Aaron Renn
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Overproduced Elites and the Luxury Welfare State • How America's professional-managerial class turned status anxiety into a political project—and why "normal" politics isn't coming back.
Overproduced Elites and the Luxury Welfare State
How America's professional-managerial class turned status anxiety into a political project—and why "normal" politics isn't coming back.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Overproduced Elites and the Luxury Welfare State • How America's professional-managerial class turned status anxiety into a political project—and why "normal" politics isn't coming back.
Will America Be the Last Country Standing? | Lyman Stone
Will America Be the Last Country Standing? | Lyman Stone
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January 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Will America Be the Last Country Standing? | Lyman Stone
The Masculinity Crisis Is Real • The male experience, a Gen-Z religious revival?, zero-sum politics and more in this week's digest.
The Masculinity Crisis Is Real
The male experience, a Gen-Z religious revival?, zero-sum politics and more in this week's digest.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The Masculinity Crisis Is Real • The male experience, a Gen-Z religious revival?, zero-sum politics and more in this week's digest.
Evangelicals Need a Thicker Skin • Taking offense to quickly at perceived slights hands control to your critics
Evangelicals Need a Thicker Skin
Taking offense to quickly at perceived slights hands control to your critics
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January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Evangelicals Need a Thicker Skin • Taking offense to quickly at perceived slights hands control to your critics
Keeping Out the Kooks • January's Member Only Podcast
Keeping Out the Kooks
January's Member Only Podcast
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January 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Keeping Out the Kooks • January's Member Only Podcast
Beyond the Culture of Nihilism • America’s culture wars mask a deeper crisis: a shared nihilism defined by destruction and the will to power. How do we rebuild meaning through a restored sacred order?
Beyond the Culture of Nihilism
America’s culture wars mask a deeper crisis: a shared nihilism defined by destruction and the will to power. How do we rebuild meaning through a restored sacred order?
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January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Beyond the Culture of Nihilism • America’s culture wars mask a deeper crisis: a shared nihilism defined by destruction and the will to power. How do we rebuild meaning through a restored sacred order?
Why the Left Went Child-Free | Daniel Hess
Why the Left Went Child-Free | Daniel Hess
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January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Why the Left Went Child-Free | Daniel Hess
The Top Articles of 2025 • A look back at the most popular pieces from last year
The Top Articles of 2025
A look back at the most popular pieces from last year
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January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The Top Articles of 2025 • A look back at the most popular pieces from last year
The Partisan Coding of Christianity • As Democrats shed religion and Republicans embrace Christianity as a tribal marker, faith risks becoming just another partisan signal
The Partisan Coding of Christianity
As Democrats shed religion and Republicans embrace Christianity as a tribal marker, faith risks becoming just another partisan signal
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December 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Partisan Coding of Christianity • As Democrats shed religion and Republicans embrace Christianity as a tribal marker, faith risks becoming just another partisan signal
Why Men Dress Like Slobs | O. W. Root
Why Men Dress Like Slobs | O. W. Root
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December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Why Men Dress Like Slobs | O. W. Root
What Not to Do • Low class behavior, antisemitism, Boomers, and more in this week's digest.
What Not to Do
Low class behavior, antisemitism, Boomers, and more in this week's digest.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
What Not to Do • Low class behavior, antisemitism, Boomers, and more in this week's digest.
Confronting the Unspeakable Truth • Jacob Savage’s viral essay exposes how DEI has quietly shut doors on a generation of young white men—while too many refuse to say it out loud.
Confronting the Unspeakable Truth
Jacob Savage’s viral essay exposes how DEI has quietly shut doors on a generation of young white men—while too many refuse to say it out loud.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Confronting the Unspeakable Truth • Jacob Savage’s viral essay exposes how DEI has quietly shut doors on a generation of young white men—while too many refuse to say it out loud.
Comments on the Evangelical Elite Problem • The Best of Your Thoughts
Comments on the Evangelical Elite Problem
The Best of Your Thoughts
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December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Comments on the Evangelical Elite Problem • The Best of Your Thoughts
Discussing the Evangelical Elite Problem
Discussing the Evangelical Elite Problem
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December 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Discussing the Evangelical Elite Problem
The Problem with the Evangelical Elite • There is no evangelical elite. Why that matters and what to do about it.
