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William Falk

Editor-in-chief, The Week Magazine

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.

Ignoring the evidence
Man in front of screen.
Editor's letter

Ignoring the evidence

Succumbing to Putin's blackmail
Ukrainian citizens.
Editor's letter

Succumbing to Putin's blackmail

Sky junk, not flying saucers
Scott Bray explains a video of an unidentified aerial phenomena.
Editor's letter

Sky junk, not flying saucers

What reforms can't fix
Police car.
Editor's letter

What reforms can't fix

When it's time to let go
Sadness.
Editor's letter

When it's time to let go

Patrick Henry in China
Protesters.
Editor's letter

Patrick Henry in China

Falling from the sky
Sam Bankman-Fried.
Editor's letter

Falling from the sky

It will get worse
A view of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house following an attack on her husband.
Editor's letter

It will get worse

No, it's not over
A nurse.
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No, it's not over

Putin's nightmare
Vladimir Putin.
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Putin's nightmare

Broken glass
Protesters.
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Broken glass

When the rivers run dry
A forest fire.
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When the rivers run dry

The terror of losing
Liz Cheney.
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The terror of losing

Bill Russell's legacy
Bill Russell
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Bill Russell's legacy

The great COVID disconnect
People in Times Square.
Opinion

The great COVID disconnect

The turning point
Trump.
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The turning point

The soul of a machine
Ones and zeroes.
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The soul of a machine

Rewarding Putin for invading
Vladimir Putin.
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Rewarding Putin for invading

America's metastatic cancer
The Capitol.
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America's metastatic cancer

The next Prohibition
Prohibition.
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The next Prohibition

Acceptable casualties
American flags.
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Acceptable casualties

The NRA's ideal world
Guns.
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The NRA's ideal world

Is it 1938 — or 2003?
Volodymr Zelensky.
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Is it 1938 — or 2003?

A moment of moral clarity
Volodymyr Zelensky.
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A moment of moral clarity

Every couch a casino
Gambling.
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Every couch a casino

We're all snowflakes now
Maus.
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We're all snowflakes now

Our war with natural selection
A COVID patient.
Opinion

Our war with natural selection

Darkness visible
The light is coming
Opinion

Darkness visible

No right to privacy
The Supreme Court.
Opinion

No right to privacy

Joining the war on COVID
A person wearing a mask.
Opinion

Joining the war on COVID

Bannon's radical vision
Steve Bannon.
Opinion

Bannon's radical vision

Death of the ancients
Sequoias.
Opinion

Death of the ancients

Giving notice
Quitting.
Opinion

Giving notice

Facebook's amoral algorithms
Mark Zuckerberg.
Opinion

Facebook's amoral algorithms

Why Denmark beat COVID and the U.S. didn't
An ambulance.
Opinion

Why Denmark beat COVID and the U.S. didn't

The limits of power
Soldiers.
Opinion

The limits of power