residents were forced to bribe public officials in order to obtain services, according to the United Nations.

February 7, 2013
Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah speaks at the opening session of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Qatar budget surplus soars under gas, oil sales

Gas and oil have been good to Qatar. In one year's time, the nation's budget surplus doubled to $26 billion from oil and gas imports, according to figures released Thursday by the Qatar Central Bank.

February 7, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday, March 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Carney clarifies: Obama won’t broker peace deal in Israel

The White House took care on Wednesday to clarify that President Obama's upcoming trip to Israel — a first for the second-term president — is not intended as a stepping stone to broker peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

February 7, 2013
** FILE ** In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara wave as they board a plane at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv early Sunday, May 17, 2009, on their way for the first visit to Washington since Netanyahu became Israeli Prime Minister.

Fashion police rip into Netanyahu’s wife

Who would have thought? Fashion police live in Israel, too, it seems. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, has taken some serious hits from the political gossip crowd who hated her choice of dress for the 19th Knesset's swearing-in ceremony earlier this week.

February 7, 2013