History

Fukuyama's 'Future of History': Is Liberal Democracy Doomed?

8 Feb 2012

Francis Fukuyama's latest revision tries to reckon with a world whose future is far more complicated and uncertain than he would have hoped two decades ago.

Black History Month: It’s not just for White folks

8 Feb 2012

  There are some who are suggesting that Black History Month is no longer needed. This includes, sadly, some of us Black folk who don’t see this yearly February observance as necessary. On the contrary, Black History Month isn’t just for Whites to learn more about us, but also for us to know more about [...]

History amended by earliest recording of sound

8 Feb 2012

Thomas Edison came up with a way to play back recorded sound in 1878. But 20 years before the inventor patented the phonograph, French scientist Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was fiddling around in his laboratory trying to come up with a way to record sound. His invention, the phonautogram, enabled him to create a visual representation of his voice.