The Problem with the Evangelical Elite
There is no evangelical elite. Why that matters and what to do about it.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Problem with the Evangelical Elite • There is no evangelical elite. Why that matters and what to do about it.
Why Families Are Fleeing Cities | Bobby Fijan
Why Families Are Fleeing Cities | Bobby Fijan
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December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Why Families Are Fleeing Cities | Bobby Fijan
The Elite That Built America • The techno-nationalist elite, Ivy League networks, upscaling Vegas and more in this week's digest
The Elite That Built America
The techno-nationalist elite, Ivy League networks, upscaling Vegas and more in this week's digest
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December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Elite That Built America • The techno-nationalist elite, Ivy League networks, upscaling Vegas and more in this week's digest
How Scott Galloway Mastered Brand-Safe Masculinity • The manosphere’s sharpest advice wrapped in center-left bubble wrap—and it’s making him richer than almost anyone else in the space.
How Scott Galloway Mastered Brand-Safe Masculinity
The manosphere’s sharpest advice wrapped in center-left bubble wrap—and it’s making him richer than almost anyone else in the space.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How Scott Galloway Mastered Brand-Safe Masculinity • The manosphere’s sharpest advice wrapped in center-left bubble wrap—and it’s making him richer than almost anyone else in the space.
The Conservative Civil War + Next Member Zoom Info • What's going on with these conservative controversies?
The Conservative Civil War + Next Member Zoom Info
What's going on with these conservative controversies?
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December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Conservative Civil War + Next Member Zoom Info • What's going on with these conservative controversies?
A Special Christmastime Podcast: Reflections and Supporting the Mission • Gratitude, Guests, and Looking Ahead
A Special Christmastime Podcast: Reflections and Supporting the Mission
Gratitude, Guests, and Looking Ahead
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December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A Special Christmastime Podcast: Reflections and Supporting the Mission • Gratitude, Guests, and Looking Ahead
Who Is Worse? Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes • Andrew Tate sold hope wrapped in Bugattis. Nick Fuentes sells hopelessness wrapped in Catholicism.
Who Is Worse? Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes
Andrew Tate sold hope wrapped in Bugattis. Nick Fuentes sells hopelessness wrapped in Catholicism.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Who Is Worse? Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes • Andrew Tate sold hope wrapped in Bugattis. Nick Fuentes sells hopelessness wrapped in Catholicism.
Me in the NYT: Abolishing Property Taxes is a Bad Idea • My new piece in the New York Times on the growing calls by some in the Republican party to abolish property taxes.
Me in the NYT: Abolishing Property Taxes is a Bad Idea
My new piece in the New York Times on the growing calls by some in the Republican party to abolish property taxes.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Me in the NYT: Abolishing Property Taxes is a Bad Idea • My new piece in the New York Times on the growing calls by some in the Republican party to abolish property taxes.
How the Gospels Pass the Historical Test | Tim and Lydia McGrew
How the Gospels Pass the Historical Test | Tim and Lydia McGrew
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December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
How the Gospels Pass the Historical Test | Tim and Lydia McGrew
The Most Important Invitation I'll Send This Year • Join my Member community at a once only annual discount. Get candid podcasts, monthly Zooms, and connections with the readers who make this work possible.
The Most Important Invitation I'll Send This Year
Join my Member community at a once only annual discount. Get candid podcasts, monthly Zooms, and connections with the readers who make this work possible.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Most Important Invitation I'll Send This Year • Join my Member community at a once only annual discount. Get candid podcasts, monthly Zooms, and connections with the readers who make this work possible.
Thankful for "Don't Tread on Me" Conservatives • They drive me nuts — but they’re the last line of defense between us and soft totalitarianism
Thankful for "Don't Tread on Me" Conservatives
They drive me nuts — but they’re the last line of defense between us and soft totalitarianism
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November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thankful for "Don't Tread on Me" Conservatives • They drive me nuts — but they’re the last line of defense between us and soft totalitarianism