A Looming Tom Bombadisaster?

By: Jack Butler · Jack Butler — May 30^th 2024 at 18:12

The reported inclusion of Tom Bombadil in season two of The Rings of Power reeks of desperation.

Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil in <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</i> season two.

James Buckley and the ‘Population Bomb’ That Never Went Off

By: Jack Butler · Jack Butler — May 17^th 2024 at 16:10

The late Buckley countered the Malthusianism of his day and prophetically wondered if underpopulation might eventually become a bigger problem.

James L. Buckley at the National Review Institute Ideas Summit in 2019.

By: Jack Butler · Jack Butler — May 15^th 2024 at 11:16

A new trailer might seem promising, but the show has a lot of work to do to become worthy of Tolkien’s legacy.

Durin III (Peter Mullan) in the teaser trailer for Season 2 of <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</i>