Elizabeth Spiers opinion writer, digital strategist, co-host of Slate Money

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Latest — 25 Dec 2025

A Hallmark Christmas, Through the Dark Lens of the Trump Economy

A lump of coal from President Scrooge [The NYT assigned me a column about Christmas and affordability in the Trump economy but also assigned approximately four million other columns for the holidays and so mine didn't make it in. But here it is, 🚨EXCLUSIVELY🚨 on ElizabethSpiers.com, lol.

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2025 Spiers Gift Guide Extravaganza!

I might as well, right? I taught my second creative practice workshop yesterday and think it went really well. I recommended a lot of the tools and strategies that I use myself, including a lot of physical objects that would make good gifts. So at the risk of cliché, here’

Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out, Andrew Cuomo

I wrote about the end of Cuomo-ism for The New York Times. Here's the column: Back on Aug. 8, at 5:40 p.m., the retirement-aged nepo baby and disgraced former governor of New York tweeted at the much younger man who had soundly beaten him in June

What Does Zohran Mean for Hollywood?

Come for discussion of tax credits and labor issues; stay for snark about Jon Voight. The Ankler asked me to write an opinion column about what a Zohran Mamdani win might mean for Hollywood. Here's a partial excerpt of the column: Near my house in Brooklyn is the

Donald Trump's $300 Million Playpen

Trump can find money for a vanity project, but not for SNAP recipients [Note: I actually filed this for the NYT ten days ago but it sort of lingered in the workflow and by the end of the week, they deemed it something that had already been written about too

Andrew Cuomo is a Nihilist Who Hates New York City

Near the beginning of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign, an eagle eyed observer noticed his car parked illegally and snapped a photo of it for social media. It wasn’t the worst of Andrew Cuomo’s offenses—not by a longshot. But it was indicative of something important about

Requiem for Early Blogging

As part of Talking Points Memo's 25th anniversary, I wrote an essay on early blogging, and what I miss about it. Here it is, in its entirety: Whether I like it or not, the first line of my obituary will probably be that I was the founding editor

Whatta Week: Charlie Kirk, JD Vance, and My Inbox

I wrote a column for The Nation about why I don't celebrate Charlie Kirk's death, but I won't celebrate his life, either. I'm posting it below in its entirety. Since the column came out, it has been predictably and intentionally distorted by

Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts

Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disclose that they're being paid by the group. Taylor has written about Chorus before, and in

Quit Yer Whinin', Gen X

I wrote a column for The New York Times about my cohort's disappointment that neoliberalism hasn't worked out for many of them, and the mistake Boomers are making right now that I don't want to see us make. (Originally published here on August 17th.