The sudden interest in the Comstock law of 1873 — an “anti-vice” measure being invoked by abortion opponents — is a moment to reflect on the career of the law’s namesake, Anthony Comstock. The crusade by the persnickety postal inspector against “indecency,” via his New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, made him a bête noir of the Sun. Plus, too, Comstock’s career could be a cautionary tale for today’s conservatives.