Lord of the Rings: An Ethical Guide

I am a big House of Cards fan.  Whether or not it is how business in Washington really gets done , it is how I would like to picture it. ...

For the entirety of Fellowship , Frodo is our avatar.  We know only what he knows - rarely are we let in on the thoughts of other characters...

This week's chapter is called "The Riders of Rohan," and the text follows the Three Hunters, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli as th...

'Boromir is dead.' said Aragorn.  'I am unscathed, for I was not here with him.  He fell defending the hobbits while I was ...

So here we are, one third of the way through this.  I wanted to share some reflections I've had so far. First:  I feel I've proven...

This chapter is called “The Breaking of the Fellowship,” which is a fitting title for the final chapter of a book called “The Fellowship of ...

Boromir is one of the more complicated characters in our text, largely because very little is said about him.  There are whole chapters whe...