Letter from Chip Northrup

Be Grateful for Small Mercies

I met Ruth Bader Ginsberg at The Glimmerglass Festival. She was standing behind me at the bar. I turned to her and asked, “What’ll you have, Judge ?” She looked up, “White wine.” I turned to the bartender, got the wine and handed it to the judge while her bodyguards glared at me.

Years before, President Obama had attempted to get her to resign. The unfortunate political timing of her death helped pave the way for a red majority on the Supremes and the overturn of Roe, sending millions of American women back into the dark ages of reproductive rights. We all need to know when to exit stage left. We all need to learn when to yield the limelight to the next act.