The income tax is coming for everyone. The "trust Olympia" message is foolhardy. Collectivists are already saying they're coming for everyone - it's just a matter of time.

The riots in France have multiple complex economic and social causes, but I have to wonder whether the scorching hot summer contributed some to the discontent. In a country where most homes and businesses lack air conditioning, this last summer would have been insufferable.

Gen X: the smartest generation

Even in the 1990s my mom had to fight with my elementary school to let me walk to school (less than 2 miles) in grade 4 and 5 because I wanted to, because I liked it. They wanted to force bussing, she said walking is good for kids. Moms know stuff.

Honestly, at 43, what's actually stopping me from taking out every personal loan I can qualify for, running every credit card I own straight to the limit, finally booking the trips I've put off for a decade, finally doing the renovations, replacing the car, and just living like money isn't a constraint for six months, and then filing Chapter 7? I wasn't on track to buy a house in this market anyway, not at these rates, not at these prices. That ship sailed years ago for people in my bracket. My credit score already isn't opening any doors that actually matter to me at this point. It's not getting me a mortgage I can afford. It's not getting me anywhere close to generational wealth. It's just a number I check and feel bad about. So genuinely, what's the real downside here that isn't already my current situation in a slower, more painful form?

Rahmeh Aladwan is a doctor in Britain. She wants people who blaspheme against Islam to be killed. I wrote to the General Medical Council calling for her to be struck off. They have now confirmed that she is under investigation for her statement.

This is a terrible intellectual habit-- using vague slogans to conceal your claim. What does "Christian nationalism" and "the codification of Christianity" mean? Answer: "anything a debater wants them to mean". The governments we call "theocracies" do a bunch of precise things.

This is horrifying. A little baby is seen crying on his dead mother’s back after Islamists slaughtered dozens of Christians in Nigeria. Why is the world silent?

Hot take: modern life is wonderful, this is actually the best time ever to have been alive, and the social and political problems that people complain about cause people to lose that perspective.