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    • skeptic
      The conundrum of our current National Political challenges?

      By skeptic · Posted

      Finding dependable news sources is itself hard.  Newspapers are almost gone, and any real journalism in most is lacking.  Once in a while something good is in a column or editorial or political cartoon.  The time when it took me half the day on Sunday to make it through the paper is long gone.  Online often has pay walls, so getting access to some good discussion is harder, as I refuse to pay them, though on occasion I might if it seems important enough.  Few of those come along though.  I used to get the Sunday L.A. Times, but it got so bad that I stopped it.  Our local paper on a good Sunday takes maybe a half hour, including the comics, and only a few good local pieces show up.  There are a few descent online mags, and once in a while I find something in them, though often have the paywall thing again.  And we all know how great the various TV "news" outlets are.    And now it is harder to verify things, as the fact-checking is suspect as well much of the time.  Thanks for views shared; they helped a bit.    
    • AwakeEnergyScouter
      The conundrum of our current National Political challenges?

      By AwakeEnergyScouter · Posted

      I just scheduled the "talk with an elected official about whether they were elected using majority or plurality voting and why" requirement of My Community, and decided to add this to the invite. "Note about scouting and politics: The scouting movement is nonpolitical in that in our roles as scouts and scouters in uniform, we do not express support for any particular political candidate in any particular place. We are a civic movement that recognizes the inviolable human dignity of each human being, freedom of thought, religion, assembly, and expression; democracy, equal rights under the law for everyone, rule of law, and human rights. We encourage our members to take an active role in creating a harmonious society that is consistent with our value foundation, but also encourage each member to reach their own conclusion regarding which political candidates have the best suggestions for how to do that in the country in which they live, consistent with freedom of thought. Given that we have over 50 million members worldwide, our fellow scouts and scouters are almost guaranteed to be mixed political company, but actively voicing support for the importance of human dignity, civic freedoms, democracy, equal rights, rule of law, and human rights is not considered political as far as the scouting movement goes, even if they are contested in a country with a scouting organization." I also agree that advising youth on not getting their news from social media is a good idea. "I read it on the Internet so it must be true" is the new "I saw it on TV so it must be true". Being able to evaluate the source of information and knowing how to cross-check it is a key skill in an information society.
    • Eagledad
      The conundrum of our current National Political challenges?

      By Eagledad · Posted

      Well, the program isn’t making it any easier, google “Boy Scouts woke” and there is very little positive responses from all sides of the spectrum. The program is caught on a cultural yoyo that makes it difficult for anyone to discuss.    My wife and I travel internationally quite a bit and I often find myself bragging about the benefits of scouting I observed from my experience. I have found folks of all backgrounds and nationalities are intrigued with the scout program and want something like it for their community. I don’t step into the resent changes because I don’t want to turn the discussion political. I like to leave it positive. Barry
    • Tron
      End of 2024 membership numbers

      By Tron · Posted

      Does that mean that we can expect multiple council mergers in the next year or two? It is my understanding that national does not want councils under 5000 youth.
    • UKScouterInCA
      National Medal for Outdoor Achievement being discontinued?

      By UKScouterInCA · Posted

      Well, National discontinued this medal after all. No announcement, no community feedback, no phasing it out so as to allow Scouts actively working on it to complete it. What a shame.
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