By Paul Steidler: In order for the savings and benefits of DOGE to be realized to the greatest and longest extent possible, legislation is essential. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, is, by definition, about efficiency. As such, legislation eliminating unnecessary government programs while consolidating others is the best way to arrest out-of-control government spending and contain it for years. Otherwise, the wasteful expenditures and silly ideas are more likely to spring back with a vengeance. A clear illustration is [ Read More…]

On The Joe Piscopo Show broadcasting to drive-time New York City on Monday, the Army’s radical new tiltrotor FLRAA grabbed the attention of host Joe Piscopo and guest Dr. Rebecca Grant.  Piscopo: In your piece you wrote for FOX News, the Army is ditching helicopters for a radical new air assault plane.  How cool is that.  What is going on? Grant: This is so cool.  It’s a plane, it’s a helicopter, really, it’s both.  The Army calls it FLRAA for [ Read More…]

The full text of this article is available below and on the RealClearDefense website here. In the U.S. military’s race to stay ahead of China, naval aviation is only breaking even. To pull ahead, the United States Navy is counting on its secret new stealth fighter and attack plane for aircraft carriers known as F/A-XX.  A decision is urgent. In the Pacific, the Navy does not have overmatch against China. Carrier air wings operate, but “we do it at parity [ Read More…]

By Paul Steidler: Look for Pope Leo XIV to weigh in often on AI issues, as he did two days ago in one of his first Papal talks, and for his views to be carefully evaluated by important U.S. policymakers. This includes devout Catholics in the Trump Administration who drive tech policy, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In a May 10 address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV [ Read More…]

Tiltrotor planes are replacing Black Hawks and the Army wants them now. It’s a plane. It’s a helicopter. It’s both. Meet “FLRAA,” the Army’s new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. This is how the Army will island hop in the Pacific to fend off China. And by the way, Chinese President Xi Jinping has nothing like it.  Read full text below and from FOX News here. With a stunning announcement, the Army did more than axe 40 generals and open the [ Read More…]

Center for the National Interest — Panel Discussion Opening Remarks of Paul Steidler, Lexington Institute May 8, 2025 The full event can be viewed at the link here. There is real drama, and the stakes are quite high in the US-United Kingdom tech relationship. The reason is AI and our strategic relationship with China. As the United States needed allies to defeat the USSR in the Cold War, so too we need allies in our present-day economic and military competition [ Read More…]

By Paul Steidler: In a major speech on Monday, April 28, at the University of Notre Dame Law School, U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Gail Slater addressed “The Conservative Roots of America First Antitrust Enforcement.” At its core, the speech seeks to explain why the Trump Administration will continue an aggressive antitrust posture, particularly against tech companies, and how this supposedly fits into conservative economic values and practices. The term “MAGA Antitrust” along with “Hillbilly Antitrust” are [ Read More…]

The full text of this article is available below and on the 1945 website here. The Iran MOP Up Option: Air Force’s Biggest Bombs are Ready to Teach Iran a Lesson: As talks about Iran’s nuclear weapons program move forward, the U.S. military is keeping up the pressure with an array of forces in place under United States Central Command.  “We do not want to see war. This is not a president that campaigned on starting wars. And as he said very clearly, [ Read More…]

The full text of this article is available below and on the FOX News website here. “Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the peace deal DONE,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday. Oh, the frustration of negotiating with Russia. But this sounded like the cry of a hoop-skirted heroine tied to the railroad tracks. President Donald J. Trump is a master communicator, but with the single-word plea, he brought back bad memories of one of the low points [ Read More…]

There is a myth, growing in popularity, especially in Washington, D.C., that large technology companies somehow prosper at the expense of small businesses. The reality is far different, as seen from a recent survey by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) and other evidence. Regardless, some in the political class and special-interest, high-priced, Washington-based attorneys thrive on stoking these divisions. That is nothing new as the politics of envy has perennially fueled ambitious political attacks. The danger now [ Read More…]