I have had an extensive exchange of communications with Stuart Taylor about my post yesterday. Taylor makes some good points about my characterization (to be clear, the views expressed in that post are solely my responsibility and in no way reflect on any other writers at this site) of his views and they deserve a fair response. For the moment, I want to apologize to him for calling him a liar in that post - it is clear he believes what he wrote and my charge of mendacity was unfair and uncalled for. He also brought forth some information that I need to respond to. My general views on the subject have not changed. But, in fairness to Taylor, I need to address his points in a more civil and comprehensive fashion. I will do so by no later than tomorrow.

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It's snowing here again and will be throughout tomorrow. At least I got in a 45 minute walk early this morning when the temperature was still in the 50's.

I see that torture and the swine flue have been the primary topics this weekend. We have a petition ad on the right that I hope you will all sign on to.

Other than that, I'm hoping to work from home due to the weather tomrrow...so glad I didn't put off seeing my jail clients on Friday.

What other news, political or personal has moved you this weekend? If there is any, here's a place to talk about it.

If you haven't been watching the Bulls-Celtics game, you have been missing a classic. Now going into double OT.

The Bulls pull it out. Ben Gordon is a modern day Boston Strangler.

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Your turn.

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Update (TL): I'm watching The Wrestler. Have any of you seen it? It's out on DVD and On Demand.

Update (TChris): If you share TalkLeft's distaste for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you'll want to watch Stephen Colbert's masterful interview of "America's Toughest Sheriff."

The NFL Draft is today. The Detroit Lions, who have the first overall pick, have already reached a agreement with Matthew Stafford, the Georgia quarterback. Good luck with that Lions. I have my doubts about Stafford. The selection process begins at 4 pm this year.

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I'll be visiting clients at the jail most of the day, so here's an open thread for you.

All topics welcome.

I missed the whole day's news due to work, but I'm going to catch up as I watch TV: there's a new episode of Gray's Anatomy, and Southland, the new, depressing LA cop show, is more watchable than Crash.

Think good thoughts for Jay Leno who is in the hospital with an undisclosed but reportedly minor illness. He's expected back next week.

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Your turn.

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You know it is bizarre to see Dan Burton, the Republican representative from Indiana, who devoted agreat deal of time in the 90s accusing Hillary Clinton of being behind the "murder" of Vince Foster, questioning Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. You can watch the proceedings on C-Span 3 or at C-span.com. Here is Hillary zinging Cheney on torture.

Who gets kicked off American Idol and Dancing With Stars tonight?

Biggest Loser is narrowing down to the final few. Who should win?

I'll be watching TV tonight. If you are, let us know what you're watching.

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It's still snowing. I'm going to spend the day on the couch in front of the fireplace, listening to music while I read yet more wiretap affidavits and draft more motions to suppress that are due Monday.

What's going on in your world today?

The snowstorm is bad and getting worse by the hour. Flights canceled, schools closed, power outages, some highways shut down.

I was out this morning when it was just warm, wet snow and kind of fun. Now with the accumulation and colder temperatures, it's a mess out there. The TL kid is coming for dinner, so I'm going to start cooking. It's a great night for a slow, home-made spaghetti sauce.

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