Weekly Wrap Up: 05.15.24

Scouting America, Penn State shrinks, Flannery O'Connor, election fatigue in May, and Ted & Rick's excellent adventure

Scouting America: This week, Boy Scouts of America a/k/a Scouts BSA, announced a name-change to Scouting America.

This has had some people up in arms. My feeling is those people are ones who know nothing about organization, and/or have never belonged to Boy Scouts.

The organization has faced a numbers crises in the last twenty or so years, thanks in large…