Horror and Pride

It has been a dodgy couple of days for news about my part of England. Yesterday I watched with pride as my hometown football team - Wigan Athletic - scored three goals in the first half against Blackburn. This then turned to horror as they conceded three, with my pride eventually recovering after they pulled a couple back for a scrappy 5-3 victory (first in thirteen games). Then (via PZ) I find out that the same type of creationist nonsense that we're forced to waste time and effort fighting in the U.S. is rearing its empty head in England, and in Lancashire no less! As the Observer reports