Mr. Farrell talked about his book Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography, published by Little, Brown & Company. Thomas Philip “Tip” O’Neill was the Speaker of the House for ten years. He served in Congress from 1953 through 1989 and saw some of the greatest moments of post-World War II American politics and the rise and decline of Democratic politics. Videotape clips of Mr. O’Neill were shown.