Latest articles by William Falk
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Irresistible forces
opinion Why Amazon, Google, and Facebook rule the world
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Look abroad
opinion Other countries have more effective and less costly 'hybrid' health-care systems. Why not copy them?
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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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No more illusions about Putin
opinion It's not McCarthyism to see him as an enemy of democracy
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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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America's lost civility
opinion Here's the problem with our 'me first' mentality
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A tale of two campuses
opinion How colleges are diverging on creating 'safe spaces'
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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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Orlando as a Rorschach test
opinion A polarized nation that sees only what it wants to see
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Gawker's bad karma
opinion Bullying, outing, and shaming people for fun isn't journalism
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The interior lives of animals
opinion Human beings are not alone in our capacity to think, feel, and empathize
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A worst-case election scenario
opinion What happens if Bloomberg runs, and none of the three candidates gets enough Electoral College votes?
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Are beards on the way out?
opinion When too many dudes have furry faces, it's the clean-shaven guys who stand out
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When a doomsday cult meets our modern world
opinion Reflections on ISIS's savage terrorist attacks in Paris
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The spiritual lessons of sports
opinion Why Cubs' fans deserve our awed respect
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Capitalism is the best economic system ever devised. That doesn't make it perfect.
opinion Does believing that the profit motive sometimes must be restrained make you a radical left-winger? Only in America.
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The inner lives of animals
opinion There's strong evidence that our fellow creatures think and feel
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A lesson in dying
opinion As a final gift in a wondrous career, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks showed us how to let go of life with grace and gratitude
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Amazon and the price of inventing the future
opinion Amazon isn't the only company that requires its workers to give up their lives
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Starving the space program
opinion NASA's funding has shrunk to just 0.5 percent of the federal budget. Here's why it deserves more.
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Too much power for too long
opinion Supreme Court justices shouldn't have lifetime terms
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War by other means
opinion Americans who cling to the Confederate flag may be in retreat, but the states' rights rebellion goes on
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Stand or perish
opinion If you want to live a long life, you have to give up pretty much everything, including your chair
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