Most LRC readers are probably familiar with the academic lynching of my friend Walter Block by the cultural Marxists and cowardly economics faculty at Loyola College recently. Their immediate response to hearing an economist question a few of the superstitions of radical feminism (the “gender gap” and “glass ceiling”) was not to demand an apology, but to issue apologies to the entire universe on Walter’s behalf (and mine, presumably, since I invited him). (Forget about debating the issues; they’re not interested). Where on earth does this come from — the idea of formally apologizing for the expression of politically-incorrect ideas … Continue reading That Walter Block “Apology”