
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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Unprepared for a pandemicOpinion What happens if bird flu evolves to spread among humans?
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An abject apology to Dear LeaderOpinion My red-pilled new perspective on Donald J. Trump
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It's not just an actOpinion Many voters don't take Trump's threats seriously
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Russia's best investmentOpinion Eric Adams isn't the only politician with foreign benefactors
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Taking away the car keysOpinion Getting old demands acceptance of necessary losses
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No political victory lastsOpinion Why the party that loses in November will rise again
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The road to theocracyOpinion When justices and presidents promote one religion
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The Don's enablersOpinion Even Republicans who know better won't get in Trump's way
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When even art is artificialOpinion The AI threat to human creativity
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No escape from evilOpinion Why it's not possible to flee politics and the news
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When 'the narrative' is a lieOpinion Not all sources of information are equal
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Sisyphus at restfeature Looking back on 22 years as editor-in-chief of The Week
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The GOP's missed opportunityfeature Republicans could have barred Trump from running but decided to ignore him
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When the ocean is 97 degreesfeature The world is reaching a climate tipping point
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The photos we don't seefeature What if images of mass shooting victims were published?
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The gender warsfeature Extremists and reactionaries are demanding simplistic, black-and-white answers to complex questions
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Destroying court credibilityfeature Judges are undermining their own claim to be neutral arbiters
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The worship of weaponsfeature Sacrificing children so that anyone can own an AR-15
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Ignoring the evidencefeature What the lab-leak theory, anti-maskers, and a ‘woke’ bank have in common
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Succumbing to Putin's blackmailfeature The U.S. and NATO are still reluctant to give Ukraine what it needs to win
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Sky junk, not flying saucersfeature Looks like most UFOs are wayward balloons, drones, and illusions
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What reforms can't fixfeature The persistence of authoritarian police culture
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When it's time to let gofeature Accepting death isn’t easy, but the alternative leads to even deeper suffering
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Patrick Henry in Chinafeature The quest for liberty is universal
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