He worked for a series of newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal and The Cleveland Plain Dealer, before founding his own newsletter, Point of View, in 1968.
[7][8] After he announced his retirement from journalism in September 2021, he began a retrospective collaboration with Cleveland Review of Books to republish his past essays.
[11] He frequently wrote about Cleveland politician Dennis Kucinich, who would later be a candidate for President of the United States.
At age 21, during his first campaign for public office in Cleveland, Kucinich told Bartimole he aspired to run for president someday.
[10] [12] Cleveland Review of Books began to republish selections from Bartimole's work after he announced his retirement in September 2021, including his article "Who Really Governs?