NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill.
linktr.ee/elizabethspiersMa Spiers always had half a roll of these in the bottom of her purse and during church on Sundays she’d wipe the purse lint off and dole them out to me and my brothers to keep us awake during the sermon. Like cocaine for Southern Baptist children. With notes of used Kleenex and Mary Kay lipstick.
Certs (1956-2018): A line of disc-shaped breath mints, available in flavors such as peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, cinnamon, & assorted fruit. Famously contained no actual mint, but rather a melange of chemicals and oils known as "Retsyn", which provided the trademark flecks
