by Jim Heath | Jun 17, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
President Biden has signed into law a bill creating a federal holiday to commemorate Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in America. Federal employees will get tomorrow off. June 19, 1865 is the day when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army informed...
by Jim Heath | Jun 16, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History analyzes the ongoing water crisis out west. Jim Heath and Barack Obama briefly discussed western water concerns over a dozen years ago in South Carolina. The conversation happened before the start of a formal interview back in 2007. This week, water...
by Jim Heath | Jun 14, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
At Joe Biden’s inauguration, Garth Brooks performed a stirring rendition of the classic spiritual “Amazing Grace.” Jim on History looks back to his performance, and more importantly, what happened afterwards. Brooks, in a sign of true bipartisanship,...
by Jim Heath | Jun 12, 2021 | Headlines
Right-wing radio host Alex Jones is facing online calls for his arrest after social media users resurfaced the conspiracy theorist’s nearly $500,000 donation to a January 6 rally that preceded the Capitol riot. In a video posted from Washington D.C. on January...
by Jim Heath | Jun 12, 2021 | Climate, Headlines
The reservoir created by Hoover Dam, an engineering marvel that symbolized the American ascendance of the 20th Century, has sunk to its lowest level ever, underscoring the gravity of the extreme drought across the U.S. West. As of Thursday, the lake surface fell to...
