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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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Afghan boys warm their hands over a brick-factory fire during a cold day on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, east of Kabul, on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Kabul has been experiencing below-freezing weather and snow for several days. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans spend $3.9 billion on bribes in 2012

The cost of doing business in Afghanistan soared in 2012, as fully half of all the nation's adult-aged residents were forced to bribe public officials in order to obtain services, according to the United Nations.

February 7, 2013
Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah speaks at the opening session of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Qatar budget surplus soars under gas, oil sales

Gas and oil have been good to Qatar. In one year's time, the nation's budget surplus doubled to $26 billion from oil and gas imports, according to figures released Thursday by the Qatar Central Bank.

February 7, 2013
** FILE ** President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday, March 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Carney clarifies: Obama won’t broker peace deal in Israel

The White House took care on Wednesday to clarify that President Obama's upcoming trip to Israel — a first for the second-term president — is not intended as a stepping stone to broker peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

February 7, 2013
** FILE ** In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara wave as they board a plane at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv early Sunday, May 17, 2009, on their way for the first visit to Washington since Netanyahu became Israeli Prime Minister.

Fashion police rip into Netanyahu’s wife

Who would have thought? Fashion police live in Israel, too, it seems. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, has taken some serious hits from the political gossip crowd who hated her choice of dress for the 19th Knesset's swearing-in ceremony earlier this week.

February 7, 2013
An Australian fighter jet is readied for a training mission at the Cope North military exercises at Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. island of Guam, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into Western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

U.S. kicks off allied fighter jet training over Pacific

Fighter jets from the United States, Australia and Japan are currently flying over western Pacific skies, as military drills — called Cope North — aimed at bolstering an allied force kicked off Thursday.

February 7, 2013

Brown University insurance covers sex changes for students

Looking for a free sex change operation? Enroll at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Come August, the school will offer coverage in its student health care plan for the procedure, according to The Daily Caller.

February 7, 2013
** FILE ** House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds a news conference about banning high capacity ammunition clips with House Democrats in the House Visitors Center on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Rep. McCarthy's husband was killed and her son severely injured in a Long Island Rail Road commuter train shooting spree in 1993. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

House Democrats fire away with 15 new gun-ban proposals

House Democrats are bringing their own gun-control plan to the table and are due to unveil on Thursday 15 separate proposals — including a copycat of President Obama's wish to outright ban assault weapons, according to various media.

February 7, 2013
This undated image taken from video broadcast on Iranian state television purports to show a U.S. drone landing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Iran's state TV has broadcast footage on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, allegedly extracted from the advanced CIA spy drone captured in 2011, the latest in a flurry of moves from Iranian authorities meant to underline the nation's purported military and technological advances. (AP Photo/Iranian state TV via AP video)

Iran claims it extracted footage from downed U.S. drone

Iranian state-run television has aired footage it claims was extracted from a CIA drone its military supposedly downed and captured on Dec. 4, 2011, near Kashmar, about 140 miles from the border with Afghanistan.

February 7, 2013
Rep. Xavier Becerra, California Democrat

Foreign diplomats lobby hard for favorable immigration reform

Who loves the idea of opening U.S. borders and relaxing immigration policy? Foreign governments do — and embassy officials with several nations are throwing their two cents into Washington, D.C., policy discussions, hoping to influence and shape reform while maintaining diplomatic boundaries.

February 7, 2013