Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel too glib for his own good
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel coming off as a someone who's hunkering into self-protection mode, putting his own interests above those of others and trying at all costs to salvage his reputation and that of his department's. It's not a pretty picture. Published February 26, 2018
Secularism isn’t working
Seventeen students and staffers are dead at a Florida high school, and now the country's on fire, debating both merits and dangers of curbing Second Amendment rights in what's become the predictable political and policy talk whenever tragedy strikes in this manner. Guns are not the problem, though. Secularism is. Published February 24, 2018
NRA likened by Hollywood leftist to ISIS — to a ‘terrorist organization’
Just when you thought the rhetoric surrounding gun control couldn't get any more hyperbolic -- here comes Michael Moore, out of Hollywood's left field of fantasy dwellers. "The NRA," Moore wrote on Twitter, "is a terrorist organization." How so? Well, he went on, it's like ISIS -- just like the dang ISIS. Published February 23, 2018
Deputy Scot Peterson hid while students were shot — and this is police training?
A disturbing report from Fox News shows the deputy who was supposed to be armed and on the job at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School -- the one who was there as the killings were taking place -- was hiding behind a concrete column, protecting not the students but rather himself. That's all caught on surveillance video; it's not a what-if. And one can't help but wonder: Is this the unfortunate result of all the police policies put forth in recent times that the number one goal of officers tasked to a scene is to get home safely? Published February 23, 2018
Kamala Harris vows fight against guns just getting started
Sen. Kamala Harris, who was named and blasted as a socialist by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre during his Conservative Political Action Conference speech, fought back on Twitter, vowing the fight to reshape the nation and curb the Second Amendment was just getting started. Published February 23, 2018
Donald Trump: Armed teachers ‘GREAT DETERRENT!’
President Donald Trump hit back on Twitter at what he called the "Fake News" for improperly quoting him on his views of armed teachers in the classroom, saying he didn't say "give teachers guns" but rather, in more levelheaded fashion, agreed to consider the idea as a means of stopping school shootings. And so he should. Allowing teachers with concealed carry permits to bring their legally owned weapons into the classroom is one tool to fight school-place murders -- and, not only that, it's a promise this president made during campaign season. Published February 22, 2018
Marco Rubio unfairly vilified for Florida shooting
The school shooting in Florida that resulted in the killing of 17 students and staffers was a grievous and tragic act of evil. But it wasn't Sen. Marco Rubio's fault. Neither was it the Second Amendment's fault. Published February 22, 2018
Donald Trump has a point: Time to investigate Team Obama
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to ask why investigators weren't looking at Barack Obama's administration for answers to the Russia election meddling. This is a great question. And curious Americans want to know. Published February 21, 2018
Oprah, George Clooney rush to exploit Florida anti-gun exploiters
Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney each coughed up half a million dollars to donate to the "March for Our Lives" anti-gun rally that's set for Washington, D.C., on March 24, organized in part by teens at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. No word yet on whether Oprah and Clooney, both of whom plan to attend the event, will leave at home their armed security guards. Published February 21, 2018
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, watching almost all modern-day human behaviors
One of the problems in demystifying artificial intelligence is that as soon as an AI-based product reaches the public, "we stop calling it AI," said Tara Chklovski, the CEO and founder of Iridescent, a nonprofit that aims to educate and empower children and their parents on engineering and technology matters. Published February 20, 2018
Jennifer Lawrence, thank goodness, to quit acting to ‘fix the democracy’
Oh good, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar-winning actress, has decided to go off her job in Hollywood in order to go on the job for America. She's quitting acting -- for a time -- to help save us from ourselves. And by her estimates, it should only take her a year or so. Published February 20, 2018
Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney, showing how GOP ought to act
President Donald Trump sent out a tweet of praise for former Massachusetts governor and failed presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, endorsing his one-time White House rival for the Senate in Utah. Have to say -- this is lot classier than how Romney treated Trump. GOP, pay attention. There's much to be learned from this president. Published February 20, 2018
Artificial intelligence can read! And now customer service reps must go
An economic boom just dropped on the world -- and most, no doubt, aren't even aware. What happened? China's retail and technology conglomerate, Alibaba, developed an artificial intelligence model that beat the humans it competed against in a Stanford University reading and comprehension test. This is historic. Published February 20, 2018
Harvard professor has nerve to ask, post-Florida, ‘Where’s God?’
A Harvard professor named Steven Pinker went on MSNBC's "Hugh Hewitt" to ask, post-Florida travesty, "Where was God?" Published February 19, 2018
Obnoxious, ignorant teens now demand curbs on guns
Teens across the nation, fed up with school shootings, are planning marches, media events and three-minute demonstrations at the White House in order to get across their messages of frustration with the Second Amendment and to demand lawmakers take immediate action. Now if only they weren't so dang entitled, snarky and obnoxious. Published February 19, 2018
Barack Obama’s border mess, mayhem, madness rage on
What a fine mess this country is in right now regarding border control. And with a Republican-dominated government, no less. Published February 17, 2018
Utah: U.S. flag shredded; ISIS flag raised
Somebody in Utah just ripped down an American flag flying at Hurricane High School, shredded it and tossed it into the streets, then raised what appeared to be a banner used by ISIS on the pole in its place. This is how the culture views our country? This is how society rates America? Published February 16, 2018
Cancer findings a bit of a joke
A new study of 100,000-plus French adults has found that those who eat a lot of processed foods and drink a good deal of sugary drinks are more likely to develop a variety of cancers than those who, say, eat healthy food. What? You don't say. Published February 16, 2018
Playing God? AI murky on what’s truly ‘conscious,’ what’s not
A funny thing happened at a press conference with a group of internationally renowned scientists who were asked about the potential for artificial intelligence to become their world's equivalent of playing God. They couldn't define "conscious." Published February 15, 2018
Nikolas Cruz arrested: Can teachers carry guns now?
Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida -- a former student who was expelled for disciplinary reasons -- was arrested for the shooting deaths of 17 students. Can teachers, staffers and administrators concealed-carry on school grounds now? How 'bout now? Published February 15, 2018
