Frances Weaver
Frances Weaver is a senior editor at The Week magazine. Originally from the U.K., she has written for the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and Standpoint magazine.
Latest articles by Frances Weaver
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The mainstreaming of mindfulness meditation
feature Stressed-out Americans, from war veterans to Google workers, are embracing mindfulness meditation. Does it really work?
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Rise of the machines
feature Computers could achieve superhuman levels of intelligence in this century. Could they pose a threat to humanity?
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Nidal Hasan, and the 5 other men on the military's death row
feature The Fort Hood shooter is eager to follow his path to martyrdom. He's going to have to get in line.
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This guy wants to build a neo-Nazi colony in North Dakota
feature Craig Cobb has big plans for Leith. The tiny town's far more level-headed residents aren't so keen.
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Does the U.N. ever actually go to war?
feature Yes. In fact, it's waging one right now.
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4 signs Russia is abandoning Syria
feature Putin is supposed to be one of Assad’s biggest allies — so why is he doing so little to defend him?
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Are terrorists doing 9/11-style dry runs on U.S. flights?
feature A leaked pilots union memo details a frightening incident on board a recent flight from Washington, D.C.
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The greatest athlete of all time just retired
feature Not that anyone in America will have heard of him
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Will Obama regret curbing Egypt's military aid?
feature Punishing the military during such a chaotic time could come back to haunt him
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The militarization of America’s police
feature Armed with battering rams and machine guns, paramilitary SWAT units are breaking into Americans' homes
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The Pentagon's troubled, expensive new fighter jet
feature The F-35 has been plagued by problems. Will it ever get off the ground?
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How likely is the next global pandemic?
feature Think Ebola is alarming? Scientists expect a much deadlier virus to emerge in the not-too-distant future.
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Iraq, three years after U.S. withdrawal
feature Things are not going well
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The many, many problems of the Sochi Olympics
feature The Winter Olympics, which kick off in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, will take place under a cloud of controversy
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When will the Big One strike California?
feature Back-to-back tremors recently shook Los Angeles, increasing some Golden State jitters
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Everything you need to know about ISIS
feature Flush with cash, the ruthless jihadist group is threatening to redraw the map of the Middle East
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Meet the Pakistani Taliban's surprise new leader
feature Mullah Fazlullah masterminded the attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai
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The executioners' lament
feature States with the death penalty can no longer get a drug used in lethal injections. So they're improvising.
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Heroin's lethal comeback
feature The urban drug scourge of the 1960s and '70s is enjoying a nationwide resurgence — and destroying lives
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Don't celebrate the news out of Syria just yet
feature Assad met the first deadline to destroy Syria's chemical weapons — but it’s not all good news
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How to make it onto Forbes' 'World's Most Powerful' list
feature Four foolproof ways to achieve global domination
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Did the U.N. just win its first real war?
feature The leader of Congo's brutal M23 rebel group has surrendered
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The antibiotics crisis
feature Drug-resistant "superbugs" that kill people are on the rise, but no new antibiotics are in the pipeline. Why not?
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The many, many problems of the Sochi Olympics
feature The Winter Olympics, which kick off in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, will take place under a cloud of controversy
By Frances Weaver Last updated
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