Brian Linse of the Lefty Directory conducts an interview with Jeanne D'Arc of the blog Body and Soul--it'a great read, we highly recommend it.

Jim Capozzola over at Rittenhouse is in top form today.

It's Slacker Friday on Altercation, Eric posts his top mail of the week, and check out some of his new links. We're proud to have had a hand in their selection.

Skippy has a bunch of opposing comments going on to one of his posts about the "Buffalo Six" and a very funny piece on a recent Ashleigh Banfield MSNBC interview.

Lisa English of Ruminate This has been writing great stuff all week about Bush and the probable war with Iraq.

A special thanks to Cursor for making our Buffalo Eight post its lead story today--we've had over 1,400 hits since this morning.

For those of you who got here some other way, check Cursor out--it is a topical, relevant and essential read every day.

We've been blogging all through the weekend. So much so that we just went in and edited the posts from the past few days to divide the really long ones into two sections so you don't have so much to scroll through. The second half of these posts now begin when you click on "more."

We're taking a break, probably until Monday night. We invite you to hang out as long as you want, click around the site, read, post comments, and check out the other blogs and sites we link to on the right side of the page.

Great profile of Univ of Tennessee Law Professor Glenn Reynolds, known to us in the blogistan as Instapundit in today's American Lawyer.

One law professor opined that while the law school is glad for the attention he brings, his views are a little too "anti-p.c." and libertarian for their comfort.

Gee, we wonder what they'd make of us!

What a day to have a birthday. Not fun, we bet. Both DailyKos and MadKane begin another year of life today, we hope you'll go over and extend good wishes. Here are the places to do it: DailyKos birthday post and MadKane birthday post.

As for us, we're heading over to the law school to teach criminal defense like we do every Wednesday night....last Sept. 12 we tossed the syllabus and talked about the events of the day before. It was a great class. I suspect we will do the same tonight--"Motions to Suppress" will have to wait until next week--Civil Liberties, Right to Counsel and the Patriot Act will take center stage tonight.

Tomorrow the Hamster returns from vacation, we've missed him, not to mention the great articles he finds and his comments.

We don't know where we'll be by the time you read this, but right now on Saturday, 9/7/02, for the first time we are aware of, TalkLeft has made the list of the Top-100 Links from Weblogs.

Instapundit is No. 55, we are 57, Media Whores Online is 62 and Altercation is 76.

For those of you wondering what happened to Eric Alterman's new bookmarked links on Altercation (the old ones are showing as we write this), MSNBC is on top of it. They are busy working on the problem and the new list will be restored as soon as possible. Just a technical snafu, no one has been deleted.

While you are waiting, we recommend you read Eric's new Nation column Devil in the Blue Dress (about she who recently wrote a best-selling book) here's one quote:

"Is looking like an anorexic Farrah Fawcett and wearing skirts so short they lack the dignity and reserve of Monica Lewinsky's thong enough to insure the embrace of the national entertainment state no matter what you say, just so long as your murderous bile is directed at "liberals"? Would it have worked for Saddam if he wore a size 6?"

and weigh in on the debate on Altercation between Eric and Instapundit over Sweden, Holland and Mississippi--

and check the "Slacker Friday" mail--it has the responses to the battle last week between Eric and Alexander Cockburn of Counterpunch.

Update: It looks to us like Eric's Altercation page has been fixed. Please let us know if your page was there earlier in the week and now seems to be gone. Or if you are having other troubles with a link.

Thanks to fellow lawyer/blogger Sam Heldman for this compliment to TalkLeft: "I love reading all the people on the left-hand side of this page. But this morning I am especially loving TalkLeft because the site is chock-full of actual information and factual support for their opinions."

Sam is a left-leaning blogger and labor lawyer in Alabama who writes on law and politics and we enjoy reading him.

Instapundit today highlights a new law enforcement weblog called Guardman. We took a look, and were not thrilled to learn the following about those who post comments on blogs:

"When you post a comment, you should keep in mind that IP addresses are recorded and if there is any question that a comment is in any way illegal (remember, harassment and stalking statutes are very broad in some states) this information may be used by a subpoena-wielding, irate police management type, to track down the author of the comment. Trust me, it can be done. And, it is done all the time. You might be surprised at how easy it is to track down 'anonymous' posters when necessary. "

The links contest is over and the new bookmarks are up on Eric Alterman's great blog Altercation

TalkLeft is proud to have had a hand in the selection.