Men and the boys who aspire to become men are in a sorry state. If only there were an organization

to encourage boys to strive for goodness, self-mastery, and excellence. Oh, wait, such an

institution already exists, or did until it was dismantled. The Boy Scouts of America, that storied organization that once

epitomized the best of masculinity is no more. It's now Scouts BSA. The word boy has even been expunged

from the organization's promotional materials, replaced with the word youth, as in, for more than 100 years, scouting programs

have instilled in youth the values found in the scout oath. How and why the Boy Scouts have been

brought down is a case study in how the progressive left worms its way into an institution

and hollows it out until there's nothing left but a shell. The Boy Scouts

were an easy target, wholesome, patriotic, and above all, male. Feminists and gay advocacy group

started suing the organization for its failures of inclusivity. In 2015, the Scouts dropped its ban

on openly gay scoutmasters. Trans Scouts came next. In 2015, the Scouts dropped its ban on openly gay Scoutmasters.

Trans Scouts came next. In 2019, Scouts admitted girls. Within short order, the Scouts had hired

its first chief diversity officer and vice president of diversity and inclusion.

Scout CEO, Roger Crone, summed up the rebranding perfectly. He told the Associated

Press that the name change, Boy Scouts of America to Scouts BSA, sends the message that

everyone can bring their authentic self and be welcomed. All this has happened when the need

to valorize males or merely acknowledge their existence is greater than ever.

But of course, that was the idea to emasculate the Boy Scouts.

What could be more frightening than an organization that aspires to create good men?

The Boy Scouts were founded in the early 20th century.

The British War veteran Robert Baden Powell despaired at the lost boys he saw in London slums, seemingly deficient in the

Victorian virtues of honesty, hardiness, and self-reliance. Baden Powell envisioned an organization

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