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Iran: A crucial lesson from Lord of the Rings

Christian Twiste2 Comments
Lord of the Rings

Given the choice between pursuing wholesale regime change or making a deal that can be improved in the future, I’d take my chances with the deal and hope that like Sauron in Lord of the Rings, Iran’s evil can be diminished such that it will never rise again even if it can’t be destroyed. “For… Continue reading Iran: A crucial lesson from Lord of the Rings

The Wheel of Time turns into a big-budget TV adaptation, but will the original author finally get the credit he deserves?

Christian Twiste1 Comment

Robert Jordan created the most complex, detailed, and intricate fantasy world in the history of literature, but few people outside the genre know his name.  As Amazon’s The Wheel of Time prompts comparisons to Game of Thrones, it’s worth considering the extent of Robert Jordan’s genius and whether audiences have the patience to see it… Continue reading The Wheel of Time turns into a big-budget TV adaptation, but will the original author finally get the credit he deserves?