A Cathedral of Comfort for Nonbelievers

Bob Cox says The LA Times has a Story on the role of the library in a religion-free life.

The author can\’t turn to god, so he turned to the library for help.

\”When it comes to the library, I\’m orthodox. I relish its quiet and contemplative spaces. Other of its precincts, however, vibrate with a noisy sense of mission–the cultivation of young people, the encouragement of community mindedness–much in keeping, as chief librarian Susan Kent puts it, with a young, teeming city\’s need for \”an energetic place of possibilities.\”