Political Currents by Ross Barkan

your flagship web site for my damned posts

Reflections on writing, creativity, and the insights I’m learning on my journey toward the publication of my debut novel in March of 2024.

drawings from nightclubs and warzones

Navigating our post-truth world.

One man's commentary on politics, culture and society

Criticism, essays, etc.

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Politics through the lens of institutional theory

Sports, Business, Politics, Culture

All politics is local.

Law, philosophy, and common sense.

Congress is the engine to our democracy that keeps America running. However, little is understood about what goes on inside this beautiful place.

A little Substack for big fiction

Class politics in New York City.

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

cool but rude

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Will Leitch's weekly free newsletter with an original essay, and links to everything he writes.

The history and politics of monopoly power.

Essays that brighten up your day from “Contemporary sports writing’s biggest star.”