In Memoriam: Murray Bookchin (1921-2006)

BURLINGTON, VT - Murray Bookchin, a noted philosopher and founder of the “Social Ecology” school of libertarian socialist thought, died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 85.

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In Memoriam: John McKay (1986-2005)

MENLO PARK, CA - John McKay–one of the most accomplished debaters in the history of the national circuit–passed away yesterday, August 2, 2005.

A founder and four-year president of the debate team at Menlo-Atherton High School, McKay became the head coach of the program upon his graduation. In his senior year, he earned nine bids to the TOC, where he was a semifinalist. He placed at the MBA and Stanford Round Robins, was runner-up at the Mineapple, closed out CPS and MLK, and won Manchester, Grapevine, the Victory Briefs Round Robin, and the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational. A VBI alumnus and a student at Stanford University, this weekend’s Session II would have marked his fourth session teaching with us.

Committed to the expansion of debate opportunities to underpriviliged and underserved areas, programs, and individuals, McKay established the Voices Foundation for the Promotion of High School Debate. The organization recently announced the debut of its travel scholarship program.

As a debater, a coach, a friend, a colleague, and a visionary, McKay touched so many of us: beyond his obvious skills as an instructor and debater and the increasingly omnipresent blue Voices “DEBATE” wristbands, his enthusiasm for the activity was already legendary even at his young age. Please join us in remembering John McKay.

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In Memoriam: Rhoda Kirschner Radow (1930-2005)

HOLLYWOOD, FL - The Miami Herald has reported that Rhoda Kirschner Radow, formerly of Nova High School, died Sunday at the age of 75. One of the most successful coaches in the history of high school debate, Radow was elected a Key Coach of the Barkley Forum for High Schools in 1976, and went on to coach students to significant success both nationally and in-state. (Indeed, over the course of her career and across many events, she coached more than two hundred Florida State Champions.) Her full obituary is available here on VBD.

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In Memoriam: Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005)

Writer and campaigner Andrea Dworkin - who famously linked pornography to rape and violence - died this past weekend. She was fifty-nine years old.
Regardless of whether you used her analysis, you probably came across arguments from her, perhaps most notably during this season’s September/October topic.
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In Memoriam: Susan Sontag (1933-2004)

Social critic and author Susan Sontag, a lifelong human rights activist and one of America’s foremost public intellectuals, died on today at the age age 71 after a battle with leukemia.
Sontag had a wide variety of interests that included “everything from ballet to photography to popularizing of the works of such authors such as […]

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In Memoriam: Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)

French philosopher and commonly-known father of the “deconstructionist” school of thought, Jacques Derrida, died of cancer last night.
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