Latest articles by William Falk
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The limits of power
opinion To avoid bruising defeats, the U.S. must recognize what it can't change
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How fiascos happen
opinion When information changes, plans must, too
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Rage is in the air
opinion At times, the pandemic has brought out the best in humanity, but it has also brought out the worst
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The 'natural' fallacy
opinion For most of human history, it was natural to die young of infectious disease
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Weapons of mass destruction
opinion When everyone has a gun, the body count soars
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When it's 115 degrees in the shade
opinion Will climate change make parts of America uninhabitable?
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The two-man space race
opinion Why Bezos and Musk wanted to be rich
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Authentic liberty
opinion The U.S. is beating COVID because of rational compliance, not irrational defiance
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'Good speech' isn't winning
opinion The growing threat of lies and radical partisanship
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What police reform requires
opinion The military mindset must go
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Vaccines and risk
opinion The human brain tends to make us fear the wrong threats
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A short history of The Week
opinion We launched this magazine into a world very different from today's. This is why we've thrived, and what we've seen.
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A ship-sized metaphor
opinion Who hasn't felt like that tiny excavator this year, doing the best we could while a pandemic of overwhelming scope trapped us all in place?
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Cuomo's karma
opinion New York's governor has been bullying people for 30 years
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Vaccine envy
opinion When demand exceeds supply, frustration and anger is inevitable
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On the path of the Know Nothing
opinion The critical choice facing Republicans
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Get a better mask
opinion As more infectious coronavirus variants spread, all Americans should be equipped with high-filtration, tight-fitting face coverings
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Writing his own ending
opinion Donald Trump always saw himself as besieged, betrayed, alone
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Cautious optimism for 2021
opinion After a horrible year, we are still standing
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A triumph for science — and immigration
opinion How an international All-Star team gave us the solution to the pandemic
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Pardoning himself
opinion Did the Framers intend to give presidents an unlimited "get out of jail free" card?
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Denial's catastrophic cost
feature As a coronavirus tsunami fills hospitals, many Americans still believe COVID is a hoax
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The virtual secession
opinion The election has left no doubt that Americans live in two separate realities
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The people speak
opinion There's a reason tens of millions of Americans have already spent hours waiting to vote
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