Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Chris Rock on Sony hack of Hollywood: ‘The whole town is scared’
Funnyman Chris Rock said Hollywood is in a state of fear over the Sony hacking scandal that has seen private emails come to public light — that "the whole town is scared" and unsure how to proceed. Published December 18, 2014
Obama runs with ‘presidential memoranda,’ but brags of few executive orders
President Obama may have issued fewer executive orders than some previous presidents -- but he's definitely found a friend with presidential memoranda, and has used this White House power to push forward far-reaching personal agendas, from amnesty to clamp-downs on oil exploration. Published December 17, 2014
Tennessee city bans workers from criticizing government on social media
City leaders in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, say too much time has been devoted to addressing negative messages that have been posted on social media sites — so they've voted to ban workers from writing anything bad at all. Published December 17, 2014
Indiana police evoke outrage with ‘Breathe Easy: Don’t Break the Law’ T-shirt sales
An Indiana police officer has irked several in his South Bend community with a T-shirt he's selling that touts a take-off slogan of the "I Can't Breathe" mantra that followed New York suspect Eric Garner's death — "Breathe Easy: Don't Break the Law." Published December 17, 2014
David Axelrod disses Hillary Clinton: ‘Ready for Hillary … ready for what?’
David Axelrod, former adviser to President Obama, took a quick pot shot at Hillary Clinton, saying that when he thinks of the "Ready for Hillary" mantra that's been making waves on the White House fundraising trail, he thinks — ready for what exactly? Published December 17, 2014
Phil Robertson overcome with Christmas giving: ‘Just hard to stop the tears’
Phil Robertson and his family, of "Duck Dynasty" reality show fame, recently gave a massive Christmas gift to another family -- a new home. Published December 17, 2014
EU court removes Hamas from terror list on technicality
A court in the European Union has ordered Hamas off the terrorist list based on a technicality. Published December 17, 2014
‘The Simpsons’ go to college: Campuses nationwide adopt cartoon into the curriculum
Bart Simpson has hit the college scene — along with sisters Lisa and Maggie, dad Homer and mother Marge. Colleges across the nation are incorporating the long-running cartoon series into course discussions. Published December 17, 2014
Pakistani kids recount Taliban orders: ‘Children are under the benches. Kill them.’
Survivors of the Taliban terrorist attack at the Army Public School and Degree College say militants shouted "God is great" as they swarmed through the facility, spraying bullets and rooting out as many children for massacre as they could find. Published December 17, 2014
Landmark Theaters pulls premiere of ‘The Interview’ over terrorist threat
Landmark Theaters announced it was canceling the premiere of "The Interview" in New York City on the heels of a terrorism threat made by individuals who declared themselves aligned with the cyberattack against Sony. Published December 17, 2014
Ted Cruz apologizes to colleagues for ‘inconveniencing’ their weekend
Sen. Ted Cruz said in a closed-door session with colleagues that he was sorry for trying to spark a government shutdown in protest of the $1.1 trillion budget bill and immigration amnesty in a way that upset his colleagues' schedules — and that he wished he "hadn't done it," a source at the meeting said. Published December 17, 2014
North Korea asks U.N. to investigate CIA’s ‘brutal medieval’ acts
North Korea has petitioned the U.N. Security Council to look into the CIA's so-called "brutal medieval" treatment of terrorism suspects, as described in the Democrat-fueled report released by the Senate. Published December 17, 2014
Mom calls into C-SPAN to scold on-air pundit sons: Stop arguing
Republican Dallas Woodhouse and his Democratic brother Brad Woodhouse, two pundits on separate political poles, were staking out their opposite positions on a recent Washington Journal television broadcast — when their mother dialed in and told them to stop arguing. Published December 16, 2014
Native Americans sue feds for siting solar plant on sacred lands
Four Native American tribes have joined forces to sue the Interior Department over White House plans to site solar power plants on Mojave Desert land deemed by some as sacred. Published December 16, 2014
Andrew Cuomo bans pet tattoos, piercings in New York
Come early 2015, New York pet owners will no longer be able to pierce or tattoo their pets, thanks to a new measure signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Published December 16, 2014
Elliot Seymour, Mickey Rourke’s boxing opponent, confesses the match was a sham
Elliot Seymour, the 29-year-old boxer who fell to gray-haired Hollywood hitter Mickey Rourke, 62, during a knock-out match in Russia last month, has now come forward and admitted what almost everybody who watched the fight already figured: It was a sham. Published December 16, 2014
Eric Holder cheers NBA stars for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts: ‘Shows a depth to them’
Attorney General Eric Holder had nothing but praise for the many NBA stars who've come out in recent days wearing "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts, saying the political messaging serves the public well and shows "a depth" to the players that many didn't expect. Published December 16, 2014
Omar Mahmood, Michigan University student: Home vandalized over conservative op-ed
A University of Michigan student's apartment was vandalized after he penned a conservative opinion piece for the school newspaper that poked fun at political correctness. Published December 16, 2014
James Mitchell, ex-Air Force psychologist, on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: ‘Yes, I waterboarded KSM’
Former Air Force psychologist James Mitchell told Fox News that he was the person who physically waterboarded Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — and that the terrorist also prophetically told him that the United States would one day turn on him. Published December 16, 2014
Google’s top searched terms for 2014 goes to ‘Robin Williams’
The top Google search term for 2014 goes to — Robin Williams, the Hollywood actor and comedian who took his own life in August. Published December 16, 2014
