Saruman was a traitor and a turncoat who threw his lot in with Sauron, and the books portrayed it much more literally than ...

Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse. A law to curb pollution or ensure safety seems a worthy ...

Whether or not Gandalf could beat Sauron is a query that has been hotly contested in The Lord of the Rings fandom, but the answer is clear.

However, there are reasons why Gandalf was given this gift, and why the others weren’t. Not only was his mission complete, but he was also a ring-bearer. As for the other wizards, their fates ...

Regulations offer the starkest echo of the Ring’s curse. A law to curb pollution or ensure safety seems a worthy cause—Gandalf himself might approve. Yet, the machinery of enforcement ...