Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Texas teen suspended for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance
A sophomore at a Texas high school was given a two-day in-school suspension for refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag — something he said he does to protest the National Security Agency's spy tactics. Published May 9, 2014
Tax cheat Silvio Berlusconi begins service to Alzheimer’s patients
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, found guilty of tax fraud, began the first few hours of his community service sentence to help Alzheimer's patients on Friday. Published May 9, 2014
Louie Gohmert: Today’s climate change was 1970’s global freezing
Rep. Louie Gohmert scoffed at the recent climate change alarmism that's emanated from the White House, saying that it was only a few short years ago that today's heated rhetoric about global warming had instead focused on the opposite — global cooling. Published May 8, 2014
‘Granny Rambo’ fights off armed Detroit attackers with .45 cal gun
A Detroit grandmother has earned the family nickname of Granny Rambo after she grabbed her .45 caliber handgun — licensed and permitted — and used it to fight off two armed men who approached her in her driveway. Published May 8, 2014
Julia Roberts shocks with funeral-side admiration of sister’s drug overdose
Julia Roberts sent some shock waves through the memorial proceedings for her half-sister — Nancy Motes, who died of a drug overdose — with a reported expression of admiration for how she died, one source at the gathering told the Daily Mail. Published May 8, 2014
NSA confounds with gibberish tweet: ‘tpfccdlfdtte’
The National Security Agency's recent tweet sent the Twitter world into puzzle-solving mode, as readers wondered: What's with the "tpfcclfdtte?" Published May 8, 2014
Oops: SWAT team swarms and storms — but hits wrong family
A SWAT team on a mission to root out illegal drugs, cash and guns raided a Kalamazoo, Mich., home — only their target had moved away long ago. Published May 8, 2014
Team Obama accused of turning blind eye on persecuted Christians overseas
The Obama administration hasn't exactly reached out a helping hand to Christians in overseas settings, turning a blind eye to much of the religious persecution they've suffered in regions of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, not to mention North Korea, a new report accuses. Published May 8, 2014
Marco Rubio on Charlie Crist: He’s ‘absolutely’ a big phony
Sen. Marco Rubio issued a sharp rebuke of Charlie Crist and his cited reason for leaving the Republican Party — that the GOP was filled with members possessed of race-based hostility toward the president — and said during a Fox News appearance that the Florida politico was simply putting on a show. Published May 8, 2014
Hallmark’s new Mother’s Day offerings: Cards that speak to lesbian love
Hallmark has branched out a bit with its Mother's Day offerings, bringing on a new batch of greetings aimed directly at the lesbian crowd and the two-mom market. Published May 8, 2014
New York gays with taste for Chick-fil-A face quandary: To eat or not to eat?
Chick-fil-A is expanding with gusto into the New York City market, and that leaves gays and gay activists in the area facing quite a quandary that pits their principles — their opposition to CEO Dan Cathy's publicly expressed biblically based views of homosexuality — against their tastebuds. Published May 8, 2014
Israel rescue teams save 70 U.S. tourists stranded in desert downpour
For dozens of U.S. tourists stranded in an unusually heavy rainfall in the Negev desert, it was Israel to the rescue. Published May 8, 2014
Michele Bachmann votes no on ‘radical feminist’ museum near National Mall
Rep. Michele Bachmann was only one of two female congressional members — the other was Rep. Vicky Hartzler — to vote no on a proposal to build a new women's history museum near the National Mall. Published May 8, 2014
Michelle Obama’s hashtag help sign for Nigerian girls irks Twitter critics
First lady Michelle Obama unveiled a new weapon in the White House's effort to secure the release of more than 200 girls kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria — a Twitter hashtag and a photograph of herself holding a sign and wearing a sad face. Published May 8, 2014
Jesus statue on Montana ski hill sparks state fight with atheists
Montana's attorney general is digging in and says the state will not back down in a fight with atheists that's winding through the courts over a 6-foot-tall Jesus statue that has stood at the Whitefish Mountain Resort for decades. Published May 8, 2014
Ted Cruz releases 76-item list of ‘lawless’ Obama actions
Sen. Ted Cruz released a list that details 76 different ways President Obama and his administration have committed "lawless" actions: "The Legal Limit Report No. 4: The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power." Published May 8, 2014
UConn sorority suspended for making pledges act ‘like animals,’ ‘like bacon’
A sorority at UConn, Kappa Kappa Gamma, was given notice of suspension over hazing incidents that included vast amounts of alcohol and what campus administrators deemed was the humiliating treatment of pledges. Published May 8, 2014
HUD sets sights on uncovering housing discrimination against LGBTs
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it will research whether members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are being discriminated against when seeking to rent apartments. Published May 7, 2014
Indicted Rep. Michael Grimm: I’m ‘one of the luckiest members of Congress’
New York Rep. Michael Grimm may be facing federal indictment — but he's feeling lucky. Published May 7, 2014
Nude ‘Virgin Mother’ statue with blood-red flesh sparks outrage on Long Island
A nude bronze statue of a pregnant woman that stands 33-feet high has Long Island villagers up in arms, even though the artist claims the structure is a rendering of "The Virgin Mother." Published May 7, 2014
