Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
White House puts political nonprofits and ‘get-out-the-vote’ drives in crosshairs
The White House has set its regulatory sights on nonprofits — particularly nonprofits with a political mission — and proposed a new batch of rules that would even prohibit the groups from distributing voter guides, or helping voters to register for elections. Published November 27, 2013
Storm Boreas barrels up East Coast, leaving wake of cancelled flights for Thanksgiving travelers
Cancelled and delayed seem the words of the day at select airports around the nation, as wintery weather is throwing a serious dent in holiday travelers’ plans. Published November 27, 2013
Nurse dies saving patients during East Texas hospital stabbing spree
A nurse at an East Texas hospital was killed and four others injured Tuesday morning when a knife-wielding man ran through the facility, stabbing people. Published November 27, 2013
O.J. Simpson denied new trial for robbery, kidnapping
Looks like O.J. Simpson will stay in jail a while longer. A judge just denied his request for a new trial for his 2008 convictions for robbery and kidnapping that led to his 33-year sentence. Published November 27, 2013
GOP Senate hopeful Jack Kingston: Don’t let Obamacare fail
A Republican lawmaker hoping to grab a Senate seat next election says the GOP shouldn’t let Obamacare fail – it would be irresponsible. Published November 26, 2013
CIA turned Gitmo prisoners into terrorist-fighting double agents: report
Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, intelligence operatives with the Central Intelligence Agency turned some of the Guantanamo Bay inmates into double agents, sending them on a path to help kill those with intent to harm America — hopefully. Published November 26, 2013
Bradley Manning, as Chelsea Manning, pens thank-you to MLK from prison
Pvt. Bradley Manning — who made media waves during his federal trial by announcing he'd rather be called Chelsea — has penned a Thanksgiving thank-you in Time in part to Martin Luther King Jr., citing the civil rights leader's pioneering break-through in social justice as a source of personal inspiration. Published November 26, 2013
Glenn Beck makes waves, totes rifle on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’
The tea party’s favorite media figure, Glenn Beck, made an appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor” this week to promote his new book, “Miracles and Massacres,” with a shock-factor of a prop: One of the guns taken from Sitting Eagle at Wounded Knee. Published November 26, 2013
Merry Christmas: California atheists launch godless billboard campaign
An atheist group that wants to make clear its dissatisfaction with the Christian bent of the Christmas season has just kicked off a 55-billboard campaign aimed at spreading some unbelief. Published November 26, 2013
Obama on second-round schmooze-fest with Hollywood celebs
For the second day running, President Obama is staged to meet with notable Hollywood celebrities and elites and ask for money for the Democratic Party. Published November 26, 2013
Pope Francis takes veiled swipe at ‘progressive’ Democrats
Pope Francis said Tuesday in his first apostolic exhortation that no matter how progressive-minded the world turns, the Catholic Church can never compromise on its "no abortion" rule — it's a matter of human dignity. Published November 26, 2013
Obama’s call to close Vatican embassy is ‘slap in the face’ to Roman Catholics
The Obama administration, in what's been called an egregious slap in the face to the Vatican, has moved to shut down the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. Published November 26, 2013
‘Tis the season: Mass. mall Santa charged with groping elf
Bad Santa: A man dressed as Jolly Old Saint Nick was booted from his Massachusetts shopping mall gig after he was accused of groping one of his elves, played by an 18-year-old woman. Published November 26, 2013
China’s next step to space: A lunar launch, and a moon rover
Chalk up another space gain for the Chinese, who have stated in recent months their goal is to become the leader of the world in galaxy exploration in the coming decades. The nation announced Tuesday it would launch its first lunar probe this December — just a decade after sending its first astronaut into space, CNN reported. Published November 26, 2013
Army sics fashion police on soldiers, civilians at Hawaii base
The Army has begun monitoring what soldiers are wearing at a base in Hawaii, cracking down on clothing that's deemed too risqué and implementing strict controls on what even civilian visitors can don — a sort of fashion police mission. Published November 26, 2013
Obamacare birth control dispute weaves to Supreme Court
The nation’s highest-ranking justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they’ll accept a case that pits Obamacare versus religious liberty, as played in the health care overhaul’s regulatory approach to birth control. Published November 26, 2013
Obamacare botch hands GOP 2-point win over Democrats in 2014
Bad news for Democrats: New polling numbers put Republicans far ahead in the vote count for the 2014 elections, due primarily to the botched rollout of Obamacare and the broken promise by the president that Americans could keep their current health care plans. Published November 26, 2013
Former Iran hostages on U.S. deal: ‘Kind of like Jimmy Carter’ again
Some of the 66 hostages who were imprisoned in Iran for up to 444 days between 1979 and 1980 said the deal forged between Tehran and the United States doesn't pass the smell test — and that it really hearkens back to the unstable foreign policy days of former President Jimmy Carter. Published November 26, 2013
Arnon Milchan, ‘Pretty Woman’ Hollywood producer, admits he was Israeli spy
Arnon Milchan, the famed Hollywood producer who’s the cinematic brains behind the Julia Roberts flick, “Pretty Woman,” admitted in an interview with an overseas network that he worked for years as an Israeli spy. Published November 26, 2013
White House tells Hamid Karzai: Take deal, or U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan
The White House issued President Hamid Karzai an ultimatum Monday night, telling him that all U.S. troops will exit Afghanistan in 2014 if he doesn’t sign on to the newly drawn security pact. Published November 26, 2013
