It is no coincidence simplistic movements are finding success when our worldviews and personal relations are being shaped by chaotic and often ill-tempered online interaction. Opportunistic rabble-rousers are only too happy to ride this wave of digital bombast. The answer is a counter-wave of online civility. [Read more…] about In praise of politeness
Mezica: The Balkan Lord’s
MEZICA, Slovenia, summer 2013—The distinctive thwack of leather on willow is not the first thing you might expect to hear in a remote alpine valley in the former-Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. But it is almost 40 years since cricket was first played in Mezica, in the far north of the country, making it the cradle of a growing regional cricket scene and enthusiastic host of international touring sides. [Read more…] about Mezica: The Balkan Lord’s