Welcome back to firg line, dr. Cornel west and dr. Robert george. Thank you. Ha you. And we salute you for your show building on the great legacy of this historic firing line show. Well, i am honored, because you are both celebrated scholars and public intellectuals whoma come from reably different world views and profess different perspectives dr. West, you are a professed nonmarxist cialist. And, dr. George, you are a movement. The theoconservative im not sure id say that, but at least im not a marxist. like cornel in that respect. [ laughter ] and were both christians. Were both christians. Youre both christians. And you respect each other enough to disagree and to engaga erious and rigorous contest of ideas in a civil andy respectful you teach a course at Princeton University and you also have in common that youes were both on the original firing line with william f. Buckley jr. Mmhmm. Ita very great honor. Very great honor. Well, whats clear is, as you nod when you speak, youred n