Preview: Colleague Lee Smith presents the dispute within the "Realist" school looking to win decision-making authority to challenge the Trump administration policy with regard to Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran. More later.

Preview: Colleague Peter Huessy explains what we do not know about PRC launch authority for its growing strategic and tactical warhead arsenal. More later.

Preview: Colleague John Hardie of FDD checks on the pause that the US imposed on Ukraine for weaponry and intelligence. More tonight.

Preview: Colleague Bill Roggio explains why the Houthis may presume that there is no risk to firing on the US Navy. More later.

#Londinium90AD: On Syracuse, Plato recommends a half-baked tyranny, such as Augustus Caesar, is best. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michaelis_Vlahos

#Londinium90AD: DOGE and the unprepared to be fired. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michaelis_Vlahos

#Londinium90AD: Russia Wins As It Always Wins Since Peter, Ugly. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michaelis_Vlahos

8/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

7/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

6/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

5/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

4/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

3/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)2

2/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

1/8: THERE WAS A REPORTED PUSH TO GET STARSHIP TEST #8 TO ORBIT:.Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age Hardcover – by Eric Berger (Author)

Preview: Conversation with Professor Richard Carwardine, author, "Righteous Rage: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union." Re: the battle of the pulpits for and against Union, for and against the status quo of slavery, for and against L

Preview: Colleague and author Eric Berger, "Reentry," reports on how quickly and successfully SpaceX engineers built the Dragon spacecraft for cargo hauling to ISS. More later.

Preview: Author Eric Berger, "Reentry," explains why SpaceX leads all competition, state and private, for monetizing the Earth-Moon system. More tonight.

#OzWatch: Puzzle: Veteran Australian cricket champion, David Warner, crosses the globe to play T20 Bazball for an England team, Spirit. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

#OZWATCH: Rescuing Droughtmaster in a river of venomous snakes and spiders. JEREMY ZAKIS, NEW SOUTH WALES. #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY