We are more than a decade into a new panic about boys and men. Unfortunately for boys and men, the current gurus putting themselves forward to save manhood have trouble even justifying to contemporary audiences that boys and men have unique and distinctive emotional, developmental, and spiritual needs. In the absence of this acknowledgment, they cannot justify the existence of institutions built to meet these needs exclusively. No wonder that the Boy Scouts of America has announced its intention to change its name to “Scouting America,” an organization dedicated to progressive values, like all other approved institutions. Of course Scouting America, like churches similarly dedicated to progressive values, offers no compelling reason join or maintain it. They offer a formation in values that can be had, for example, by watching television commercials.