In Memoriam: Kai Nielsen (1926-2021) The Marxist philosopher Kai Nielsen, for many years a sponsor of New Politics, passed away on March 29 in Montreal, only a few weeks away from what would have been his 95 th birthday. Kai was born in Michigan and grew up in northern Illinois. He served in the Merchant Marine in the Pacific at the end of World War Two, before studying at St. Ambrose College in Iowa and the University of North Carolina. He was a graduate student at Duke University and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1959 for a thesis on moral reasoning. In those days, Kai later reminisced, academi...