Have we stopped caring about cheats in sport ?

Here’s an excellent article by the Guardian’s Lawrence Donegan about doping in sport.

He says the news that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz (right) – of the Boston Red Sox- tested positive for drugs in 2003 has been greeted by the U.S public with :

” … a level of indifference it usually reserves for French political affairs.”

Are you celebrating Baitullah Mehsud’s death?

There are strong indications that a top Pakistani Taliban leader was killed in a US air attack in the South Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan. The White House has just said although they can’t confirm the death, there seems to be a growing consensus that Baitullah Mehsud had been killed.