Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Alabama abortion fight shines light on wrongful Roe v. Wade
Alabama has become ground zero in the fight over abortion because lawmakers just voted on restrictions that make the procedure nearly impossible to perform, and the left, as the left is wont to do, is going nuts. But the fact is, the morphing of abortion from an act of outlaw to lawful was based on flimsy judicial reasoning in the first place. Published May 15, 2019
Democrats to dim-witted: Public reading of Mueller report not ploy
Here's a riddle for you: When is a ploy not a ploy? And now for the answer -- when it's Democrats staging the ploy. Published May 15, 2019
Elizabeth Warren’s anti-Fox sneer a campaign misstep
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who's running for president of the United States, turned up her nose and turned down a Fox News town hall, calling out the cable giant as a "hate-for-profit" racket. This is a big political misstep. Published May 14, 2019
Cage the rage, punch a robot
Researchers say they've come up with a way to help those with anger management issues using the latest in technology -- robots trained to take a punch. It's probably too soon to call for a end to barroom brawls, broken furniture and smashed phones. But maybe these 'bots can help some angry birds better cope. Published May 14, 2019
Christian persecution’s ‘inconvenient truth’
An interim report from the United Kingdom shows that 80 percent of those around the world facing religious persecution are Christians. Eighty percent. Published May 14, 2019
Sorry, Sen. Booker, Second Amendment is God-given, not government-granted
Sen. Cory Booker, in recent remarks about the Colorado school shooting and need to crack down on Second Amendment freedoms, said toy guns are actually subjected to stricter and tighter regulatory controls than real firearms. And even The Washington Post said -- huh? Published May 13, 2019
James Comey just accused Donald Trump of a thought crime
Former FBI director James Comey, in a recent CNN town hall, told host Anderson Cooper that yes indeed, based on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's redacted Russia collusion report, "it sure looks like" President Donald Trump had "criminal intent" to commit obstruction. In other words, Comey is accusing the president of a thought crime. Published May 11, 2019
CNN’s cringe-worthy veer into anti-gun propaganda
There's news, there's fake news, there's not news (also called the non-story), and now, courtesy one recent CNN clip with anchor Brooke Baldwin about the recent school shooting in Colorado, there's blatant propaganda masked as primetime news. Come on, CNN. Quit insulting the intelligence of viewers. Published May 10, 2019
Trump calls it: ‘SleepyCreepy Joe’ will beat ‘Crazy Bernie’
President Donald Trump tweeted, "Looks to me like it's going to be SleepyCreepy Joe over Crazy Bernie," President Donald Trump tweeted Friday. "Everyone else is fading fast!" True. Polls show it's true. But guess what: Neither will be Trump in the general election. Published May 10, 2019
Kendrick Ray Castillo, Highlands Ranch hero, worthy of Congressional Gold Medal
Eighteen-year-old Kendrick Ray Castillo was at his STEM School Highlands Ranch desk, analyzing comedy in English lit class, when a guy walked in and pulled a gun. Castillo, rather than ducking, charged. He represents not just the best of America, but the best in humanity. And now Congress needs to honor him. Published May 9, 2019
David Horowitz blasts ‘stupid’ Twitter censors for second suspension
David Horowitz was blocked for the second time by Twitter censors, just a day after his first suspension was overturned and explained away as a "mistake." And, as he rightly blasted in an interview with Breitbart -- these corporate censors are becoming a true "threat to democracy." Published May 9, 2019
Where Republicans get it wrong
Free trade runs both ways. So should slap-happy tariffing. Other countries impose prohibitively massive tariffs on America's exports. America should do the same. It's the America First way. But Republicans with too-close relationships with Big Business are sending out the fear messages. This is where the GOP gets it wrong. Published May 9, 2019
Baltimore white anchor unfairly fired for dubious ‘racist’ remarks
A Baltimore news anchor, Mary Bubala, was just fired after asking an interview guest, on live WJZ-TV, if it were time for the city to see "a different kind of leadership," given the beleaguered status of its last three mayors. Bubala's crime? She mentioned the last three mayors were female and black. Published May 8, 2019
Rick Scott, 1 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, just go home
The Twitter spat of Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez escalated over the last 24 hours and honestly, if scorecards are being kept -- the socialist from New York just needs to go home. It's not even Scott, 1, Ocasio-Cortez zero. It's not even that close. Published May 7, 2019
Pete Buttigieg: America ‘never as great as advertised’
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who's running for president, said during a campaign stop in South Carolina that America "was never as great as advertised." Thus joining an alarmingly long list of Democrats who think America pretty much bites. Published May 7, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is right to worry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned her fellow Democrats that they can't impeach -- that the only way to win the White House in 2020 is with a margin of victory so "big" that President Donald Trump can't challenge the results in court. She is worried. Rightly so. Published May 7, 2019
Godless environmentalism at the U.N.
The United Nations, once again, is forecasting doom and gloom and earthly destruction, unless of course the world listens up and pays up for climate control, to the tune of, say, $300 billion or so. For starters. Published May 6, 2019
Shariah-run Brunei agrees to let gays live — how nice
Brunei, a country that just adopted Shariah law, halted its plans to stone to death gays and adulterers after facing substantial outcries from the international community. How nice of Brunei. Published May 6, 2019
The arrogant left will never learn
Once again, another notable on the left, this time, Barack Obama, can't seem to understand why America went for Trump in 2016. Here's a clue: look inward, not outward. Published May 4, 2019
Jody Hice, bravest man in politics
Rep. Jody Hice isn't that well-known outside of his Georgia district, outside of his circle of Republican contemporaries, or on the national media circuit frequented by so many of the politicking class. But he should be. Hice is an example of what makes America great. Published May 3, 2019
