Archive - Political Currents by Ross Barkan

January 2025

Is Eric Adams Free?

Donald Trump might deliver

Jan 31 •

How Do We Understand Culture?

On Perlstein, Rothfeld, and reality

Jan 28 •

Imagining success

Jan 24 •

The new political era takes shape

Jan 20 •

The New York mayoral race takes shape

Jan 15 •

How the New York Post Wins

The power of a vacuum

Jan 9 •

Reflections on a writing life

Jan 6 •

Reckoning with the Biden Lie

What did it mean to play pretend for so long?

Jan 3 •

December 2024

My 2024 in Reading

It was a big year

Dec 31, 2024 •

The Billionaire in Charge of the Cops

Jessica Tisch can have the job as long as she wants

Dec 30, 2024 •

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