From a reader:

I noticed that the following paragraph from your column:
People have been calling for national dialogues and conversations for decades. It usually works something like this: Liberals say we need a frank discussion about race (or class or gender) in this country, and then they proceed to bludgeon any conservative stupid enough to take them up on their offer.
…has a certain universal truth to it and can be rewritten as follows:
Wives have been calling for dialogues and conversations for millenia. It usually works something like this: Wives say we need a frank discussion about feelings, and then they proceed to bludgeon any husband stupid enough to take them up on their offer.