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April 2019

April 25, 2019

A Boy Scout Update

So I feel obliged to comment on this latest news report about the Boy Scouts,...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

“All Hail the King!” Notes from a Boy Scout outing

Or, "how I spent my weekend." For eight years, I have, for one weekend a...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

The church and risks of abuse: follow the Boy Scouts

I admit to having disengaged somewhat from the reports on the abuse crisis in the...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

Dear BSA: Fix this. NOW.

The Daily Mail reports: "Condoms must now be made available to 'all participants' at the...

March 2018

March 04, 2018

The Boy Scouts and the no-win-ness of anti-cultural appropriationism

The lawyers at the Boy Scouts of America are working over time. First, as a...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Is Scouting for White People?

Some time ago, I read a book titled "Is Marriage for White People?" which used...

October 11, 2017

Girl Cub Scouts – update

So our local Boy Scout district had its roundtable -- the monthly meeting for adult...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

Today’s Comic Relief: The Girl Scouts are mad because. . .

Boy Scouts are sex-segregated? No, silly, of course not. For as much as the Boy...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Girl Boy Scouts, update

So you know that whole argument about whether the Catholic church must preserve its ancient...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

Girl Boy Scouts, again

NPR has decided that the Sydney Ireland story needs revisiting/re-promoting, so they've written another article...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

What next, Boy Scouts?

Was it inevitable? The Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, Michael Surbaugh, announced...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Girl Boy Scouts: an update

Because there are things happening in the world besides the election and the Cubs, including...

December 2015

December 26, 2015

Girl Scouts at the toy store

No, I don't mean that they've set up a cookie-selling booth. I mean that they've...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Girl Boy Scouts? 6 Thoughts

That's the latest, per Ann Althouse, linking to a report in the New York Times...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Lay off the Boy Scouts, would’ja?

National Review, which does try to be sensible for all that my left-of-center readers might...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Not going to end well. . . the latest on the Boy Scouts

This is the CNN.com report: "Boy Scouts revoke Seattle church's charter over gay scoutmaster." The...

March 2014

March 09, 2014

Worlds apart? Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Here's the background: my husband is a Boy Scout scoutmaster (well, assistant scoutmaster). They leadership...