Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Jimmy Carter: Today’s middle class was my administration’s poverty level
Former President Jimmy Carter weighed in on income disparity around the nation during an impromptu interview at a Habitat for Humanity building site, calling today’s middle-class yesterday’s poverty level. Published October 8, 2013
Long Island middle school bans balls, citing student safety
So much for tossing the ball during recess — or playing tag. One middle school in Long Island has banned a list of popular playground items because the games promote roughness among the students, administrators said. Published October 8, 2013
NYT reporter calls Obama’s White House most ‘control-freak’ ever
A New York Times reporter with two decades of experience as a Washington, D.C., based journalist says that the Obama administration is far from open and has a long way to go to meet its campaign vows of a transparent government. Published October 7, 2013
Nicolas Sarkozy cleared in secret cash case, opening door to presidency
A court in France has quietly dropped from its docket a criminal investigation case against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, clearing the way for him to make a new run for the nation’s highest office. Published October 7, 2013
China lectures Obama on debt ceiling: ‘Clock is ticking’
As if competing interests on Capitol Hill weren’t convoluting the government shutdown dilemma and discussion enough, now comes China with somewhat pesky words of wisdom for the White House: Hurry up and solve this. Published October 7, 2013
Explosion rocks Sinai security headquarters; dozens dead, wounded
A huge explosion believed to have stemmed from a car bomb has rocked the headquarters for security in a southern Sinai suburb, killing at least three and injuring nearly 50, Egyptian authorities said on Monday. Published October 7, 2013
Russia’s Vladimir Putin waxes on Olympic Games — and torch flame goes out
Call it a case of unfortunate timing. But right around the time Russia President Vladimir Putin was making a televised speech about the “momentous” occasion of the Olympic torch arriving in Russia, the flame went out. Published October 7, 2013
Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘We’re winning’ on Obamacare
Sen. Ted Cruz has some words of inspiration for his fellow tea party colleagues and conservative supporters: Stand fast on the Obamacare front. We’re winning. Published October 7, 2013
Sen. Chuck Schumer: Speaker John Boehner is about to cave
Sen. Charles E. Schumer had a prediction on Monday on how House Speaker John A. Boehner will proceed on the government shutdown: He'll cave, Mr. Schumer said. Published October 7, 2013
School to mother: Your 124-lb., 5‘5” daughter is ‘overweight’
The mother of a 5-foot, 5-inch girl who weighs 124 pounds is seeing red after Florida school officials sent home a letter warning her daughter was overweight. Published October 7, 2013
Syria has started destroying WMDs, U.N. says
Inspectors with the United Nations said Monday that Syria’s military has begun destroying its cache of weapons of mass destruction, taking cutting torches to warheads and angle grinders to aerial bombs. Published October 7, 2013
Justice Antonin Scalia uses ‘Seinfeld’ to forget ‘nasty’ D.C. atmosphere
Republicans and Democrats have gotten themselves into quite a fix and have fueled an atmosphere in the nation's capital that can only be described as "nasty," said Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in a just-released interview with New York magazine. Published October 7, 2013
Hillary to Huma: Don’t worry about standing by your man, I’ll stand by you
Apparently, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has softened her stance on aide Huma Abedin, relenting on a weeks-ago pledge to cut her loose from her assistant role — as well as any future White House campaign run — if she didn't dump her scandal-plagued and failed-mayoral-bidding husband, Anthony Weiner. Published October 7, 2013
Firefighters fight to contain Camp Pendleton blaze
Firefighters on Monday were gaining ground and containing a Camp Pendleton, Calif., wildfire that's burned through several square miles of brush and forced residents of the Marine Corps base and nearby communities to flee. Published October 7, 2013
New York launches probe into ‘sweetheart’ WTC deal
States have paid millions of dollars to a nonprofit that supposedly holds the rights to the name “World Trade Center,” and now New York's leading prosecutor wants to know why. Published October 7, 2013
The Rev. Billy Graham’s dire warning: America is drowning in ‘sea of immorality’
World-renowned Rev. Billy Graham, 94, said President Obama's campaign promises for "hope and change" are little more than meaningless cliches and the reality is the nation is facing a dire future, about to collapse on its own immorality. Published October 7, 2013
Shirley Sherrod tries to sub in Breitbart’s wife to sue
Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod – the woman who disputed now-deceased Andrew Breitbart’s videotaped version of her supposed racist rant, and subsequently sued – has moved to have the conservative icon’s wife named as the defendant in the case. Published October 7, 2013
Senate chaplain’s scathing prayers: ‘Deliver us from the hypocrisy’
The Senate chaplain isn’t pulling any punches during daily prayer, bluntly calling the chaos on Capitol Hill an ugly showcase of pride, smugness and hypocrisy and entreating the Almighty to step in and smooth the name-calling. Published October 7, 2013
John Kerry goes on defensive: Libyan operation was ‘legal’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry went into defense mode on Monday, assuring a skeptical international community that the weekend seizure of a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda operative in Tripoli was in fact legal and justified. Published October 7, 2013
Taliban to Pakistani Malala Yousafzai: You’re still a target
The 16-year-old Pakistani girl who fought for the right of girls to receive an education and was subsequently shot in the head by Taliban forces is hardly safe from the terrorist group's wrath. Published October 7, 2013
