Reflections

  I knew she was ill, so why did I feel so shocked and sad when I heard that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died? Maybe because she had fought off death so many times that it seemed she would just motor on. My reaction was not a political one -- spurred by concerns about the court -- it was a personal and emotional one. A pervasive sense of loss that motivated me to read all I could to try to better understand what made her who she became. I suppose that some of her values are a function of her generation -- growing up as she did in the 1930s and 1940s -- and therefore may feel to some of you to be old-fashioned or anachronistic. But when I read about her life I am reminded of personal values that I want to reach for and pursue. Values that are timeless.   There is so much you can read about RBG, and so much I am sure many of you have already read. The  biographical article  in  The New York Times  on Saturday offers a good overall picture. And if you then read he...