Google Maps from Chester VA to Leroy WV

Check out Google's directions from here to Leroy WV.

Interview: Lynne Cheney, Author and Historian on Fresh Air

Dad recommeded that I listen to the Lynn Cheney interview on Fresh Air (NPR) last night and I was able to this morning -- it was very interesting. Just like O'Reilly, she came on the program to talk about her new book (and presumably new books she's currently writing, which Terri Gross didn't even ask about until the last ninety seconds, as though it were an afterthought to ask an author what projects they're working on now), but Terri railroaded her into the homosexual marriage issue as fast as she could. But Cheney handled it well -- it was one more example of a strong conservative shutting down a very rudely persistent line of questioning by the Fresh Air host.

Marry Your In-Laws?

Scotland is rewriting its marriage laws. Not only do they want you to be able to marry any in-law, but check out the rest of the proposed changes at the end of the article and the church's reaction.

Bacteria are not Immortal

I did not realize that science ever believed them to be anything but mortal.

Psychiatry is Discovering EVIL

"Evil is endemic, it's constant, it is a potential in all of us. Just about everyone has committed evil acts," said Dr. Robert I. Simon, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School.
Psychiatrists are beginning to verbalize the total depravity of man. But they still don't want to make moral judgements so please don't use the E word (you are free to think it though).