Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Jim Acosta is smug, and no court ruling changes that
So CNN's Jim Acosta scored some court points with a ruling that orders the White House to give back his press pass, at least for the time being. But he still presents as a smug elitist. Published November 16, 2018
Billy Idol, ‘80’s rocker, shows caravan how it’s done
Billy Idol, U.K.-born rocker of the '80's, became a U.S. citizen this week -- holding a tiny American flag as he took the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance. Holding the American flag. Swearing allegiance to America. Caravan-ers, are you paying attention? Published November 16, 2018
Donald Trump tweets what we’re all thinking: Robert Mueller investigation ‘total mess’
President Donald Trump, in characteristic President Donald Trump fashion, took to Twitter to give voice to his latest opinion on the ongoing -- never-ending, it would seem -- special counsel investigation of Russia collusion being conducted by Robert Mueller, and said: "The inner workings ... are a total mess." Well, that's just well said. Published November 15, 2018
Michael Avenatti’s arrest a good test for due process
Social media has gone into overdrive over the news Michael Avenatti, the anti-President Donald Trump trash-talking attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, was arrested for domestic abuse. But conservatives, at least, ought to save the crowing and mocking and celebrating for behind-the-scenes, at least for the time being. Published November 15, 2018
Principles, honor and the coming American banana republic
Can you say banana republic? Fact is, the systems are crumbling. The gate-guards of principle are way too few and far between, way too quiet to be effective. And what's going to result from all this Election Day upset, soon enough, is a major shift in how U.S. elections will be conducted. Published November 15, 2018
Google downplays ‘worst ever’ hack, as Russia, China named and blamed
Google, fresh off the farm of defending last month's leak of 500,000 or so users' sensitive information, has just been hit by another Internet hijacking -- the "worst ever," according to the company that caught the hack. And what's most eye-opening is the hack is the likely work of Russian and Chinese sources. Published November 14, 2018
Monica Lewinski, the sad suicide that almost was
You have to feel sorry for Monica Lewinsky. At least a little. Published November 14, 2018
Carey Hart, Pink’s hubby, all-in for 2nd Amendment: ‘Looters will be shot on sight!’
It's funny how personal tragedy can bring out the pro-Second Amendment sides of people. Published November 14, 2018
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy host, talks #MeToo truths: ‘Scary time for men’
Alex Trebek, the 78-year-old long-time host of "Jeopardy," sat down with Vulture to talk politics and culture and #MeToo and more and said what we've all been thinking for some time, particularly post-Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court battle, and that's this: It's a "scary time" to be a guy. Indeed. Published November 13, 2018
Michelle Obama, still hating, after all these years
Michelle Obama has a new book out where she vows she will "never forgive" President Donald Trump for spreading the birther talk about former President Barack Obama because -- her words -- it was "dangerous" and "deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks." Never forgive? That seems a bit harsh. Published November 13, 2018
Hillary Clinton for president — again? Seems so, say top Dems
Hillary Clinton is supposedly running for president again in 2020. That's according to Mark Penn, a former pollster and adviser to Bill Clinton, and Andrew Stein, a leading Democrat figure from New York, both of whom penned a piece for the Wall Street Journal titled, simply, "Hillary Will Run Again." And all the Republicans go: Yes! Published November 12, 2018
Jim Jordan, on the money: House loss is GOP’s own fault
Rep. Jim Jordan, in a letter to Republican colleagues, wrote that the GOP has only itself to blame for the loss of the House to the Democrats. Somebody give that man a gold star. Published November 12, 2018
Science’s godless problem
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking made headlines from beyond the grave this October when, seven months after his death, his presumed last book was published bearing these words: "There is no God." And with that, the already wide gap separating science and religion, physical from spiritual, got a bit wider. What a shame. Published November 8, 2018
Watch how you walk — A.I.’s got you ID’d by gait
China has just employed new "gait recognition" technology that can identify individuals by their manner of walk. This is police surveillance taken to a whole new level of frightening. Whispers are that America's airports might make a decent testing ground to bring the artificial intelligence here. Published November 7, 2018
Democrats score points — but not big win
So Democrats flipped the House and won some points. But with the Senate firmly in Republicans' control, the left is hardly in a position to crow. What has to happen next is a return to proper politicking -- a laying aside of baseball bats and a call for quieter streets. Democrats, this is up to you to do. Published November 7, 2018
MSNBC, on Monday, day before election, airs ‘vote counts’ of Florida with Gillum beating DeSantis
MSNBC, a day before the elections -- on Monday evening, before polls even opened for on-site voting -- put up a graphic on screen, on air, that showed the "vote counts" of the Florida governor's race with Democrat Andrew Gillum leading Republican Ron DeSantis with a 49.4 percent to 48.8 percent lead. Can you say what the heck? Published November 6, 2018
Rush Limbaugh scorches in Missouri: ‘Hillary Clinton colluded with Russia’
Rush Limbaugh took to the stage in his hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to introduce President Donald Trump -- and in classic blunt and bold fashion, laid out the real case of why Democrats are so violent and angry these days. "The Democrats haven't even accepted that they lost the election in 2016," he said. Precisely. Published November 6, 2018
Civil discourse tough when media goes mad for money
CNN's go-to so-called conservative pundit Ana Navarro -- go-to only because she calls herself a conservative but hates Donald Trump with a passion, and that makes her a golden egg in the eyes of the left-leaning media -- called the president a "racist pig" on national television. Published November 6, 2018
Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity — all 3 at 1 rally
President Donald Trump is due to deliver a rally speech in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Monday -- and appearing at the scene with him will be radio legend Rush Limbaugh and Fox News favorite Sean Hannity. Talk about a trio of star power politicking. Published November 5, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh’s lying accusers should be thrown in jail
Forty interviews later and investigators have found nothing -- nil, zilch, nada, zero -- substantiating the sexual harassment and assault claims made by women against Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. These accusers, these lying accusers -- send 'em to jail. That's where they belong. Published November 5, 2018
