Cheryl K. Chumley

Steve Bannon, Breitbart part — and hounds, vultures go in for kill

So Steve Bannon's out at Breitbart, the somewhat natural next chapter in the "Fire and Fury" saga that brought -- well, fire and fury from the White House for his book-noted criticisms against President Donald Trump and family. But do the vultures have to circle so quickly?

January 10, 2018

DACA stays, as judge hands Barack Obama feather for his cap

A federal judge in California ruled that President Donald Trump's move to end the Barack Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was misguided and therefore must remain in place. And Obama, whose pet DACA program has been a thorn in the side of control border types for years, just won another feather for his cap.

January 10, 2018

Pope Francis admits: Not all migrants good, not all border limits bad

Pope Francis made a somewhat eyebrow-raising remark the other day -- eyebrow-raising because it's such a 180 from his normal progressive talk -- and it's one that went like this: Not all migrants are in the migrant move for the job opportunities. They're not all honorable in intent. Some, he said, may have less than praiseworthy intentions.

January 9, 2018

Cliven Bundy case highlights what Ronald Reagan warned

It was Ronald Reagan who famously warned of the dangers of government -- who said "the most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' " Now, more than three decades later, it's the Cliven Bundy family who underscores that sentiment.

January 9, 2018

Democrats. party of lies, sex and rape, nonetheless press Donald Trump as the unstable one

There's an old biblical principle that goes like this: Don't try and pull the speck from another's eye without first removing the log from your own. Democrats, on an all-courts-press to paint President Donald Trump as a mental nutcase, would do well to remember this adage.

January 9, 2018

Georgetown becomes school for exploring gender, sex

Georgetown University -- ranked by Forbes as 20th nationwide for private colleges, seventh for "Best U.S. Colleges for International Students," 14th in the Northeast, 21st as "America's Best Value Colleges" and eighth as "America's Best Midsize Employers" -- now has a new claim to fame: the place to be to explore sex and sexuality.

January 8, 2018

Oprah Winfrey speech powerful, but not presidential

Oprah Winfrey gave a good speech at the Golden Globes -- a rousing, pertinent, timely and even touching speech. But that's not the same as saying it was presidential. And it's certainly not the same as accepting Winfrey herself would made a good presidential candidate.

January 8, 2018

Fallacies of ‘climate crisis’ exposed by freezing temps

Come on now, admit it -- if nothing else, these freezing temperatures have put a damper on the whole climate change logic, the one that goes cars and electric heat are the precursors to humankind's demise and that the only stop is to tax people more and spread the wealth to lower-income countries via the United Nations.

January 8, 2018

‘The President’ is a ‘p,’ dang it, not a ‘P’

If anyone deserves a consistently capitalized letter -- outside of God, that is -- it's not the president but the citizens who elect, the taxpayers who employ and the patriots who defend him.

January 6, 2018

Michael Wolff, ‘Fire and Fury’ author, admits: Not all in Trump book true

Well, well, well, turns out even Michael Wolff, author of the "fire and Fury" book that has sparked such national discussion about the Donald Trump White House, admits that not everything he wrote is true.

January 5, 2018

Roy Moore slapped with defamation suit from Leigh Corfman

Leigh Corfman, the Alabama woman who told the media in the lead-up to the special Senate election for Jeff Sessions' seat that Roy Moore sexually molested her when she was 14, has now slapped a defamation suit against the former judge. And she's not seeking any money.

January 5, 2018

Jeff Sessions in sorry spot as GOPers call for resignation

A couple of Republicans called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step down this week. And nice as Sessions seems -- these Republicans have a point.

January 5, 2018

Clinton Foundation faces more — much-deserved — FBI heat

The Clinton Foundation is under investigation -- well, officially, inquiry -- and all hail the FBI and Justice Department on this one.

January 5, 2018

Turkey’s despicable Islamic OK of 9-year-old brides

Turkey's under fire for an online glossary posting that suggests girls as young as age nine can indeed marry. Welcome to the world according to Islam.

January 4, 2018

Millennials, Gen Z depressed and sad — boo freaking hoo

Survey says -- Millennials and Generation Z-ers are suffering from depression. Why? 'Cause they try so hard to be perfect and can't do it and that makes them sad. Apparently. Looks like the snowflakes are suffering from a solid case of what goes around, comes around. Living a life of "ME" doesn't seem all it's cracked up to be.

January 4, 2018

Feminism, once noble — now nutty

The problem with today's notions of feminism is that they rarely make sense.

January 4, 2018

Matt Drudge burns ‘schizophrenic’ Steve Bannon with Twitter post

Matt Drudge of Drudge Report fame posted an eye-opening reflection about Steve Bannon that suggested brewing fireworks between the Breitbart face and key White House players.

January 3, 2018

Facebook fight, as ‘Warriors for Christ’ temporarily shuttered

Facebook temporarily shut down the page "Warriors for Christ." Why? The official corporate line is that the page violated the social media giant's community standards. But the Christ fighters have a few other thoughts -- namely, that Facebook is simply showing its pro-LGBT, anti-Christian bias.

January 3, 2018

DACA illegals can’t speak English: Study

Fully a quarter of illegals who are eligible for the DACA program can't speak English at all -- 46 percent can only speak it a little. That's according to a new study from the Center for Immigration Studies. And you know what that means, don't you? It's not your imagination.

January 3, 2018

Climate alarmists, desperate and cold, now say chocolate’s in danger

Climate change alarmists, apparently alarmed by the frigid temperatures that have gripped much of the United States, have deftly switched tactics and moved from warning about the warming to sounding alarms about -- get this -- chocolate. Yes, that is their play. That chocolate will soon disappear from the face of the earth.

January 2, 2018