In light of yesterday's passage of the latest incarnation of "health care reform" in the House, I had a conversation today with one of its supporters.

This gentleman informed me that everything I think I know about the founding of our country and its (former) guiding document, the Constitution, is wrong. Apparently the founders actually intended for us to be a socialist, anti-individualist collective society and that we have simply been getting it wrong for the last 233 years.

What can be done? When the other side believes this, unpersuaded by all evidence to the contrary that they are wrong, what is left? This is more than the stuff of mere disagreements about tastes, styles, etc. This is one way of life versus another: our way that seeks to live and let live, and their way that seeks to demand and command. The two are absolutely incompatible, and one can only prevail over the other through force.

I think we have reached the last stretch of the road. I can't think of another way to say it. Maybe there's an off ramp here somewhere, some fork in the road that's just around the bend that can't be seen yet, but I'm losing hope. I only hope I can get out of the way in time.