he treated even his opponents with dignity and respect. cummings died in october. we also today mourn supreme court justice john paul stevens. he wrote two opinions, one against clinton and one against bush. bernie sandler worked behind the scenes as the god mother of title 9 to help even the playing field for women. and hokie roberts who mentored women reporters. end of the year obituaries bring clarity as to the few of us who get remembered and what we get remembered for. william rugalshouse who died last month was the first administrator of the epa and acting director of the fbi but he was best known for resigning as deputy attorney general instead of carrying out president nixon's corrupt order to fire independent archiebald