Tom Z Touts Tea Party Wins, Calls for Senate Vote on VA

Reaction to the scandal embroiling the Department of Veterans Affairs has been strong and bipartisan.  Tom Zawistowski, Executive Director of the Portage County Tea Party, knows how slowly the federal bureaucracy reacts to allegations of wrongdoing: he was among the first to complain about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, a year before Lois Lerner pleaded the fifth.

Zawistowski slams Democrats in the Senate for blocking a vote on a bill to give the Secretary of the VA more authority.

In this wide-ranging interview, Zawistowski also extols the victories of Tea Party-backed candidates in the primaries, including long-time Cleveland Republican Richard May, who will face incumbent 9th District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur in November. And he explains why progress was made even though State Representative Matt Lynch lost to incumbent 14th District Congressman Dave Joyce.

Will We Ever Get Our Energy From Thorium?

Mike Goldstein, Governmental Affairs Coordinator for the Energy from Thorium Foundation makes his case for the use of the naturally occurring, virtually inexhaustible element in liquid flouride thorium reactors as a major source of energy.

Worker's Comp Case Could Mean Millions for Small Businesses

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What will Governor Kasich do?

An Appeals Court has upheld a lower court ruling that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation overcharged hundreds of thousands of small business owners, and must pay them back.

Patrick Perotti, has been working on this case for about five years as a partner in the law firm Dworken and Bernstein Co L.P.A,  one of the two main law firms litigating the case.  He explains how Workers' Comp cheated small businesses, and that the state has the money to refund them in a surplus fund.

Perotti explains that Governor Kasich has the final say when it comes to paying the money back, or continuing to fight the ruling that two courts have now made, at an additional cost to the taxpayers of the State of Ohio.  He says small business owners in Ohio can log onto the Pay Us Now! website to determine whether the state owes them money, and how much.

Vietnam Veterans are Not "Condemned Property"

The reported mistreatment of our nation's veterans at VA hospitals across the country makes Dusty Trimmer's book more vital for the tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans who seek medical help through the Veteran's Administration.  He tells of his own experience at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center at Wade Park in Cleveland, and of the experiences of some of his Vietnam brothers in this interview.

Dusty Trimmer's book is titled Condemned Property? and subtitled Our Most Unpopular War Continues for Americans Who Fought in Vietnam...Why?  It was featured, along with a picture of the author, on the front page of a recent edition of The Plain Dealer.

How Toddlers Thrive: An Owners Manual For Parents

Dr. Tovah Klein, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Toddler Development at Barnard College has written an instruction manual for raising children through the terrible twos or terrorizing threes or fours or fives.  In How Toddlers Thrive, Dr. Klein explains the importance of understanding children during these years based on what we know scientifically about their brains. 

In this interview, Dr. Klein, a Cleveland Heights native offers her opinion of helicopter parents and tiger moms, and says having a sense of humor is most important for the parents of toddlers.

Trapper Jack's Blind Faith Live Lives

Trapper Jack/Photo credit: Jim McIntyre

What ever happened to Trapper Jack?  That's the question most often asked of Jim. Understandable, considering he and Trapper worked together for 17 years.

While Jim has found a home at AM 1420 The Answer and 955 The Fish, Trapper, using his given name Philip Keller, is producing a podcast he calls Blind Faith Live, based on the miracle works and witness of Dr. Issam Nemeh.

David Barton to Comment on Common Core in Cleveland

Christian Educators Association International based in Westlake is bringing renown evangelist David Barton of Wallbuilders to Cleveland, for a discussion about the Common Core standards adopted in 2010 by the state of Ohio.

Finn Laursen, Executive Director of CEAI explains the mission of the organization, and the objections many Christian educators have to Common Core.

David Barton, author of The Founder's Bible, will be joined by others at Grace Church, 7393 Pearl Road in Middleburg Heights on Thursday, May 29th to describe Common Core from a biblical point of view.  The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.