Home > Media & Platforms > Journalism MacLean, a fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, will also be a Free Press columnist CBS News and the Free Press said on Thursday that Aaron MacLean will join the Bari Weiss-led news organizations as a national security analyst. MacLean, a military veteran, will bring his podcast “School of War” to the Free Press, where he will also write a column. MacLean is a fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank previously led by CBS News