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What qualifies as fact-checking

From 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, a special issue on Dickens and science. From New Left Review, Lacan enlisted on the side of Jesus, for an ethics of revolutionary goodness: Gregor McLennan reviews books by Terry Eagleton; and can underlying similarities of deep structure and social function be traced in the work of classical European and Chinese writers? Two presidents, two speeches — and a profound question about the American military that has yet to be answered. From the New York Times's Room for Debate, as philosophy departments have come under attack for being costly and impractical, do experimental methods, called "x-phi" by its proponents, offer new horizons for old problems? From Sojourners, an interview with veteran Sunday school teacher Elizabeth Warren on facing down the Goliaths of Wall Street. Multiculturalism and Its Discontents: Why are liberals excusing religious abuses on grounds of cultural relativism? The strength of Obama's long game with Iran: Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for George W. Bush, explains why the current president understands Tehran. What "fact-checking" means online: If the Web has changed what qualifies as fact-checking, has it also changed what qualifies as a fact? Business journalism’s image problem: We aren’t all dashing muckrakers like Stieg Larsson’s Mikael Blomkvist, but untangling the financial crisis isn’t just about catching bad guys.