WHY WOULD A MAN STOP LOVING HIS MOTHER OVER SUCH A THING? George Allen‘s mother recalls the moment, last month, when she told her son that she was raised Jewish: “When I told Georgie, I said, ‘Now you don’t love me anymore.'” To his credit, Allen replied “Mom, I respect you more than ever.” But is it not somewhat weird that Mrs. Allen would initially assume that her son would stop loving her over this? Makes you wonder.

—Mark Leon Goldberg

Sam Rosenfeld, a former web editor for the Prospect, is visiting assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, beginning in September.