On my way to the gym this morning the radio station I was listening to made mention of the birth dates of two notable people – journalist Sam Donaldson and recently deceased Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia.

Donaldson was born on this date in 1934 in El Paso, Texas, and during his career served as White House correspondent for the ABC network. Scalia was born in Trenton, N.J., in 1936 and served on the Supreme Court for nearly 30 years after being appointed by Ronald...