WATCH: Jim On History Recap Season 1 – Preview Of F-16 Flight!
Jim on History's first season on YouTube is now history. The first three-month run was a big success, with one of the episodes attracting over 20,000 views. In total, the first season garnered nearly 5,000 new subscribers to the Jim Heath Channel, and tens of...
WATCH: Discussing Western Water Crisis With Obama A DOZEN Years Ago
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...
WATCH: Jim On History – Garth Brooks Hugs The Presidents!
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, made sure to...
SCOTUS RULES NON-VOTERS ARE PEOPLE TOO
When do you know you've made a really stupid legal argument? When the Supreme Court unanimously rules against you, that's when. That's what happened today after some conservatives in Texas insisted that only registered voters, and not the general population, should...
WINNING WISCONSIN WILL BE A LOSING DEAL
Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz will win Wisconsin. And it won't matter one bit. The Sanders campaign has all but admitted moving forward they are toast. According to the New York Times, the campaign is already analyzing where it went wrong. From too little campaigning...
Trump Once Bolted The “Crazy” Republican Party
'"I really believe the Republicans are just too crazy right." And with that, Donald Trump left the Republican Party. It was October, 1999. Bill Clinton, a Democrat, was president. Texas Gov. George W Bush was the GOP front-runner for the nomination in 2000. And...
CINDY MCCAIN “HIDDEN AND QUIET TEARS”
In yet another remarkable political moment on social media, Cindy McCain, wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, took to Facebook this weekend to give a pep talk to the spouses of the remaining presidential candidates. "Most recently an...
MEANWHILE IN CANADA…
While Americans watch one of the most bizarre circus like presidential campaigns unfold, the new Canadian Prime Minister is being credited for bringing about a tranquil style of politics. Last week a Toronto-area yoga instructor shared this 2013 photo of Justin...
TRUMP IS HUGE FOR CABLE TV BUSINESS
Don't say Donald Trump never did anything for you. Especially if you're in the cable news business. For the first time since its birth in 1996, Fox News was the most-watched channel in the expansive cable television universe. Think of that. A cable news station had...
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY LOVES HILLARY
Republicans often make a strong military the center of their political campaigns, and portray themselves as more supportive of defense spending than their Democratic opponents, but in the 2016 race for president the defense industry loves Hillary Clinton far above...
WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY?
It was 1980. My first involvement in a political campaign. The economy was in a shambles. Runaway inflation was 14.5 percent. Costs were so high that many Americans struggled to buy basic groceries. Interest rates hit 20 percent, and most Americans were not buying...
RAND PAUL GOES WHERE HIS DAD WON’T
Senator Rand Paul announced on April Fools' Day that he will back Donald Trump if he is the GOP nominee. And that's no joke. "I think we never get the candidate we exactly want unless you're the candidate," Paul said. That's in stark contrast to his father, Ron...
WOMEN HATE TRUMP
Another day and more evidence that women, who make up over half of the electorate come November, hate The Donald. Gallup reports: "Donald Trump's image among U.S. women tilts strongly negative, with 70% of women holding an unfavorable opinion and 23% a favorable...