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The Boy Scouts’ leadership loss

washingtonpost.com — On Thursday, the 1,400 voting members of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America voted to approve a resolution that would remove the restriction denying membership to youth based on their sexual orientation. "While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting," the organization said in a statement.

Featured Business Author

barnesandnoble.com — Give and Take Adam M. Grant Adam Grant, whose new book Give and Take has been getting raves in all quarters, is the youngest full professor and single highest-rated teacher at Wharton Business School. He has been honored as one of the world's top 40 business professors under 40, and he has received numerous awards and media attention for his research.

Do You Work for a 'Bosshole'?

abcnews.go.com — How is this for a greeting. Welcome to hell, you just met the devil. And that's the friendly version from "shark tank's" keven o'leary, the one with the big mouth, big opinions and very big success.... See More

Pope Francis says atheists can be good

guardian.co.uk — Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis has said in his latest urging that people of all religions, and none, work together. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in the homily of his morning mass at his residence, a daily event at which he speaks without prepared comments.

Moore, Oklahoma teachers remind us what leadership looks like

washingtonpost.com — Some are calling them heroes. The teachers in Moore, Okla. insist they were just doing their jobs. But one thing is for certain: the teachers who risked their own lives to protect the children in their care as a devastating tornado ripped the roofs off of their schools were being leaders.

Abercrombie & Fitch’s big, bad brand mistake

washingtonpost.com — On the Internet, words never die. Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO Mike Jeffries learned that the hard way in recent weeks as the company's brand has been battered online and on television for comments he made seven years ago.

‘Leadership’ is the military’s snake oil

washingtonpost.com — "Leadership" is the snake oil of our day. Everybody is peddling it, it's offered as a panacea for anything that ails us, and there's no proof it has any benefit at all-or for that matter, even exists.

Weiner: Women may come forward with more e-mails, photos

washingtonpost.com — Former congressman and newly announced New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D) said in an interview Thursday morning with WNYC-FM that there could be women coming forward with more e-mails or photos from the inappropriate digital conversations that led to his resignation in 2011. "It is what it is," Weiner said.

My top 20 NFL coaches

espn.go.com — ESPN.com Illustration Lombardi, Noll, Landry, Belichick and Walsh won a combined 18 NFL titles. I've been instructed by the ESPN gendarmes not to reveal who made our Greatest Coaches in NFL History poll. But I know who I voted for, and I know who the group voted for, and one of us must've voted on nitrous oxide, because we're a Carnival cruise ship apart on some picks.