Hillary Clinton has been much mocked over the years for arguing that it takes a village to raise a child.

Lilly Ledbetter was nearing 60 and on the verge of retirement when someone sent her an anonymous letter telling her that for the preceding 19 years, she'd been earning less than her male counterparts at Goodyear Tire and Rubber.

Unless you shopped at his stationery store, played golf with him or cheered for the Patriots and Dartmouth next to him, you've probably never heard of my Uncle Bobby. He died suddenly on Sunday, although the last time I saw him, at my mother's funeral, her older brother suddenly looked old. No, he wasn't famous: He didn't appear on television or hang out with stars. He wasn't infamous either: He never violated the law, always paid his taxes and was one of those guys you could just count on.