Whether or not Gandalf could beat Sauron is a query that has been hotly contested in The Lord of the Rings fandom, but the answer is clear.

The Rings of Power has the chance to solve a decades-old Lord of the Rings mystery in season 3, and it should go there.

But just as the Ring bends its bearer to its will, these instruments of big government warp their purpose, eroding the very freedoms they claim to safeguard. Taxes are sold as a force for good—funding ...