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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 with Cheryl Chumley” video and audio show for The Washington Times, a Newsmax contributor, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled “God-Given Or Bust: Defeating Marxism and Saving America With Biblical Truths" and "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom.” She's also the co-author with Allen West of the upcoming "America's Second Civil War: Rescuing the Republic From the Unholy Alliance of Marxists, Islamists and Democrats" (April 2027). Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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** FILE ** Former President Jimmy Carter speaks Oct. 22, 2012, in the West Bank city of Ramallah to the media following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Associated Press)

Jimmy Carter to John Kerry: Ease sanctions on terror groups

Former President Jimmy Carter has signed on to a petition to Secretary of State John Kerry urging the United States to back off certain sanctions on groups that are deemed terrorist organizations, so that peace workers can go in and work.

June 20, 2013
** FILE ** Hezbollah supporters fire weapons as they celebrate the fall of the Syrian town of Qusair to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah fighters, in Bazzalieh village, Lebanon, near the Lebanese-Syrian border, on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

Saudis set to expel Lebanese who support Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia is poised to send packing any Lebanese citizens who support the militant group Hezbollah, a show of solidarity with rebel fighters in Syria who are battling to oust President Bashar Assad.

June 20, 2013
** FILE ** Fountains operate in front of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Dubai plans $7 million theme park to honor Koran

Dubai's director of government projects said that nation was constructing a new theme park to honor the Muslim holy text, the Koran, to be ready for tourists and visitors by September 2014.

June 20, 2013
Rep. James P. McGovern, Massachusetts Democrat (Associated Press)

House votes to cut $2 billion in food stamp funding from farm bill

The House voted 234-188 against a Democrat amendment to a farm bill that would have kept food stamp spending at its current level — and in so doing, gave the thumbs up to go forward with cuts to the program to the tune of $2 billion in one year.

June 20, 2013
Deidre Hansen wipes away a tear after pinning the Bronze Star on the chest of her son Joshua Hansen, a former Army sergeant, in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Mr. Hansen's son, Jesse James, 6, reaches up to touch the medal as his daughter, Trinity Rose, 9, puts her arm around her dad. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Paul Fraughton)

Utah soldier hit 9 times by IEDs finally gets Bronze Star

It took six years, but a former Utah sergeant who was hit by IEDs nine different times while serving two tours of duty in Iraq and who now suffers permanent brain damage finally was awarded the military's fifth-highest combat medal, the Bronze Star.

June 20, 2013
** FILE ** Joe Torre looks on during a news conference to announce his new position as Major League Baseball's Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

MLB legend Joe Torre’s daughter catches falling baby

Good hands. Cristina Torre, the daughter of Major League Baseball legend Joe Torre — who won the National League All-Star recognition for his skills as catcher — saved a 1-year-old who was plummeting to his death.

June 20, 2013