🏛️ Politics Apr 5, 2026 · Jay Rogers

Restoring Duty to God and Country by Saving Scouting

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RealClearWire—Picture this: a 12-year-old stands at the edge of a cold lake at 0600, staring down his swimming merit badge. Nobody asked if he was emotionally ready. Nobody offered a participation ribbon. His scoutmaster told him to jump in. He jumped. He earned it. That is scouting—or rather, that is what scouting was, and, if the Pentagon has anything to say about it, what scouting will be again.



I earned my Eagle Scout rank in the mid-1980s amid the last flicker of Reagan-era optimism. My

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