Report on "Opera and Law" with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg at the recent Glimmerglass Music Festival in Cooperstown, plus discussion of local and continuing issues in Columbia and Greene Counties that will be covered over the next few months. Co-hosts Debby Mayer and Debora Gilbert Ryan take the reins while Victor Mendolia is on hiatus through the electoral campaign season. Both newspaper journalists with many years' experience, Debby is currently a contributing editor at The Columbia Paper and Debora is a contributor at The Columbia Paper.