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Aug 5

Late Summer Stuff

Updates, new workshop schedule, and random thoughts

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Apr 16

The Anti-Intellectualism of Silicon Valley Elites

I recently re-read Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, and now every time a reactionary Silicon Valley billionaire…

The Anti-Intellectualism of Silicon Valley Elites

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Oct 26

The Troublemaker’s Guide to Afflicting the Comfortable

Punching up: why are right wingers and rich people so bad at it?

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Oct 22

James Carville, Please Go Away, a column by me

No matter how hard I try to excise any commentary from James Carville from my media diet, he persists in my inbox, and in the newspapers I…

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Oct 15

Why Democratic Leaders Keep Waging War on the Young

I DISAGREE! GET ON MY LAWN, KIDS!

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Oct 6

I Was Raped at a Frat Party, and My Experience is Horrifyingly Common

The problems that make colleges a hostile environment for women start long before.

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Sep 18

The Correct Answer to “What Is A Woman?”

There’s a real answer, but it’s not a good faith question.

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Aug 27

I‘m a professional opinion writer. Here’s why you shouldn’t use A.I. to write.

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller made news this week after the Wall Street Journal published his op-ed critiquing Treasury…

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Jun 25

J.D. Vance and Me

I wrote about J.D. Vance’s new book for The Nation. Anyone who knows me knows I dislike politicians magically transforming into good ol’…

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Jun 17

What Has Elon Musk Cost Us?

I wrote about Elon Musk and the SpaceX IPO for The Nation. One of the screwed up things about our society is that we venerate the wealthy…

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Elizabeth Spiers

Elizabeth Spiers

19.94K followers

Writer, NYU j-school prof, political commentator, digital strategist, ex-editor in chief of The New York Observer, founding editor of Gawker

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