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Aaron Renn

Aaron Renn is a writer and the author of Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture. He is a Senior Fellow at American Reformer and a former Senior Fellow in urban policy at the Manhattan Institute.

America Needs a New Kind of Public Intellectual

Now that trust has shifted from institutions to individuals, who you trust matters more than ever. The voices worth following are defined by what they…

July 20, 2026

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