Donald Teel

The Iran-Saudi Alliance

The United Arab Emirates has a new Envoy, and he has experience. After 7 years of stalemate, Reza Ameri is the man selected by Tehran to serve as its representative in Riyadh as the Saudi government forms a new alliance with its once-mistrusted counterpart. Ameri is no rookie and has served as Iran’s ambassador to […]

iVoteAmerica Picks Andrew McCarthy

Growing up delivering papers in a small New York town has advantages. You get to know people, their moods, temperaments, family members, and how they might respond when the newspaper arrives late or, not at all. When  you grow up delivering papers in the snow, you also learn something about America and how life works […]

Party Government Since 1857

We have all heard the biblical admonition, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Those words are straight out of the Bible and found in Matthew, 12:25, where Jesus issues this admonition and warning: “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city […]

iVoteOregon Endorses Angela Plowhead

Oregon has been a state walking on the tightrope of sheer anarchy. Like you, I watched the rioting, the looting, the mugging, and the tyranny of the Portland meltdown. Leaders were scarce, decisive leaders were nonexistent. Portland became a war zone. The once lovely community of parks, well-manicured neighborhoods, restaurants, and a vibrant culture unraveled. […]

Have We Reached the Endpoint?

Our Republic has endured multiple threats to its survival. So far, by the providence of the Almighty, all foes have been defeated. Of late, concerns have emerged causing us to ask, have we reached the endpoint? Are we what we used to be and if not, what have we become and where are we going […]

America’s Vicious Soft Civil War

War is a hot political topic. For me, growing up in America has always involved the subject of war. For decades I have listened to rants about the war on poverty, the war on crime, the war on the family, and even the cold war. Throughout my 16 years of education, my studies included the […]

5 Things that Made America Great

No President, standing alone, can lay claim to having made America great. George Washington, our first President and the undisputed Father of America is the closest person who could remotely lay claim to having made America great. Let’s tell the truth. America, as a collective body of people, culture, and characteristics, hasn’t always acted like […]