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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When regulators do too little
opinion Two decades after the FDA approved mass-market opioids, morgues are running out of room
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When chance intervenes
opinion 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 president
opinion Just 100 days in, it's clear Americans have never seen anything like Donald Trump
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The lure of military intervention
opinion Governing is hard. Attacking tyrants is simple ... at first.
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No more illusions about Putin
opinion It's not McCarthyism to see him as an enemy of democracy
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The price of a broken health-care system
opinion 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 decency
opinion 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 hypocrite
opinion President Trump is hardly the only one with a double standard on leaked information
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America's lost civility
opinion 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 hole
opinion 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 leaders
opinion In politics, there are no do-overs
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The healing that won't happen
opinion Our warring tribes share only one thing: contempt for each other
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America's coming constitutional crisis
opinion After the votes are counted, the civil war will continue
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The price of presidential ambition
opinion The 2016 election has cost both major candidates much more than just time and money. Was it worth it?
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Only losers pay taxes
opinion Want to be a genius? Learn how to stiff everyone who wants your money.
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Blaming the media
opinion Both Democrats and Republicans perceive bias in the election coverage. Why?
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A tale of two campuses
opinion How colleges are diverging on creating 'safe spaces'
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When a bribe isn't a bribe
opinion The many agendas of the Clinton Foundation
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Congress' Zika disgrace
opinion More proof that Washington is broken
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Trump's promise
opinion He knows how it feels to be scorned and laughed at. Now it's time for vengeance.
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How NASA restored my faith in humanity
opinion Juno's accomplishments this week offer the world a glimmer of hope in dark times
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