Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Privacy pitfalls of artificial intelligence-fueled health care hard to ignore
Artificial intelligence may provide a world of convenience when it comes to suggesting which purchases an Amazon user might want to next make, or what song titles a Pandora listener might also enjoy clicking. But when it comes to AI in the health field, America should tread carefully. The pitfalls, particularly in the area of personal privacies, could very well outweigh the benefits. Published March 20, 2018
Marco Rubio on wrong side of Andrew McCabe firing
Sen. Marco Rubio said during an NBC "Meet the Press" appearance that the truth-challenged ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe should have been allowed to retire, peacefully and pension-ready, rather than face the firing squad of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. And that right there is what's wrong with the political class in Washington, D.C. Published March 19, 2018
Jim Carrey’s attack on Sarah Huckabee Sanders exposes misogyny of left
The left always likes to boast how much it loves the women -- loves the Women's Rights, the equal rights, the gender equality and such -- while simultaneously condemning the right as a bunch of flaming misogynists. Yet time after time, it's those on the left who offer up the least flattering characterization of women. Jim Carrey's the latest. Published March 19, 2018
Student anti-gun walkouts — a get out of class free card
Honestly, if school were a Monopoly game, National School Walkout day could very well have been the class equivalent of the Get Out of Jail Free card. Published March 17, 2018
Joe Scarborough crows Donald Trump ‘doomed to fail’
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough unleashed a scathing commentary against President Donald Trump in a Washington Post opinion piece, calling out the Republican as pretty much a political aberration, "doomed to fail." Hmm. Can you say President Hillary Clinton? No, we can't, either. Published March 16, 2018
Bill Gates: ‘I don’t agree with the America first rhetoric’
Bill Gates, whose private fortune was planted and sown in the garden called Capitalism -- the particular brand of America's economy, dontcha know -- just came out swinging about President Donald Trump's "America first" mantra. The billionaire, it appears, doesn't agree. He thinks Trump's signature mantra unfairly cuts into foreign aid budgets and that the way to greatness is paved with more and larger taxpayer handouts. Published March 15, 2018
Ahmed Mohamed, ‘Clock Boy,’ shut down again, hopefully for good
Ahmed Mohamed, better known as "Clock Boy" -- better known as the tool by which Barack Obama was able to advance his narrative of an anti-Muslim America -- just lost yet another of his family's court cases. And for the love of God, please let this be the last. Published March 15, 2018
Illegals die fleeing ICE, leaving 6 orphaned — and no, it’s not Donald Trump’s fault
Here's yet one more reason to crack down on borders and keep out those who aren't supposed to be in-country at all: Children become orphans. A man and a woman, believed to be illegals, were killed in a car crash while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Published March 15, 2018
America’s love affair with Israel grows under Donald Trump
The left likes to try to sell the line that the Palestinian Authority loves the Israelis, welcomes peace and wants nothing more than a harmonious agreement that allows both peoples to live side-by-side, in perpetual prosperity -- oh yes, and that President Donald Trump's announced move of the U.S. Embassy to Israel from Tel Avid to Jerusalem kills that plan. But apparently, the line isn't selling. Published March 15, 2018
Joy Behar apology shows Christian, conservative strength in numbers
Joy Behar has finally apologized. It took a month, but she finally did it. And you know why? Because viewers, up in arms about her anti-Christian comment, rallied and protested. Lesson learned? Yes, Christians and conservatives: You do have a voice. Published March 14, 2018
Beverly Hills’ best: Mexican-flag wavers demanding impeachment
The best and brightest that Beverly Hills has to offer went on full display just recently, as President Donald Trump touched down in Los Angeles for a Republican event. And by that, it's meant: Angry protesters waving Mexican flags and demanding impeachment took to the streets and waved around anti-Trump signs. Published March 14, 2018
Edward Snowden: CIA’s Gina Haspel guilty on ‘torture’
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who started a whistleblowing nightmare for America's government, reacted with swift outrage to President Donald Trump's pick for Mike Pompeo's CIA replacement. On Twitter, Snowden wrote of Gina Haspel: "The new CIA director was a key part of the torture program." Published March 13, 2018
Eric Holder rips Republicans for Russia collusion ‘coverup’
Eric Holder just slammed Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee who ended their investigation of Russia election shenanigans with a No Collusion conclusion as political beasts who set aside the truth for partisan reasons. And all the comedians at "Saturday Night Live" go -- we have our next skit! Published March 13, 2018
Free-speech zones, an idea whose time to go has come
Free-speech zones are simply the left's way of chipping constitutional protections for conservatives. And it's high time schools the nation over -- particularly the ones that receive taxpayer dollars -- give the boot to these communist-style clampdowns to God-given and constitutionally protected rights. Published March 13, 2018
China’s chilling surveillance shows U.S. need to slow AI roll
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken quite a beating from his critics in the press for his oft-perceived hyperbolic warnings against artificial intelligence. But the guy's got a point. Just look to China for the dark side of what could come, one day, to America. Published March 12, 2018
California anti-cop coffee shop fine by me
A coffee shop in California has jump-started a national discussion over its refusal to serve police due to ridiculous perceptions the officers' presence might threaten owners "physical and emotional safety." That's fine. Let it be. Just so long as other coffee shop owners around the nation have the right to refuse service to, say, Black Lives Matter t-shirt wearers. Or, to gay couples seeking wedding cakes. Published March 12, 2018
Maxine Waters back to her impeachment crowing self
Rep. Maxine Waters, who spent the better part of the inauguration season calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump -- before he even took over the White House seat, mind you -- and the better part of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation calling for the same, has found a new "let's get 'im, guys" cause to crow, and it's named Stormy Daniels. Honestly, Waters is like a parrot with a vocabulary of one word. Published March 12, 2018
Donald Trump’s right — of course he can Twitter-block obnoxious peeps
President Donald Trump's private and personal Twitter account was just the topic of hot discussion in federal court because lawyers for plaintiffs who were blocked from his account say he doesn't have the right to do that. Umm -- no duh, but yes? Twitter's a private company; users can very well be private citizens, even Trump. Published March 9, 2018
Survey says: Sex, not social media, gotta go
A new survey to gauge how addicted Americans are to social media shows that -- well, Americans are pretty dang addicted to social media. So addicted, in fact, that a good chunk of participants said they'd rather go a year without alcohol, a year without coffee and a year without sex before going a year without social media. Published March 8, 2018
Pizza Hut pie-ordering, TV-pausing shoes ultimate in American laziness
It's one thing to want takeout, or delivery. But Pizza Hut's Pie Tops II takes this convenience to a new level. To a new level of American indulgence and laziness, to put it bluntly. Published March 8, 2018
