"Tackling The Tough Issues"

Andrew notes:

From NRO:

Is it time to turn back the clock on female suffrage? John Derbyshire explores.

The Atlantic published a similar story:

Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet?

That was from February.  1859.  When did conservatives stop standing athwart history yelling "Stop!" to standing athwart history yelling "Rewind!"?

Ladies and gentlemen—or as they'd have it, just the gentlemen..... today's conservatism.