ALLEN AND HIS MOM. I believe the innocent possible explanation for this would be that Allen‘s mom thought he�d be mad because she had kept this a secret from him for so long, and he had been saying publicly what he thought was true — that she wasn�t Jewish.

–Sam Rosenfeld

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