Jonas Salk showed that a killed virus vaccine would work and would be damned effective in fighting disease. This was something that virologists of the day pooh-poohed. And Salk proved them wrong. — 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
