The city of Albany has an incentive to bring more garbage to the rapidly filling dump on Rapp Road. The incentive is money. The financially strapped city takes in millions of dollars from landfill users.
How do we stop hate? We may not be able to change what is in someone’s heart, but we can require civil behavior. When no one objects to bullying, it emboldens the transgressor. And passivity adds to the victims’ suffering.
We’ve always relished Election Day. Democracy turns on the chance for choice. This year, the day, like the presidential campaign leading up to it, was extraordinary.
