A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I attended Boy Scout meetings at a neighborhood public school in Oakland, California, every Thursday.

OK, it wasn’t that long ago (just last century), and it wasn’t a galaxy away (just a continent), but it sure feels like a lot of time and space have passed since then. But also, in some ways, times haven’t changed at all.

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