https://freerepublic.com/tag/boyscoutbankruptcy/ en-us Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:29:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3817938/posts The Boy Scouts of America have filed for bankruptcy protection. While they may survive in some revised form, smaller and weaker than before, the Boy Scouts of old, as a great institution in American life, may be no more. Frankly, they have been on a downward trajectory for some time. In a world in which consumer-electronics, from cell phones to game consoles, have taken over the entertainment options for children, modernity itself contributed greatly to the Boy Scouts’ decline. But there is a difference between a weakening and a destruction… a difference between the natural loss of popularity and a... Illinois Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3817938/posts#comment Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:29:03 GMT