In my latest Mercatornet article I say the extended version "making of" DVDs show that The Lord of the Rings film trilogy was an amazing logistical and creative achievement that unhappily missed much of the moral point of Tolkien's masterpiece.

"Do unto others as they would like to be done unto"

Attributed to "various U.S. management consultants” in Globe and Mail March 10, 2000 p. A18.

"the telescope through which we can see the star upon which we dwell."

G.K. Chesterton defining religion, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 8 #1 (Sept. 2004)