“PARTS UNKNOWN” TRAVELING FOOD CRITIC VENTURES TO EXOTIC … WEST VIRGINIA: And for a liberal Anthony Bourdain sounds like not such a bad guy. He actually likes going to new places, meeting new people and getting to know them (even when they’re “only” his own countrymen). He says, “You know, the contempt with which we speak of West Virginia in the political circles that I’m inclined to vote with I think is sort of disgraceful and counterproductive and unlovely. A little understanding and a little empathy — the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes for a few minutes — has got to be a good thing.” With a few more like Bourdain, maybe the Republic will survive after all.