David Sassaroli

Bio

David is from New Providence, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City. He graduated from Princeton University, where he received a degree in Politics. After graduation, David has spent the last three years teaching English in Ecuador and working for Bloomberg and Promontory Financial Group. He loves political thought, reading short stories, discovering new music, and the cuisine of Northern Italy.
SOTU 2013 Reactions: Can Obama's Remarks On Citizenship Resonate With the Modern American?
By David Sassaroli
President Obama has been talking an awful lot about citizenship lately, and it's not going to do him any good. “You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course,” he said in his second inaugural address last month “You and I, as…
Us Alone Hayden Review: A Treasure For All Ages
By David Sassaroli
Toronto singer-songwriter Hayden Desser has been making soulful folk rock since his acclaimed 1995 debut, Everything I Long For. On Tuesday, he released his seventh studio album, Us Alone on the Canadian label Arts & Crafts. The label has been home…
Dick Morris Fox News: How Lack Of Data Use Caused His Exit
By David Sassaroli
The use of data is beginning to have a profound impact on our lives.   Fox News has axed Dick Morris, in large part because his election day predictions were mostly based on gut-feeling. By contrast, New York Times writer Nate Silver used his…
Why Kurt Vile is the Best Singer-Songwriter in America
By David Sassaroli
I’ve never really been that into singer songwriters. I don’t really like the whole “spill my emotions” with an acoustic guitar in my hands deal. My favorite band in high school was The Pixies — about as far away as you can get from the singer…
Deerhunter, an Indie Band That Gets Millennials Just Right
By David Sassaroli
I first saw Deerhunter at the Terrace F. Club, on the campus of Princeton University, during my junior year of college six years ago. Lead singer Bradford Cox was garbed in a dress. I didn’t know what to make of it at first; that is, until the music…
David Brooks On Obama's Inaugural Speech: No Mention of Capitalism
By David Sassaroli
In his opinion article addressing President Obama's second inaugural address, David Brooks took umbrage with the fact that President Obama left out some of the places where America's competitive streak has resulted in shared success for the…
Fisher v. Texas: A Very Personal Take On America's Biggest Upcoming SCOTUS Case
By David Sassaroli
This year, the Supreme Court will take up the policy of affirmative action in one of its decisions, Fisher v. University of Texas. Affirmative action has to be considered one of the most divisive issues in politics, up there with Roe v. Wade and…
The Republican Party is Cracking: Is There Any Way to Put It Back Together?
By David Sassaroli
For decades, the Republican Party has been a loosely tied coalition of libertarian-leaning market capitalists, evangelical Christians, and northeastern moderate conservatives. The group that was hardest to capture for the Republicans was the…
Debate Over Taxes Could Be Solved With This Simple Test
By David Sassaroli
In his seminal political text Political Liberalism, and in the following restatement Justice as Fairness, John Rawls laid out his distributive principle for economic fairness. The distribute principle is roughly this: say you have two economic…
Alan Ryan On Politics: The Book Every Millennial Must Read to Understand Politics
By David Sassaroli
Politics may seem like the subject that has the most to lose in the millennial mindset: it’s hard to foster political dialogue on Instagram and Twitter. Without proper time and effort given to discourse, it is easy for politics to become…
Portlandia Season 2 Netflix: Millennial Hipsters Get a Window Into Their Own Souls
By David Sassaroli
Earlier this month, season two of Portlandia made its way to Netflix. The show takes an irreverent look at hipster culture, typified by life in the bastion of Portland. Our generation may truly feel an attachment to the show due to the fact that the…