TalkLeft is ringing in the new year with a new blogger -- Journalist and author Ethan Brown.

Ethan has written about street crime and criminal justice policy for New York, The New York Observer, Wired, Vibe, Radar, The Independent, GQ, Mother Jones, The Guardian and Men's Vogue. [More...]

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A site called Revolution Day is stealing blogposts written by others and publishing them on its site without attribution back to the original blog link.

I've written and asked them to remove TalkLeft's material from their site and gotten no answer. As of now, they have posted 684 of TalkLeft's posts on their site.

Their contact information is provided as: mensajeria@live.com. The company is Powered by PotencialNetworks.com // Administrado por elrOx.

We're not the only blog whose work they are stealing. And they seem to be using feedburner to do it. Check it out and see if your stuff is on their site too.

Is anyone here going to try and catch up on movie going this weekend for tomorrow night's Golden Globes? Slumdog Millionaire is the film I most want to see.

Here's an open thread for those of you online today, all topics welcome.

It's a jail day for me....Here's an open thread for you. What haven't we discussed that's on your mind?

Long time readers of TalkLeft will recall the many posts here by Last Night in Little Rock (LNILR), John Wesley Hall, Jr. He's now a TL alumni, with his own blog at FourthAmendment.com.

John is President this year of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). The Arkansas Times has a terrific profile of him today. I hope you'll give it a read.

For those interested in things not college football, here is an Open Thread.

Your turn.

Update (TL): I've been gone all day, I'm just catching up now. Today's headlines seem like the same as yesterday's to me so right now I have nothing to add. What am I missing?

One new story: Chris Matthews decided against running for the Senate.

One day till this year's Game of the Century. Tomorrow I will provide a comprehensive preview of the Florida-Oklahoma game. It's what you would expect from the top college football covering law and politics blog.

It won't be objective of course. Go Gators!

This is an Open Thread.

Two new TalkLeft reader diaries to recommend:

Steve M on the legalities of the coming Minnesota Senate contest.

Dalton Hoffine on Rawls and international law.

This is an Open Thread.

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Bob Geldorf and Jon Bon Jovi signing "I don't like Mondays."

After 10 days off from work, I don't feel going back just yet, but I have clients to visit in jail and then I have to play catch-up and tackle the mail, pleadings and client calls that came in during my abscence.

I'm tired of the holidays and glad they are ending, but I'd also like a few days to my myself before jumping back into the fray. Am I alone, or do any of you feel like I do?

I miss the Sopranos. It's Sunday night, the new television season is starting, and all I have to look forward to is Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.

New seasons of 24 and Damages start this week. I'm looking forward to those. And Life on Mars which comes back at the end of January. In the reality department, the Bachelor and Biggest Loser are back this week but both look pretty dismal.

Will we ever again get shows as good as the Sopranos, the Wire, Six Feet Under or Sex and the City? I don't think so.

What shows do you miss? Which are you watching this week? If you aren't watching, what are you doing instead? All media-related topics welcome here.