Francis Wilkinson
Francis Wilkinson is executive editor of The Week.
Latest articles by Francis Wilkinson
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The mao-maoing of Anita Dunn
feature Accusations that White House communications director Anita Dunn is a left-wing ideologue have no credibility. But that doesn't mean they haven't been successful.
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Is Rupert Murdoch stupid?
feature Fox News hosts have been calling out the dogs of war. Does Rupert Murdoch think the network won't be held accountable in the event of political violence?
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Irrational exuberance inverted
feature In The Week’s editor’s letter, Wilkinson asks whether we are now pointlessly glum
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Play ball
feature Cutting budgets for school sports can hurt even kids who don't play sports, says Francis Wilkinson in this edition of The Week's Editor's Letter
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Day-care sex abuse case haunts Massachusetts Senate race
feature Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic front-runner to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, didn’t prosecute the notorious Fells Acres Day Care case. But when she had a chance to help end the 'travesty,' she took the ea
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Health care outcome will define Obama
feature Presidents have lots of options for changing the subject and refocusing attention. But perceptions forged in the health care crucible will cling to Obama
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Bill O'Reilly and the tragic fate of pigs
feature A brief history of demonization and deniability: What the Fox News talker has in common with Kathy Boudin, Bernadine Dohrn, and the radical left
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Mass Murder and the Square Deal
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Conservative media clobber the GOP
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The future belongs to Andrew Sullivan
feature Andrew Sullivan's coverage of the unrest in Iran was the blogosphere's moonshot, a feat of grit and daring heralding a new era in cyberspace. It was also a preview of journalism's future. Or seemed to be.
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The prime time of Sarah Palin
feature In her celebrity sparring with David Letterman, Tina Fey, and Katie Couric, Sarah Palin always displays impressive mastery of her subject matter: Sarah Palin. By Francis Wilkinson
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Mediating Obama 2.0
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The Right's battle to reclaim American History
feature As white political dominance erodes, tea baggers, birthers, and their champions on TV look to the past to buttress their cause.
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Is writing for the rich?
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Jon Stewart's Moral Majority
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The Torture Reckoning
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The new, old poor
feature Jobs for the downwardly mobile
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California dreaming
feature In this week's Editor's Letter, Francis Wilkinson ponders the state's precarious future
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Lessons from General Grant
feature The Civil War hero's reflections have a contemporary ring in the age of Guantanamo
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