Border Security Broadening Our Threat Perception: Iran’s Texas-Pakistani Network 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... June 2, 2026
Family My Family’s Bicentennial Road Trip Taught Me What It Means To Be American America’s story needs to be retold, or it will be drowned out by the noise of these postmodern times. What I remember most about our nation’s big bicentennial celebration in 1976 was the bears in Cherokee National Forest. We awoke one morning to three or four of them calmly ransacking our campsite, as my parents,... June 1, 2026
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