[Olog-hai]

Second, though a conservative, Tolkien was not a very devout Tory, sometimes mocking Winston Churchill …

That would not be surprising. There is that religious divide that was more pronounced in those days after all. Churchill would have been Tolkein’s contemporary face of the Reformation.

[Cicero]

Excellent article. And I agree with him about the movies.

Read the books.

[SES1066]

... that he believed in subsidiarity– that is the principle that power should reside at the most immediate level possible.

I feel likewise as it is the sovereign anodyne to imperial power. You can talk and reason with your local city council or county commission, good luck with doing that with the President or even your local US Representative.

[dfwgator]

Second, though a conservative, Tolkien was not a very devout Tory, sometimes mocking Winston Churchill.

In the 30s, Churchill was even more hated by the Tories than even by the Liberals.