Ross BarkanMy Baseball Top 100Recently, Joe Posnanski of the Athletic just about completed the wonderfully Herculean task of ranking the top 100 baseball players in…Apr 12, 2020Apr 12, 2020
Ross BarkanMy 2019 in ReadingIn many ways, 2019 was a radically different year for me than 2018. In 2018, I ran for State Senate. In 2019, I was a journalist and…Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Ross BarkanThe Fascism to ComeIn 2016, not long after Donald Trump’s black swan victory, I wrote a column in the Daily News asking people to stop comparing the reality…Dec 2, 20191Dec 2, 20191
Ross BarkanAbout That Big New York Magazine Story About Socialism in AmericaThe drive for narrative can represent both the very best and worst of what journalism has to offer. At its essence, narrative is a device…Mar 6, 2019Mar 6, 2019
Ross BarkanMy 2018 in ReadingYou might guess I read less books this year than I did in 2017, 2016, or 2015. A lot less, actually, because I lost my reading habits in…Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018
Ross BarkanThe Long Winding Road to Publishing a NovelFrom the ages of 18 to 27, I wrote fiction compulsively. I did this while holding down part and full-time jobs, while going to college…Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018
Ross BarkanHow Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Changes EverythingIs this the sound a dying political machine makes?Jun 28, 2018Jun 28, 2018
Ross BarkanWhat Tom Wolfe’s World Teaches Us About Donald TrumpTom Wolfe wasn’t for everyone. The vanilla bespoke suits, the manic, high-wire prose, the love affair with the exclamation mark — they were…May 16, 2018May 16, 2018
Ross BarkanCorruption Is Destroying New York StateThe news today that Joe Percoco — a man who was like a brother to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — was convicted of collecting cash bribes is another…Mar 13, 20181Mar 13, 20181
Ross BarkanMy Criminal Justice Reform PlatformThis is, in many ways, the golden era of criminal justice reform. The tough-on-crime policies that drove a mass incarceration epidemic…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018
