the irish catholics were thought to belong to the caltech race and people descended from english people were thought to belong to the sex and race and the saxons were better than the celts. it was not until the middle of the 20th century which many of us remember vividly that the idea of one big white race came into being in which everybody who was white was the same as everybody else. it is not an accident that that happened through politics. it happened through the national mobilization of the great depression, the second world war, and the federal policies crafted after a minute. here is a little bit from ron carlson. >> harold vermis is the author of art and politics of science. tell us, how did you come up with the title? >> i knew a book that was simply given a scientific titles wouldn't be attractive and secondly as a scientist i know that science has its artistic features and strongly linked to politics. my own life has been engaged not only in science but in the arts and the politics of doing science, so what's interesting to most people about what i do is the way in which scie

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an irish catholic. for 30 years he was the only catholic on the court. 1936 until justice scalia joined him. a stream so extraordinary now. but 30 years he was the only catholic. he was stereotyped from the beginning. this happy leprechaun. he was a small -- not a tall guy . he was a very personable man. very friendly. it was genuine. you see stories from his confirmation describing a jaunty irishman. is very much how his replacement was character and stereotyped as a fiery latina. unfortunately that stereotype stock. it played into his second notion . how he did his job as a justice. there was this notion that he was this irish or boss. going through the hallway, shaking hands, making deals, slapping backs. he deeply resented that idea. in many ways rightfully sell. his success was not due to the fact that somehow he was a politician working the room with all. he was an extraordinary consensus builder. he had extraordinary skills. interpersonal was only a piece of it. he also had an extraordinary gifts

they both are this notion, justice brennan was an irish catholic, and he was the only catholic until 1986. it seems extraordinary now, a court consisting of six catholics and three jews. he was stereotyped from the beginning in two ways, this happy leprechaun. he was a small -- he's not a tall guy. and he was a very personal man, very friendly, it was genuine, but you see even the stories from his selection describing the jaunty irishman. it's very much how justice sotomayor who now occupies his seat was sort of charactered and stereotyped as a fiery latina. and, unfortunately, that stereotype of justice brennan, i think, stuck, and it played into a second notion, how he did his job as a justice. there was this notion that he was this irish ward boss, that he was some politician going through the hallway shaking hands, making deals, slapping backs. he deeply resented that idea, and i in many ways rightfully so. his success wasn't due to the fact that somehow he was a politician working the room or working the halls. he was an extraordinary consensus builder. he had extraordinary skil

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the irish catholic background. i think we come from the same place.this is the first i have ever heard of you. you are a very intelligent man. you are headed in the right direction. don't let them correct you. you are a family man. -- corrupt you. you are a car dealership man, you are a salesman, sell yourself, sell the country. do you understand what i am saying? guest: thank you for that. i am very flattered, really. i am a young gun here. it has been a privilege. truly, i have been blessed by god for this opportunity. my parents were very good with us. they raised us the right way. it is just a privilege to be an american. i am humbled to be able to serve right now. we are going to be flat level best we can and we are not going to let the american people down. this will not be easy to get done. i have always said, we are going to need a strong stomach and backbone to do the things we have to do to get it back on track. we will do it, and at the end of the day, america will be stronger for it. this was one of my concerns as i ran. there are a lot of

when the irish came to the city, they were fortunate, they could find employment at the bmo and went to the catholicurch and when to the mark and built a community there. it's a wonderful piece of baltimore history. >> and your photography work is gorgeous and they assimilated and moved on and the irish community isn't in that area nowing they're everywhere. >> the story is the like the story of america. like so many groups that came to philadelphia and new york that would leave because of forces mean spirited, they wanted to practice their religion and culture and when they got to america, they had the opportunity and this story, on some level is known for those all over the city. >> and we're at the maryland irish festival from noon until 11:00 and free for under 12 and some charge up to $8. if you need to get any kilt wear out here, i understand, of course, the guy who let me wear a kilt. there's also a guy selling them here today. reporting live, mike schuh, wjz- 13 eyewitness news back to you on tv hill. i'm hoping that's not part of your new biking gear. >> yeah, it is, you got a problem with

irish civilization desire of the everlasting hill, the world before and after jesus. why the greek matter and mysteries of the middle ages the rise of feminism, science and art from the catholic europe. he has degrees in literature, philosophy, film and dramatic literature. he can speak to the murders languages including greek, hebrew, latin, french and italian. today we will be discussing his book, a saint on death row the story of dominique greenup which i see is a distinguishing departure and amazing complement to his historic theory. on the far right is david dow, the witness from the courtroom and from huntsville infant death row. he's an internationally recognized figure in the fight against the death penalty and is a professor of law we a the university of houston law center in his founder and current director of the texas network. he also serves his litigation director of the texas defenders service which is a nonprofit law firm that represents death row defendants. dow published numerous books on judicial reform and the death penalty including executed on a technicality and autobiography of an execution which will be discussing today. in the middle, from the journali