Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
God-given rights in jeopardy
A year ago, only 20 percent of U.S. adults thought religion was a major influencer of American life. Now? Thirty-four percent believe that, Gallup just found. The question that pops, perhaps most importantly, is this: Which religion? It matters. Published June 12, 2025
Bold and Blunt: Serving God on the job
One of the biggest challenges as a Christian is to maintain the faith even in the face of great pressures of the world, and to carry that faith out of Sunday service and into the work week of Monday-through-Friday. But God doesn't want to be contained to church service. Published June 11, 2025
Gavin Newsom’s presidential hopes burn in L.A. fires
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's big response to the murderers, rapists, drug traffickers and illegals and all their enablers and supporters who've set the city streets of Los Angeles on fire has been -- sue President Trump for trying to instill order. Published June 11, 2025
Saul Alinsky alive and well in L.A.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in the latest showdown with federal authorities attempting to instill law and order in the burning inferno called Los Angeles, dared President Trump's border czar Tom Homan to, colloquially, "arrest me, bro." This is just so Democrat. Published June 10, 2025
Greta Thunberg, Gaza-bound Gilligan in pigtails, grasps for relevancy
Climate activist Greta Thunberg and "Game of Thrones" actor Liam Cunningham were so moved by the sad plight of people in Gaza they got a boat, hoisted the Palestinian flag and threw some black-and-white checkered cloth around their bodies and set sail. Their goal? Gaza or bust, baby. Published June 9, 2025
America’s unhealthy obsession with New Age spiritualism
Roughly a third of U.S. adults turn to tarot cards, astrology, fortune tellers and the like to help chart their futures or soothe their anxieties, and the practice is most common among Gen Z-ers and millennials, a recent survey shows. It's all fun and games -- until it's not. Published June 7, 2025
Bold and Blunt: America the virtuous
Virtue is something very few people think about -- and when they do, it's probably as a word in their minds that's interchangeable with values, or principles, or standards. But virtue is actually a word that represents necessary components for successful, fruitful living. Published June 6, 2025
Democrats and their faux ‘independent’ thinking
Karine Jean-Pierre has switched from Democrat to independent, saying in a video shared on Instagram that it's time "we" -- meaning everybody -- "stop thinking in boxes and think outside of our boxes and not be so partisan." LOL. She coincidentally has a new book called "Independent." Published June 5, 2025
Harvey Milk, the left’s fabricated LGBTQ hero
Harvey Milk to Democrats, to many in the media, to the LGBTQ community, is a hero. But like much of what leftists label heroic, such cause celebre is all based on lies and gaslighting and false narratives and revised history. Published June 4, 2025
Bold and Blunt: Big Pharma, putting America last
The pharmaceutical industry has seen its profits explode in recent years, and part of the reason is that Americans are paying exorbitant prices for prescriptions -- far more than those in other countries. And what does Big Pharma do with those profits? Advertise. Published June 4, 2025
Pride month goeth before a fall
This LGBTQ thing has gotten way out of hand and gone far beyond what -- we were told -- it was supposed to be about; that is, equality. Equal rights. Equal access. Equal treatment under the law. There is no celebration of equality in Pride Month. There's only destruction. Published June 3, 2025
Business must do its part to support U.S. border control
For too long, the business world, with the quiet support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has welcomed with open arms the cheap labor that illegals bring to America. That needs to change. Published May 30, 2025
White House reshapes, restores America as land of opportunity
The Donald Trump administration is establishing a new hiring plan for the federal government that will recognize competency, skill and experience more than skin color, sexual identification or pronoun preference as key factors of selection. It's called merit-based. What a concept, right? Published May 30, 2025
Bold and Blunt: God the genius mathematician
God is the master designer of our universe, and He created all using -- get this -- mathematical equations. Suddenly, high school algebra doesn't seem so unnecessary. Published May 30, 2025
Rubio’s so simple yet so effective free speech mandate
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a new visa restriction against foreigners that says if they want to come to the United States, they can't have a history of censoring and stifling Americans' speech. So simple. So effective. So overdue. Published May 28, 2025
Bold and Blunt: From dark to light, from Biden to Trump
America dodged a bullet with the win of Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. But the Democrat Party has tipped its hand and revealed the depths of evil it will go to destroy all-things-MAGA. Published May 28, 2025
Democrat donors rebel as party’s favor falls even more
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows the Democrats' favor with the people has fallen even more and now lags behind that of the Republicans by 5 percentage points. It's the agenda, stupid. Published May 28, 2025
Antisemitism may well be the downfall of America
America has a Constitution that underscores the rights of citizens to speak freely, to petition their government for grievances, to assemble in protest and to express in print, on radio, on television as desired. But antisemitism is not free speech. Published May 23, 2025
DOJ should be doing what James O’Keefe is doing regarding Jeffrey Epstein
Sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019. The files the government has collected and stored on Epstein are at least six years old. Published May 22, 2025
Medicaid work requirement makes sense and builds character
President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" includes provisions to boot illegals off Medicaid and make those between the ages of 19 and 64 years old work at least 20 hours per week as a condition of receiving the benefit. These are common-sense reforms. Published May 21, 2025
