Dick Spotswood: There are positive projects throughout Marin’s civil society

Those who follow government and politics on the national scene are now used to a “new normal” of discouraging developments. Let’s change course and look at positive happenings in Marin’s civil society.

• One of Marin’s treasures is Dominican University and its Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. As we all get older, the trick to maintaining good health, both physical and mental, is exercise. OLLI provides intellectual stimulation needed to keep the brain active.

Its classes in liberal arts...