Too many policymakers think of the Iranian regime as solely a Middle Eastern matter. But with attentions focused elsewhere, a powerful network of South Asian Shia Islamists operates with near impunity much closer—across the state of Texas. On March 13, a Pakistani Shia mosque in Houston, named the Ali Center, hosted a commemoration for the...
What STEP is and what it is not ERCOT’s Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP) proposes new 765-kilovolt (765-kV) transmission lines to move large amounts of electricity across Texas and strengthen the backbone of the grid. The point is straightforward: demand is rising, and the system needs more capacity to deliver power where Texans need it. The lifetime cost of the STEP is nearly $100 billion, a...
Over the past 12 years, teaching at universities across the country, I have watched something shift in the young men sitting in front of me. They are not apathetic. They are not lazy. They are lost, and they know it. They come into my classroom searching for the same things young men have always searched...