Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Firing line, dr. L west and dr. Robert george. I am honored, because you are both celebrated scholarsnd public intellectuals who come from remarkably different world views and profess differentpe pectives. Dr. West, you are a professed nonmarxist socialist. And, dr. George, you are a leader in the theoconservative movement. Im not sure id y that, but at least im not a marxist. Im like cornel in that respect. [ laughter ] were both christians. Stians. Youre both christians. And you respect each other enough to disagree and to engage in a serious and rigorous ntest of ideas in a civil and respectful way you teach a course at Princeton University and you also have in common that you re both guests on the original firing line with william f. Buckley jr. Mmhmm. T a very great honor. Very great honor. Theres a clear affection h tween the two of you, wh hes so lovable. We ct help it. [ laughter ] in fact, i think its deeper