We last gave thanks on July 4th to those we've learned from and those who have encouraged and praised us. We're doing it again for Thanksgiving. We hope that if these blogs are not already on your daily reading list, they will be soon.

Some of our favorite bloggers have made especially nice comments about TalkLeft in their blogs the last few weeks. We'd like to thank them, and share some of their comments with you. These are blogs whose opinions we value highly.

Jeanne D'Arc of Body and Soul :

"I hope you already know that when legal issues are in the news (and, lately, that would be every day, wouldn't it?), the one site you must visit is the indispensable Talk Left . But if you haven't read Jeralyn's analysis of the case, you should."

Jim Capozzola of The Rittenhouse Review:

"If Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft knows so much about crime and criminal law, how come she’s not a ten-most-wanted criminal mastermind by now? Or is she? Just kidding. I’ve learned more about the law from Merritt, online and off, than I have from any other resource I’ve met, or encountered rather, online or off."

Daily Kos "Update: TalkLeft, the ultimate authority for all matters regarding crime policy, has her own extended analysis...." Kos is our arbiter of truth on all matters political--and he designed TalkLeft.

Jeff Cooper of Cooped Up: "I am deeply flattered to be included in the company of sites mentioned in the post. TalkLeft does a superb job of discussing criminal law issues from a left-liberal perspective."

Eric Alterman, who has praised us often, allowed us to help create the Altercation links list, and best of all, guest-blog for him while he was on vacation.

A very special thanks to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit who mentions us far more often than we deserve.

Atrios, Cursor, The Hamster, Ruminate This, CalPundit and, of course, Skippy who mention and link to us more times than we can print here.

Buzzflash and Tapped for their permanent links to us.

Long Story, Short Pier , who just found us today and wrote:

"...a new favorite: Jeralyn Merritt’s TalkLeft, an excellent argosy of "crime-related political and injustice news," whether it’s riffing on what it was that Law & Order guy said, or contemplating the appalling microcosm found within Tabitha Pollack’s terribly contingent release."

And to those with differing points of view:

Vodkapundit, to whom we still owe a drink (if he would ever drive the 60 miles north to Denver) for being one of the first blogs to give us a link, and for having such panache in his own posts;

Jay Caruso of Daily Rant who said initially, "Check out her blog. I don't agree with much of what she says, but her blog is informative and contains links to very valuable resources, especially in the area of the law" and then a few days ago: "Another reason to read Talkleft. You may not agree with Jeralyn Merritt. She proudly proclaims to be a progressive (ie liberal) Democrat. But she's fair."

Tom of Just One Minute, who rarely agrees with us but reads, analyzes and contributes nonetheless;

Finally, and most important of all, thanks to all of you who read TalkLeft--you make it all worthwhile.

Have a great holiday. We'll be back in a few days.