POWERLINE'S WEEK YEAR IN PICTURES: Auld Lang Syne Edition. My favorite:

A WORLD GONE MAD:

Lefties can call you a “racist,” try to get you fired, or threaten you with violence. But are we men, or are we Pajama Boys? Here on the right, we are still men. (That includes our women, of course, most emphatically.) In reality, the leftists are almost always impotent to carry out their threats. And, if it comes to that, I am generally carrying; you should be, too. The Second Amendment defends the First. So screw them: we have a right to free speech, as long as we claim it, and use it.

So we must reclaim our free speech, use it, and use it aggressively.

YA' DON'T SAY: Popularity of 'Don't Tread on Me' plates in Virginia suggests Tea Party still strong. My wife and I have two of the 20,000 plus plates, and we've seen them on the highways in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.