by M. W. Wollacott | Nov 19, 2023 | Conservatism, Philosophy
In some way we are all conservative. To be conservative there is something in our lives that we appreciate and wish to preserve, protect, and keep unchanged. Being conservative is a philosophy of love – of the individual that loves that which works and wishes to...
by M. W. Wollacott | Nov 19, 2023 | Economics, Philosophy
Adam Smith is erroneously associated with the invention of Capitalism. As is the corpulent theorist, Karl Marx. However, neither of them invented the term nor popularized it. That being said, Marx is the originator of the idea of capitalism. This article will look at...
by M. W. Wollacott | Nov 19, 2023 | Beasts and Monsters, Fantasy, Tolkien
My childhood was filled with fantastical tales. I did not grow up on J.R.R. Tolkien’s work because by the 1980s, most of the shelves were filled with the derivatives and the knock offs. I grew up on Dragonlance and Raymond E. Feist. Yet, the primary races – the...
by M. W. Wollacott | Nov 19, 2023 | Beasts and Monsters, Fantasy, Tolkien
While arachnophobes might not agree, the Black Riders are one of the scariest things in The Lord of the Rings; particularly as they track Frodo and the Ring through the shire. There are some questions about the Black Riders, otherwise known as the Nazgûl or...
by M. W. Wollacott | Nov 19, 2023 | Beasts and Monsters, Fantasy, Tolkien
The Battle of the Five Armies has a movie named after it, but is it not immediately obvious to anyone watching it what the five armies are. We have the dwarfs – a mixture of Erebor and the Iron Hills, we have the wood elves of Mirkwood, the humans of Lake Town,...