Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
WHO’s video ‘gaming disorder’ euphemism for bad parenting
Move over, ADHDers and PTSDers. There's a new mental health condition in town and it's called -- video gaming. And all the teenage-to-millennial-age boys go -- eh, it's better than getting a job. Published June 19, 2018
Kathy Griffin, at it again, f-bombs Melania Trump as ‘piece of s—t’
Kathy Griffin went on a Twitter rant against first lady Melania Trump, calling her, among other things, "feckless" and "complicit" and an all-around "piece of s--t." Published June 18, 2018
Laura Bush slams Donald Trump’s ‘cruel,’ ‘immoral’ child separations
Laura Bush, say it ain't so. The former first lady is the latest to jump on the anti-President Donald Trump train to slam this White House over largely fabricated, media-frenzied stories of child separations at the border. Published June 18, 2018
Donald Trump ‘loyalty pledge’ the language of disgruntled losers
A great deal has been made in recent times about this so-called "loyalty pledge" members of the Republican Party must make to President Donald Trump, else face the wrath of the -- umm, the voters? The White House? Ghosts of right-wing pasts? Exactly. Who knows. But let's not confuse a loyalty pledge with voter will. Published June 16, 2018
Donald Trump stock soars: ‘I beat Clinton dynasty. I beat the Bush dynasty’
President Donald Trump, in a somewhat freewheeling interview on Friday with Fox News' Steve Doocy, told the watching and listening cable news audience that he's clearly beaten many of the political world's entrenched players at their own game. Moreover -- he's not hiding his pride in accomplishment. Nor should he. Published June 15, 2018
Nikki Haley is killing it at the United Nations
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is just about killing it at the global body. In recent remarks to the General Assembly, Haley first condemned the anti-Israel faction of the bunch for using the global body for politics, not peace promotion. And then, dramatically enough, she brought to vote a U.S.-penned measure that explicitly faulted Hamas for violence at the Gaza border Published June 15, 2018
FBI’s Peter Strzok: Don’t worry Lisa, honey, we’ll ‘stop’ Trump
Hillary Clinton, move over. And take your "what difference, at this point, does it make" soulful query about truth with you. 'Cause there's a new shocking phrase in town and it's one that goes like this: Dear Lisa Page, don't worry, Trump won't be president, "we'll stop it." Love, Peter Strzok. Published June 14, 2018
Frank Luntz, one-time anti-Trumper, slams anti-Trump media
Pollster Frank Luntz has come a long way since the presidential race days when he used to trade public barbs with Donald Trump and call out the then-candidate as little more than a circus act who ought to shut his campaign shop and go home. Now? he's defending Trump from "fake news." Published June 14, 2018
Target’s ‘baby daddy’ cards not the problem — baby daddies are
Target Corporation has apologized and pulled Father's Day greeting cards from its stores that use the phrase "baby daddy." But it's hilarious that they're facing this public relations ding. Hilarious and sad. Published June 14, 2018
Corey Stewart does divide — but like Donald Trump, can conquer
Corey Stewart, Virginia's voter-chosen Republican to fight for Democrat Tim Kaine's U.S. Senate seat, is a divisive guy who calls it like it is, cares little for political correctness and who finds himself in frequent defensive stand-offs with a hostile press. In other words, he has a really good chance of winning this November. Published June 14, 2018
Donald Trump-types take election trophies in Virginia, South Carolina
The New York Times put out this headline in the aftermath of Tuesday elections that went like this: "Republican Voters Embrace Trump-Style Candidates." And with that, all the Democrats' wind for the 2020 White House went -- whoosh. Published June 13, 2018
AMA wants CDC to treat guns as public health crisis
The president of the American Medical Association, David Barbe, said in recent remarks that it's high time professionals within the Centers for Disease and Prevention started treating gun violence as if it were a public health crisis. Does that mean a cure for Gun Ownership Malady is on its way? Published June 12, 2018
On Donald Trump, liberals running out of things to hate
President Donald Trump's forging of a historic peace-making deal with North Korea's despot Kim Jong-un has the leftists of the country up in arms because, to put it bluntly, it's getting harder and harder for them to sell their hate. They're actually having to admit Trump is not half as bad as they tried to paint. Published June 12, 2018
Dennis Rodman weeps of North Korea: ‘Obama didn’t give me the time of day’
Dennis Rodman gave an emotionally charged testimony to CNN about President Donald Trump's political and diplomatic successes in North Korea -- but what was more remarkable than the wild ride of this televised interview was this little nugget offered in between the cries: Barack Obama "didn't even give me the time of day." Published June 12, 2018
Uber wants to know if riders are drunk — but why?
Uber has just applied for a patent for machine learning that will tell if the caller for a ride is drunk. Why? Isn't that why people use Uber in the first place -- because they're drunk? Uber ought to know that by now. Published June 12, 2018
Boy Scouts of America fall on tough moral-compass times
The Boy Scouts of America used to be the place to send sons to reinforce godly behaviors, provide proper moral compasses, instill common courtesies and help raise the next generation of men in the value-driven way they should go. Now? They've fallen a bit in ye olde traditional leanings, and even the atheists are apparently gunning for them. Published June 12, 2018
Princeton pressing psych chats to turn men into little girls
Princeton University is now pressing male students to participate in a bi-weekly discussion group on "healthy masculinity," led by a licensed psychologist, no less. Group organizers want men to cry more, it seems. Published June 11, 2018
Donald Trump’s expertise at laying it out layman
On taking complicated issues and making them understandable to the layperson, nobody beats a Trump on Twitter. Published June 11, 2018
The mad money rush to market self-driving cars
With self-driving vehicle technology, big bucks are on the line. And in the words of at least one mechanical engineering expert, the rush to produce -- the rush to profit -- is both real and dangerous. Truly, the real winner of this autonomous car race will be the one who forgoes the short-term IPOs for the longer-term of consumer confidence. Published June 9, 2018
‘No Gays Allowed’ sign gives Christianity a bad name
Dear Mr. Jeff Amyx: Tear down this sign. Amyx, a Baptist minister and the owner of a Tennessee hardware store, has reportedly decided to celebrate the Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding a cake baker who refused creative service to a gay couple by putting up this sign in the front window: "No Gays Allowed." He shoudn't. Published June 8, 2018
