Today, September 24, 2019, is National Voter Registration Day. Americans are celebrating National Voter Registration Day with a massive 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. With local elections happening in a few weeks, every eligible American voter should exercise his or her right to be heard at the ballot box this year and next. National Voter Registration Day is the right place to start by getting registered. That is why communities across the country are planning […]
Happy National Coffee Ice Cream Day! If you are a coffee lover and a lover of ice cream, then this is the food holiday you look forward to every year. National Coffee Ice Cream Day is observed annually on September 6th. Since today is a coffee national day, I’m using it to promote Coffee Party USA, just like I did last year on National Ice Cream Day by being a good environmentalist and recycling and updating what I wrote for […]
The volunteers of Coffee Party USA have voted on the nominees for the Golden Coffee Cups for the 2017-2018 television season, so it’s time to announce the winners. “Mindhunter” won Best Drama Series about Politics and Government, “Veep” won Best Comedy Series about Politics and Government, “Black Mirror” won Best Miniseries or Movie for Television about Politics and Government, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” won Best Comedy, Drama, Miniseries, or Movie for Television about Fantastic and Futuristic Politics and Government, and […]
Happy National Nonprofit Day! As I did last year, I am celebrating by asking my readers to donate to my favorite nonprofit, Coffee Party USA. I am a director and officer of the organization and I just donated $5.00 in addition to my regular $10.00 monthly dues. I am asking my readers to please match my $5.00 donation. I described where your money and mine will go in Happy 9th Birthday, Coffee Party USA! Your donation will allow “you to […]
“Hitler’s spell over his listeners rested “on the fanatical belief of this man in himself,” “on his pseudo-authoritative judgments about everything under the sun, and on the fact that his opinions […] could always be fitted into an all-encompassing ideology.”
by Charlotte Coyle (June 2019) Political tension is built into the fabric of our nation. The Founders intentionally created a checks and balances tension that forces cooperation and enforces collaboration across political differences. However … …when “we” are in power, we wish those checks and balances were not in our way. …when “they” are in power, we are grateful for the tension that limits the tyranny of the majority. Good tension maintains the strength of a suspension bridge; creates beautiful […]
Thom Hartmann stopped by to do a Coffee Party Talk about his latest book.
Current leaders of our country lie routinely, without serious repercussions. Educated people in high-level positions brush aside, as hogwash, both evidence-based knowledge and a near-total global consensus of scientists on climate change. And—perhaps the scariest part—relatively few Americans express alarm about the lying and assaults on objective truth. If you, like me, are genuinely baffled about this “post-truth” era of “fake news” and “alternative facts” and concerned about the state of American democracy, read on. Also, read Democracy and Truth: […]
Heather Prabish, Coffee Party USA President Everyone expresses themselves differently. I do not enjoy writing articles and blog posts. So my friends, I leave you with an original poem. I hope you enjoy it. I hope it inspires you to sit down, enjoy a cup of coffee and talk. Just talk and listen. Talk about anything. Leave the problems of the world aside for a few minutes and connect with people around you. Coffee Party Common ground. Strangers and […]