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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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** FILE ** Customers look at handguns at the Trader Jerry's display at the Nation’s Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly in this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo. Jerry Cochran of Trader Jerry’s said the driving force behind the outlet's record-breaking sales was the fear of any sort of ban on weapons. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Gun makers fight back: Companies launch boycott of police

At least 50 U.S. gun makers, gun machinists and other gun-related business owners have banded together to fight what they perceive as a massive attack on the Second Amendment, with many even threatening to stop sales to police to the same degree as the government cracks down on civilians.

February 25, 2013
Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian after interrogation by Israel's Shin Bet security service stokes new West Bank clashes, along with Israeli fears of a third Palestinian uprising. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Israel on high alert as Palestinians bury prisoner

Israeli's Defense Ministry is on high alert as Palestinians prepare to lay to rest Arafat Jaradat, who died during imprisonment in Megiddo of unspecific causes that led to cardiac arrest.

February 25, 2013
** FILE ** In this Oct. 16, 2011, file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., is seen during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Progressive group offers $11 an hour for anti-gun workers

Help wanted: Gun-control campaign workers. That's the advertisement that's being circulated by Progressive USA Voters, a liberal group based in Denver, Colo., for its planned campaign for Chicago, one media outlet reports.

February 25, 2013
** FILE ** "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the Broadway musical. (Associated Press)

Costumed superheroes serve as window washers at children’s hospitals

From Florida to Texas, Pennsylvania to Illinois, do-gooder volunteers are donning superhero costumes, grabbing bucket and squeegee and climbing the windows of children's hospitals nationwide. Their mission is simple: To bring a smile to the faces of the young patients inside.

February 22, 2013
Law enforcement personal in Las Vegas investigate the scene of a multi-vehicle accident on Las Vegas Blvd. and Flamingo Road on Feb. 21, 2013. Authorities say a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi that went up in flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured. (Associated Press/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Blocks from Tupac murder, rapper among dead in Vegas Strip shoot-out

An aspiring rap artist was one of the three killed in a dramatic shoot-out and multi-car crash that shut down much of the Law Vegas Strip on Thursday. The shooting occurred just two blocks from where rap artist Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996, CNN said.

February 22, 2013
**FILE** In this photo provided Jan. 14, 2013, by Harpo Studios Inc., talk show host Oprah Winfrey (right) interviews Lance Armstrong during taping for the show "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive" in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press/Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc.)

Feds to sue Lance Armstrong over doping scandal

The U.S. Justice Department will join a suit against Lance Armstrong for using performance-enhancing drugs during his Tour de France cycling races, according to breaking news announced on NBC's Twitter feed.

February 22, 2013
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Republican Jon Huntsman endorses gay marriage

Former Utah Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman flipped views on gay marriage and said conservatives would do well to support same-sex unions.

February 22, 2013
A masked Palestinian throws back a gas canister during a protest to support Palestinian prisoners, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israelis, Palestinians clash at West Bank holy site

Israeli forces clashed Friday with firecracker-throwing protesters in the West Bank, the latest in a string of violence acts that have stemmed, in part, from the imprisonment of four Palestinians who have since staged a hunger strike.

February 22, 2013
** FILE ** In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during his last news conference as defense secretary at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Pentagon hits reports about U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reportedly told his German counterpart that the United States would leave between 8,000 and 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when combat missions have ended. But Mr. Panetta is disputing that account of his meeting with the defense minister, Thomas de Maiziere, according to a report by The Associated Press.

February 22, 2013
**FILE** Sen. Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Democrat (Associated Press)

Democrats’ sex-ed bill teaches STDs, not abstinence

Sexual education that focuses on abstinence is not working and not worthy of much federal funding, according to two Democratic lawmakers who have introduced a bill to scale back the teaching principle in schools.

February 22, 2013