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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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A page from a Gutenberg Bible. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Fighting for the Bible, one air force base at a time

The commander of Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming -- Col. Stacy Jo Huser -- caved to pressure from the zealot-driven Military Religious Freedom Foundation and removed the Bible from a POW-MIA display. Once again, chalk a win for the MRFF's perennial crybaby-in-chief, Mikey Weinstein.

July 31, 2018
In this July 29, 2015, photo, Arthur Gregg "A.G." Sulzberger poses for a photo at The New York Times headquarters in New York. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times via AP) ** FILE **

A.G. Sulzberger, New York Times publisher, needs to get a grip

A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, said in a written statement that the reason he's concerned about President Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding the press is that foreign nations are using it to justify "sweeping crackdowns on journalists." Oh, please. Get a grip.

July 30, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, wave following a speech by Pence at the close of a three-day conference on religious freedom at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018, as the Trump administration comes under criticism for strict refugee and migration policies that have sharply reduced America's intake of people fleeing persecution over their beliefs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The good, the bad and the sad reality of U.S. push for global religious freedom

The State Department, coming off its inaugural Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference in Washington, D.C., just put out a notice to governments of the world to start taking the issue of individual religious liberties a bit more seriously. Awesome. But this is simply a baby step down a mega miles-long road.

July 28, 2018
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ** FILE **

Congress should regulate police use of facial recognition technology

Congress needs to step up its regulatory game and enact some standards of use for facial recognition technology, at least on law enforcement. That Amazon's "Rekognition" system just falsely identified 28 faces who serve in Congress as criminals only underscores the dire need for some sort of speedy clampdown.

July 26, 2018
CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins talks during a live shot in front of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. Collins says the White House denied her access to President Donald Trump's Rose Garden statement with the European Union Commission president because officials found her earlier questions "inappropriate." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

White House boot of CNN’s Kaitlan Collins goes too far

The White House has taken its rightful criticism of mainstream media and gone too far. Blocking Kaitlan Collins of CNN from an open Rose Garden press event was a bad move, no matter how President Donald Trump supporters may cheer -- no matter if it wasn't CNN as a whole that was blocked, but only Collins.

July 26, 2018
In this May 30, 2018, file photo, attorney Michael Cohen arrives to court in New York. Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney says porn actress Stormy Daniel's lawyer is running a "smear campaign" and insists a federal judge must step in and issue a gag order. An attorney for Cohen filed papers Monday, July 2, 2018, in federal court in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Drudge Report slams Michael Cohen as ‘THE RAT’

No really, Drudge, tell us how you feel. The well-read Internet news site blasted a headline that summed up the whole Michael Cohen-Records-Donald-Trump story that's being circled by the buzzards in mainstream media with two short words: "THE RAT."

July 25, 2018
In this July 10, 2018 photo, a camera with facial recognition capabilities hangs from a wall while being installed at Lockport High School in Lockport, N.Y. The western New York school district is upgrading its existing surveillance system to add technology that will scan faces and alert officials to the appearance of expelled students, sex offenders or weapons it has been programmed to look out for. It could be the start of a trend as more schools wary of shootings consider the technology. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Facial scanning abuse looms on H.R. hiring horizons

Imagine a day when applying for a job doesn't just include a personality test, but also a facial recognition scan that seeks to determine a new-hire's workplace suitability by analyzing features for trustworthiness, likability and emotional stability. Could you pass the test? More to point: Would you even want to take such an intrusive test?

July 25, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) ** FILE **

Election predictions: Sanity will win

President Donald Trump's latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll numbers show him at a 45 percent approval rating, up a full percentage point from June -- and that's despite the Helsinki summit. Know what that means? It means come November, and come 2020, the candidates seen as sane will win.

July 24, 2018
In this Thursday, June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

James Comey losing friends, right and left

Poor James Comey. First, he's vilified by the White House. Then he's vilified by conservatives. Then he's vilified by book reviewers. And now? Now, even those on the left are scuttling his side.

July 23, 2018
In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with a group of foreign ministry officials in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 22, 2018. Rouhani warned President Donald Trump against provoking his country while indicating peace between the two nations might still be possible. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Donald Trump at his best — beating Rouhani at Iran’s own bully game

President Donald Trump unleashed a few furious rebukes against Iran on Twitter, telling the rebellious nation that its time of talking tough and issuing war-like threats against America had come to an end. And kudos, double kudos, to this president. Thank goodness this White House's idea of fighting off foreign bullies isn't simply the strongly worded letter.

July 23, 2018
People chant slogans as they burn a U.S. flag outside the Los Angeles office of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, Thursday, July 19, 2018, in Los Angeles. A crowd gathered at the field office to counter a protest by a self-styled militia group burned the flag taken from the back of a pickup truck that drove up to the scene. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democrats need to chill, but science says they can’t

If happiness had a political tag, conservative would be its name. A study in the Social Psychological and Personality Science found conservatives are happier than liberals and those those of right-leaning ideologies are far more likely than their left-leaning counterparts to grasp the "meaning of life." That explains a lot.

July 21, 2018
In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google’s A.I. ‘ethics principles’ sound great, guarantee little

Google has put in place some ethical rules to guide its company's artificial intelligence pursuits. And the principles do show promise. But let's be clear: The devil remains in the details. It's one thing to lay out a path to walk, a wish-list to fulfill. It's another thing entirely to have the technological know-how to fulfill these goals.

July 20, 2018