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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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New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the idea for fitting fake pill bottles with GPS devices was prompted by high-profile crimes associated with the thriving black market for oxycodone and other prescription drugs. (Associated Press)

NYC alarms with notice: ‘Immediately surrender your rifle’

New York City authorities have been sending out notices to residents who own guns that now violate new ammunition capability laws, demanding they relinquish their weapons — and even though the notifications may just be standard police procedure, the text is a shocker.

November 28, 2013
Kathy Weekman of Springfield, Va., checks organic produce at the Fresh Fields grocery store in Springfield, Va., Nov.13, 1993. Organic issues have vexed a panel helping the Agriculture Department to create nationwide standards for organic foods. In an age of biotechnology and international trade, the panel is dealing with more than compost and crop rotations, pesticide-free apples and carrots. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

‘God diet’ splashes into holiday season

Toss the grapefruits and shred the Atkins book. Those watching their weight have a new source for inspiration to lose fat and trim down — the so-called "God diet."

November 28, 2013
** FILE ** In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo, Pope Francis is helped by his personal secretary Monsignor Alfred Xuereb, right, with his skull cap during a gust of wind while he attends his weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis is trying to get a better handle on the reform of the troubled Vatican bank and the Holy See's finances, naming his top assistant to look into the work of two commissions of inquiry he set up this year. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope Francis sends right-hand man to oversee Vatican bank inquiry

In an apparent sign that Pope Francis means business, the leading Catholic Church figure appointed his personal, top-ranking assistant to step into an inquiry of Vatican banking and Holy See financial transactions that he set up earlier this year.

November 28, 2013
An FA-18 Hornet approaches to land on the deck of the USS George during a joint military exercise with Japan in the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. The 13-day drill ended in the day as an air defense zone newly declared by China Saturday, Nov. 23 in the East China Sea has raised some tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

South Korea, Japan join U.S. in defying China’s air defense zone

First China declared a new air defense zone over island territories that are the subject of an ownership dispute with Japan. Then, the United States flew two B-52 bombers into the newly declared defense zone, in apparent defiance of China’s claim to air space. And now, on Thursday, South Korea and Japan did the same.

November 28, 2013
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at McGill University in Montreal on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

Al Gore goes animal-free with new vegan diet

Just in time for the holidays: Former Vice President Al Gore has sworn off meat, eggs and dairy and gone vegan, said one person familiar with the decision.

November 27, 2013
Municipal officers observe as a worker breaks down open-air barbecues confiscated in the past three months in the Xicheng district in Beijing on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Authorities in the Chinese capital have destroyed more than 500 open-air barbecues "to cut PM2.5," the tiny particulate matter in the air that can enter deep into the lungs. (AP Photo)

Beijing busts up barbeques to tackle air pollution

China authorities trying to take a bite out of air pollution are busting up barbeques – the line of logic being that the outdoor grilling machines release too many “PM2.5” particles into the air.

November 27, 2013
** FILE ** First lady Michelle Obama walks on stage after watching the children from the Kuruka Maisha Foundation, an arts school in Nairobi, Kenya, perform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michelle Obama sends tweet-out to amnesty activists on fast

Immigration reform activists who are engaging in a much-publicized food fast to bring attention to their relaxed border and amnesty wishes got some love from the first lady late Tuesday, via a tweet of solidarity she sent that told of White House support.

November 27, 2013
Peter Bull, 74, and his wife, Hazelmary, 69, the Christian owners of a hotel in southern England, leave the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, after losing an appeal over whether their refusal to let a gay couple stay amounted to discrimination. (AP Photo/Press Association, Sean Dempsey)

Christian B&B owners slapped with damages for turning away gays

A 69-year-old British woman and her 74-year-old husband were ordered Wednesday to pay damages to a gay couple after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled they wrongfully kept the couple from staying in their Christian-based bed-and-breakfast.

November 27, 2013