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Sam Rosenfeld

Sam Rosenfeld is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Harvard University and a former web editor at the Prospect.

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THE IRAN CONNECTION.

Sam RosenfeldAug 08, 2007

THE IRAN CONNECTION. Ezra and Matt express skepticism about the new Michael Gordon-penned piece on Iran's supply of bombs used against U.S. troops in Iraq. Gareth Porter has written recently about another such story of Iranian meddling that rested on pretty thin evidence.

IVO DAALDER.

Sam RosenfeldAug 06, 2007

IVO DAALDER. Jon Chait links to this op-ed by Robert Kagan and Ivo Daalder proposing a "Concert of Democracies" to lend legitimacy to American interventions. Matt raises some compelling objections to the notion, but the broader merits of the concept aside, this from Chait caught my attention: "[The op-ed is] interesting not so much for what it says but for who says it.

ELEVATING THE DISCUSSION.

Sam RosenfeldAug 06, 2007

ELEVATING THE DISCUSSION. The AP's David Yepsen did indeed get in a quick acerbic dig at yesterday's GOP presidential debate after Rudy Giuliani said his plan to rebuild America's infrastructure would be to cut taxes. It didn't seem like it registered among any of the contenders, though. Giuliani's answer typified the rock-hard commitment to vacuous conservative nostrums and inane dogma that the candidates have ably maintained in debate after debate. I keep waiting to see that commitment break somewhere, sometime, from one of these guys (Ron Paul excepted), but it hasn't happened.

TNR LIIIIIIIES! Michelle...

Sam RosenfeldAug 02, 2007

TNR LIIIIIIIES! Michelle Malkin and co. vindicated re. Beauchampgate! Or, perhaps not...

Special bonus salaciousness here.

UPDATE: Eventheliberal Scott Lemieux concedes that his initial suspicions of Stephen Glass redux were wrong.

--Sam Rosenfeld

PROFILES IN COURAGE.

Sam RosenfeldAug 02, 2007

PROFILES IN COURAGE. Matt and Kevin Drum disagree a bit about the plausibility of the scenario outlined to Mike Crowley by Mystery Republican Senator X:

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