
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.
Latest articles by William Falk
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Saying the unsayableopinion The president is setting an example, and it's taking us into uncharted territory
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What mass killers have in commonopinion Ideology can mask the real motive: the thrill of violent revenge on the world
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The NFL is not a 'safe space'opinion Free speech is often irritating. It's also the foundation of our democracy.
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The economics of denialopinion Why high-carbon states don't believe in climate change
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A lesson from the eclipseopinion Even when the moon isn't covering the sun, the sky is astonishing
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When winning isn't possibleopinion President Trump's need to dominate his adversaries could lead to disaster
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Irresistible forcesopinion Why Amazon, Google, and Facebook rule the world
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Look abroadopinion Other countries have more effective and less costly 'hybrid' health-care systems. Why not copy them?
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The coming crisisopinion What happens if Trump claims he's the victim of 'a coup'?
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When regulators do too littleopinion Two decades after the FDA approved mass-market opioids, morgues are running out of room
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When chance intervenesopinion The universe can be random. That's why you exist, and the dinosaurs don't.
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Too much testosterone?opinion In Washington, white men are in, and women are out
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An unprecedented presidentopinion Just 100 days in, it's clear Americans have never seen anything like Donald Trump
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The lure of military interventionopinion Governing is hard. Attacking tyrants is simple ... at first.
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No more illusions about Putinopinion It's not McCarthyism to see him as an enemy of democracy
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The price of a broken health-care systemopinion Forget ObamaCare vs. RyanCare. Let's talk about the real elephant in the room when it comes to American health care.
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A toast to American decencyopinion Let us briefly pause in our ritualized outrage to raise a glass to these recent, rare examples of selflessness
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When it comes to leaks, everyone is a hypocriteopinion President Trump is hardly the only one with a double standard on leaked information
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America's lost civilityopinion Here's the problem with our 'me first' mentality
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Will Republicans stand up to President Trump?opinion Or is the threat of a thermonuclear Twitter attack too big a risk?
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Finding 'real America'opinion A reader told me I, as a New York editor, could never understand the struggles of the rural working class. Here's what I wrote back.
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Trump's black holeopinion We're all about to see an experiment in government unlike any we've seen in our lifetimes. And rest assured, it will consume us.
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The mistakes of our leadersopinion In politics, there are no do-overs
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The healing that won't happenopinion Our warring tribes share only one thing: contempt for each other
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