When FDR died in 1945, he was still paralyzed from the waist down. After he died, his portrait was put on the dime. Through his illness, he went out of his way to minimize his difficulties. Of the thousands of… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
All of these charges by McCarthy were a way of getting the Democrats out of power. The Democrats had controlled the government for 20… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
Coming of age in the 1960s, I heard the word 'fascist' all the time. College presidents were fascists; Vietnam War supporters were fascists. Policemen… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
When FDR died in 1945, he was still paralyzed from the waist down. After he died, his portrait was put on the dime. Through… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
So, obviously, autism - which is the key in this - is a very big problem. We need more studies about it. We certainly… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
The March of Dimes turned a disease not nearly as prevalent as childhood cancer into a national crusade. Polio was not that widespread. — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the belief was… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
“Dr. Sheri Fink put it all together in Five Days at Memorial, a searing account of what happened when the backup generators failed, the… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
The Left is deeply invested in Obama's presidency; they believe he's too important, symbolically, to fail. — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
'Liberal Fascism' is less an expose of left-wing hypocrisy than a chance to exact political revenge. Yet, the title of his book aside, what… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
Jonas Salk showed that a killed virus vaccine would work and would be damned effective in fighting disease. This was something that virologists of… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America, it stays… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
So much of the bitterness that the term 'McCarthyism' evokes refers to the probe begun in New Jersey in the summer of 1953 -… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
