Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
CIA, deep in Deep State brouhaha, faces new disgrace
A former CIA officer named Kevin Mallory, 60, is now on trial for allegedly selling secrets about American "human assets" -- read: spies -- and other sensitive data to the Chinese. This is not the type of P.R. the agency needs right now. Published May 31, 2018
How atheists benefit from religious freedom
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced a gathering of "like-minded" political counterparts from foreign nations to discuss ways to advance religious freedoms around the globe. Atheists will no doubt scream, criticizing the openly, unapologetically Christian-believing Pompeo for daring to tie foreign policy to what they see as a figment of imaginations, God. But they shouldn't. Published May 31, 2018
George Soros, buying a district attorney near you
George Soros, the billionaire of progressive-slash-socialist and globalist causes the world over, has been busy buying his way into local district attorney campaigns in the United States. Talk about trying to turn the judicial system into an activist camp for the left. Published May 30, 2018
Donald Trump is to Roseanne Barr like Barack Obama is to Kathy Griffin
Roseanne Barr mistakenly fired off a racist tweet aimed at Valerie Jarrett and now the left is crowing, "See? See? This is what happens when you have Donald Trump in the White House." Stuff and nonsense. Trump is not to blame for Barr -- just as Barack Obama, say, can't be faulted for Kathy Griffin. Published May 30, 2018
Maryland researchers say they discovered ‘Holy Grail’ of machine learning
A team of researchers from Maryland say they've invented a general artificial intelligence way for machines to identify and process 3-D images that doesn't require humans to go through the tedium of inputting specific information that accounts for each and every instance, scenario, difference, change and category that could crop up. The "Holy Grail" of machine learning, in other words -- in their words, in fact. Published May 29, 2018
Chelsea Clinton, a perfect example of why left is Not Real American
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the president who was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice, nonetheless found the nerve to tell an overseas newspaper, The Guardian, that Donald Trump is not only less than presidential -- but he's also less than American. He's not a real American, she suggested. Published May 29, 2018
God-given, not government granted, guides Second Amendment
Patrick Ryan, a Democrat running for Congress in New York, told a CNN audience that one of his political platforms is to put into effect strict limits on the Second Amendment because the First Amendment comes with limits, so why not the second, as well? Well, sorry, Mr. Ryan. The Second Amendment, like the First, is God-given, not government granted. Published May 29, 2018
Spying, schmying, fact is — perception is reality
Former intel guy James Clapper told Joy Behar, co-host of "The View," the FBI was not spying on then-candidate Donald Trump, but rather only Russians, and that yada yada, there's nothing to see here folks, go home. But let's hold up the horses, just a bit. After all, in dictionary-speak, a spy's a spy's a spy. Published May 26, 2018
Alexa? Why are you recording me, Alexa?
A husband in Oregon recently received a strange telephone call from his boss that went like this: Unplug your Alexa. You're being hacked. Except he wasn't being hacked. His Amazon Echo device had actually recorded conversations between the man and his wife, and then sent them along to the man's boss as audio file attachments. Published May 25, 2018
FDA’s pitiful, politicized press to pull baby teething meds from market
The Food and Drug Administration issued parents some stern warnings about teething medicines for their babies, and simultaneously told manufacturers and retailers that if they didn't "voluntarily" stop selling the product to the tiny toddler demographic, they would face legal action from the feds. Voluntary compliance -- gotta love the federal definition of that, yes? Published May 25, 2018
Roger Goodell gets one right
Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, has sparked some players' union backlash by announcing those who want to bend knees during this season's game-time playing of the national anthem may do so -- but from the locker room, not the field. But really, Goodell got it right. Finally. Published May 24, 2018
Donald Trump vows not to sign border bill without ‘real wall’
President Donald Trump, speaking to Fox News' "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade in an exclusive interview, vowed border-related bills weaving through Congress that don't include provisions to fund and build a "real wall" won't meet with his approval, and ultimately, won't pass his White House desk. Take a memo, Democrats and soft-on-border-control Republicans. Published May 24, 2018
Democrats, desperate, face doozy of election fight
Democrats, according to recent polls, face what could kindly be called an uphill election-time battle. Kindly. More to truth, they're facing a Chimborazo climb, so dubbed in recognition of the world's highest peak -- yes, higher even than Mount Everest. Published May 24, 2018
Tomi Lahren assaulted — and even Kathy Griffin rises to her defense
Tomi Lahren, Fox News contributor and bold-to-the-point-of-brash political pundit, was verbally assaulted and physically hit with the contents of a drink by a bunch of angry brunchers at a Minneapolis restaurant. And get this: Even Kathy Griffin says that's not "cool." Published May 23, 2018
Mike Pompeo, fighting the good fight, naysayers be danged
As if President Donald Trump doesn't face enough heat for his tough talk on foreign nations -- now comes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Published May 22, 2018
Alphabet ‘smart nappy’ notion an example of tech overkill
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has filed for a patent via its Verily division that will tell parents, by way of technology, when their diapered babies have gone to the bathroom. This is a solid example of When Technology Goes Overboard. Published May 22, 2018
Jon Meacham, presidential historian, newest shill to predict impeachment for Donald Trump
Jon Meacham, a presidential historian who has a pretty impressive background, as far as writers go, anyway, took to national television to predict: Donald Trump will be impeached. Well, with all due respect to Meacham, his Pulitzer for a biography of Andrew Jackson, his executive stints at Random House and his many, many writing contributions to The New York Times and other left-leaning publications -- he's full of it. Published May 22, 2018
James Woods faults Democrats for school insecurity
James Woods, one of the few conservatives in Hollywood, sent out a scathing tweet about Democrats and their blocking of common-sense measures that could secure our nation's public schools from shooting attackers. Like how? Like pressing for gun-free zones, for example. Published May 21, 2018
Donald Trump: ‘Drain the Swamp!’ And he is
President Donald Trump is poised to officially demand a federal investigation into whether the Department of Justice "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes," as he put it. And that means, once again, he is putting his mockers to shame. Published May 21, 2018
Donald Trump spanks yet another Barack Obama-era regulation
It's spanking time. President Donald Trump, yet again, has sent another Barack Obama-era rule and regulation a-packing. Published May 19, 2018
