Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Dear Donald Trump, please read — a surprise medical billing that needs rapid fixing
What of the idea of informed patient consent? The right of one to control one's own health care? Good question. With emergency medical air transports, patients, families of patients, are bluntly, getting financially screwed. Bamboozled, even. It's high time Congress act to put a stop to this most egregious form of surprise billing. Published August 10, 2019
Rosanna Arquette’s stupid apology for ‘shame’ of being white
Hollywood's Rosanna Arquette sent around a tweet -- later made private -- that apologized for her whiteness. For the "shame" of being born white. For the crime of possessing Caucasian "privilege." Congratulations, Arquette. As stupid tweets go, this one sets a new historical standard. Published August 8, 2019
California knife attacker kills 4 — should we ban knives?
Four were killed and two injured in a series of horrific knife attacks in Southern California. And all the Democrats go: Ban the knives! Not really. That'd be stupid. Right? And yet, this is what the left does with guns whenever there's a fatal shooting. Published August 8, 2019
Texas smart: State letting guns into churches, schools
New laws are about to take effect in Texas that will open doors for firearms' owners to carry their weapons into school, into churches, into places that have been traditionally gun-free and gun-restricted zones. Texas is the banner state to watch on this. If only more legislatures and governors would follow suit. Published August 8, 2019
Democrats, it’s time to ‘whittle the field’
Robert Wolf, the founder and CEO of the investment firm 32Advisors and a former economic aide to Barack Obama, recently took to "Fox & Friends" to say to Democrats running for president in 2020: Hey guys, it's time to "whittle the field." Agreed. Heartily agreed. Published August 8, 2019
American freedom sometimes means — little pink houses
A bunch of angry residents stormed a Manhattan Beach City Council meeting and demanded government officials do something about the pink house with yellow smiley face emojis that is -- so the argument goes -- upsetting their property value scale. But being an American sometimes requires a turning of the cheek. Published August 7, 2019
‘TRUMP-INSPIRED TERRORISM’ chyron despicable show of MSNBC bias
On "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" on MSNBC, during discussion of the recent tragic shootings in Ohio and Texas and the fate of gun control laws in America, these words briefly flashed: "TRUMP-INSPIRED TERRORISM." Truly, has the media no shame. Published August 7, 2019
‘Red flag’ laws bring loads of problems
President Donald Trump, along with several notables in the Republican Party -- including Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas -- have floated so-called "red flag" laws as a means of stopping mass shootings in the United States, saying that if we can keep the mentally ill from buying and owning firearms, well then, that should curb much of the violence. On the surface, this sounds like common sense. But caveat: Who decides who's mentally unfit? Published August 6, 2019
Donald Trump is now the ‘dark sorcery of racial hatred,’ too
MSNBC's Chris Hayes just called out Donald Trump out for his "dark sorcery of racial hatred" and the "well of evil" he promotes with his rhetoric. And then the cameras panned to Marianne Williamson as she stirred a large black cauldron of smokey concoction while chanting, "Begone, oh dark psychic force of collectivized hatred!" Published August 6, 2019
Why shooters shoot
Democrats would have it believed -- fervently wish and hope and dream that it could be believed -- that every time a horrendous shooting takes place in this country, it's due to the existence of the Second Amendment. But the reasons for the shootings have little to do with the guns themselves and everything to do with evil. Published August 6, 2019
Walmart weirdly under the gun to stop selling guns
Walmart, the site of an El Paso, Texas, shooting that left at least 21 dead, is now facing concerted pressure to stop selling firearms -- a la Dick's Sporting Goods. It makes no sense. But on social media, it's a plea that sounds good -- that sounds caring and compassionate and as if people are Doing Something to stop the killing. Published August 5, 2019
Gun-carry rights must be strengthened, expanded
What's needed are more right-to-carry laws in schools, in churches, in government buildings -- in all the areas those with intent to harm are well aware are currently Gun Free Zones, i.e. Sitting Duck Zones, in the minds of the would-be killers. Published August 5, 2019
Democrats, in a field of 24, still have nobody
If anything can be gleaned from watching the Democrats debate, it's this: President Donald Trump doesn't have much to worry about when it comes to his reelection. Bluntly, you know you've got a candidate problem when, in a field of 24, the perceived best chance of beating Trump is -- Michelle Obama. The one who's not running. Published August 3, 2019
Michael Savage, banned from U.K., makes new case for entry
Radio giant Michael Savage, who's been outright banned from the United Kingdom for 10-plus years, sent, through his attorney, an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to reverse course and toss out the ban. And indeed Johnson should. It's high time these ridiculous claims leveled in 2009 against Savage -- an icon of American media, a friend to the cause of the patriot -- be removed. Published August 2, 2019
Joe Biden’s ‘Joe30330.com’ nightmare
By now, everybody knows of Joe Biden's latest gaffe -- that of botching his own debate closer, the part where he's supposed to plug his presidential run, the part where he told a listening CNN audience that "if you agree with me, go to Joe 30330 and help me in this fight." Text much, guy? Published August 1, 2019
Environmental hypocrisy of Google Camp elites
Google Camp is hosting several high-brow celebrity names and Hollywood types at an event in Sicily, Italy, to talk about the travesties of climate change. But the bigger, albeit shush-shush, hush-hush-now, news deals with the travel arrangements for these bigwigs. Apparently, according to Italian media, they arrived on private jets. Published August 1, 2019
Marianne Williamson’s ‘granola whacky’ ‘dark psychic force’ warnings
Note to Marianne Williamson: Calling out President Donald Trump as a "dark psychic force," for example, probably isn't the best phrase to utter when one is already regarded, by even those on the left, by even, say, comedian Sarah Silverman, as "granola whacky." Published July 31, 2019
John Delaney’s Democratic debate moment
John Delaney, the ex-congressman from Maryland, the past co-founder of Health Care Financial Partners, the current presidential candidate in a field of two dozen, did the impossible in the recent CNN-televised debate: He managed to emerge as a Not A Loon. Not A Loons are very special breeds of Democrats -- nearly extinct. Published July 31, 2019
‘Christian’ group — and that’s ‘Christian’ in quotes — warns of faith-based nationalism
Christians Against Christian Nationalism, a movement driven by church leaders, just put pen to paper to warn Americans that "Christian nationalism" is becoming a concern because, in their words, it often serves as a cover for "white supremacy and racial subjugation." Sounds dire. Until you peer past the curtain, that is. Published July 30, 2019
Americans at long last awakening to dangers, darkness of Big Tech
A new survey from Pew Research shows that the number of Americans who view Big Tech through star-studded eyes has fallen the last four years -- by 21%, no less. It's about time. Published July 30, 2019
