Preview: Colleague Dr. Ken Croswell, astronomer, explains a fresh discovery of a solitary black hole in the constellation Sagittarius. More later.

Preview: Colleague Veronique de Rugy recommends a tax plan that does not penalize savings as the current confusing regime. More later.

Preview: Colleague Anatol Lieven does see a path to pulling the Kremlin back from its collaboration with the CCP. More later.

Preview: Colleague Chris Riegel recommends against prohibiting PRC talent from high-end CHIPS and for inviting PRC talent with rewards and opportunities.

Preview: Colleague Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of "The Unvanquished," presents the kidnapping/abduction plan that was advanced by the Confederate Secret Service against POTUS Lincoln. More later.

Preview: Colleague Evan Ellis describes the brutality that tamed the El Salvador crime wave for President Nayib Bukele. More later.

Good evening: The show begins in Russia with the three major demands by the Kremlin for war end: regime change; annexation of Donbass, no NATO...E

MARS: CURIOSITY ABIDES BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

VAST: COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM

ATOMS FOR PEACE; QUIZ, SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE.

FRANCE: SOUND BARRIER. SIMON CONSTABLE, OCCITANIE.

RUSSIA: TRUMP TARIFF TALK CRUSHES RUSSIAN OIL. . MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER

PRC: COLLECTING SUBMARINE CABLES, JACK BURNHAM, FDD.

2/2: JAPAN: DEALING. GRANT NEWSHAM, "WHEN CHINA ATTACKS."

1/2: JAPAN: DEALING. GRANT NEWSHAM, "WHEN CHINA ATTACKS."

Brandon Weichert, author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, on this: @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HIL

CANADA Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/chinese-government-mark-carney-messages

PRC: NUKES: Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

PRC: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL

2/2: TITANIC: CARPATHIA TO THE RESCUE.CHARLIE PELLEGRINO, "FAREWELL TITANIC." "THE CALIFORNIAN INCIDENT."