They say nobody makes anything in America anymore. But there is at least one sector that's booming: the hot take industry. If you don't know what I'm talking about it can only be because you don't spend enough time online, where hot takes can be found, or on social media, where you will be directed to hot takes and also smart takes, an overlapping, but not identical form of commentary. Briefly, the "hot take" is a piece of opinion writing, produced quickly, about some breaking event or controversy.