
William Falk
William Falk is editor-in-chief of The Week, and has held that role since the magazine's first issue in 2001. He has previously been a reporter, columnist, and editor at the Gannett Westchester Newspapers and at Newsday, where he was part of two reporting teams that won Pulitzer Prizes.
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Why Fox News was createdopinion Richard Nixon and his aides wanted a TV network of their own
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What Britain does betteropinion A six-week-long election campaign sounds pretty good right now, don't you think?
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The mother of all backlashesopinion Why Democrats may regret owning Medicare-for-all
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Why John Roberts is sweatingopinion If legal battles crucial to Trump's survival reach the Supreme Court, the chief justice may cast the deciding vote
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Hating Gretaopinion Why do some adults find her message so threatening?
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Refusing to be bulliedopinion We need more public servants to stand up for the truth
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Is greed no longer good?opinion Why leading CEOs say creating profits is no longer their only responsibility
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Blaming evilopinion The massacre in El Paso was not the product of inexplicable forces
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The attorney general Trump wantedopinion How Barr is shaping an imperial presidency
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The limits on asylumopinion Should the U.S. invite even more desperate people to try to enter the country?
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Swimming in plasticsopinion Tiny particles of man-made polymers can now be found in oceans, fish — and our bodies.
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Defined by an errorfeature Bill Buckner always knew a single mistake would be the first line of his obituary. He was right.
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Sports as a mirroropinion In the Trump Era, even championship teams are divided by race
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Uncheckedopinion Why Trump's attorney general absolved him of obstruction
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Not what it seemsopinion Seeing a black hole is a reminder that the universe is much stranger than we think
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Not exoneratedopinion Mueller's investigation made one thing clear: Putin interfered with America's presidential election
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Government by the oldopinion We Boomers still dominate national politics. Younger people deserve a voice.
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The nuclear necessityopinion The world can't reach emissions goals with wind and solar alone
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Consciousness of guiltopinion Why has President Trump spent two years trying to halt, control, and discredit the Russia investigation?
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The Democrats' dilemmaopinion In picking a 2020 candidate, can they afford to run to the far left?
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El Chapo's business partneropinion With OxyContin, the Sackler family helped create a massive market for heroin
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A 'moral imperative' to deceiveopinion The belief that facts and norms don't matter has become contagious
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When facts no longer matteropinion 2018 was the year of lies, delusion, and state propaganda
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Who bought the attorney general?opinion Matthew Whitaker's anonymous benefactor shows why "dark money" is so dangerous
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