talking about critical race theory, what it is, it's marxist roots but also how it impacted the baptist denominationwould not be surprised at some time in the future if baptists didn't split the way other denominations have. >> why are you in nashville? [laughter] >> that's a good question because as a tenured professor at princeton and i end up in nashville so a lot of reasons, vanderbilt university offered me a full professorship and i was associate professor at princeton and they offered me more money so i could say i was part of the reason but i can also say it was rare for a tenure princeton professor to leave princeton to go to vanderbilt. back then, 1998 when they approached me. at that time, vanderbilt was not the world-class university it is today and when i told people i was going to vanderbilt, they said you were going where? vanderbilt? where is that? i made the transition and accepted the contract, i physically moved to nashville in 2000 and i had to put vanderbilt on the map so now people don't ask, vanderbilt? where is that? >> the tennessean, he wrote in 2017, i will not miss when yo

it but it's talking about critical race theory andnd whatt is but also how to impacted the baptist denomination. i would not be surprised if some point in the future if the t baptist didn't split the way other denominations have. >> host: why are you in>> nashville? get so why am i in nashville? that's a good question because i was a tenured or fester it princeton and i end up in nashville. there are a lot of reasons and one thing vanderbilt university offered me a full professorship and at that timehe i was an associate professor and they a offered me her money. i could say that was part of the reason but i can also say it's very rare for a tenured or instant professor to leave princeton for an ivy league school to go to vanderbilt and back then in 1998 they approached me and at that time the vanderbilt was not the world-class university that it is today. when i told people i was going too vanderbilt they just plant, where? vanderbilt, where is that? i made the transition andd knivs to did the contractor moved to nashville and i have put to vanderbilt on the map so now people don't ask vanderb

denominations. for instance, i'm baptist, but i have talked to people of catholic faith and different denominations.u are asking if i've talked to people like hindus or muslims , not that i'm aware of. that's not to say i wouldn't. host: gerard in texas. democrats line. hi. caller: good morning. how are you doing, miss chumley? guest: good morning. caller: i am a conservative democrat. believe in self-employment, fully yourself up by your bootstraps. i would like to deal with facts and the fallout of facts. bill clinton in modern times is the only one who pay down the debt most conservative republicans cannot still come to terms with that. and after he left office the first act was to eliminate or take the funding or the proceeds that would have continued to pay down that debt. those are facts. and a lot are attacking that history. that cannot be undone. secondly, when barack obama came into office and had to deal with the fallout of that that, the collapse of the economy, he made the wrong choice in going the medical route in terms of trying to go with universal health care. if he would have follow

denominations. for instance, i'm baptist, but i have talked to people of catholic faith and different denominations.king if i've talked to people like hindus or muslims , not that i'm aware of. that's not to say i wouldn't. host: gerard in texas. democrats line. hi. caller: good morning. how are you doing, miss chumley? guest: good morning. caller: i am a conservative democrat. believe in self-employment, fully yourself up by your bootstraps. i would like to deal with facts and the fallout of facts. bill clinton in modern times is the only one who pay down the debt most conservative republicans cannot still come to terms with that. and after he left office the first act was to eliminate or take the funding or the proceeds that would have continued to pay down that debt. those are facts. and a lot are attacking that history. that cannot be undone. secondly, when barack obama came into office and had to deal with the fallout of that that, the collapse of the economy, he made the wrong choice in going the medical route in terms of trying to go with universal health care. if he would have followed the s

turned it apart and ill not be surprised at some point in the future if the baptist didn't split the way the other denominations have. >> now why are you in nashville? >> why am i in nashville? >> yes, ma'am. >> that's a good question because i was a ten-year professor at princeton, you know, and and i ended up in nashville and so a lot of reasons, one thing vanderbilt university offered me a full professorship and at the time i was an associate professor at princeton and they offered me more money and i would say that that's part of the reason but i can also say that it was very rare for princeton professors to leave princeton, ivy league school to go to vanderbilt. it was 1998 when they approached me and at the time vanderbilt was not the world-class university it is today and when i told people i was going to vanderbilt, they said you are going where? vanderbilt, where is that? and i made the transition. i accepted the contract. i physically moved to nashville and i have put vanderbilt on the map, and now people ask vanderbilt, where is that? >> i will not miss when you retire from vanderbilt and what americ