Many people believe in myths lacking any demonstrably factual basis. Put “urban legends” into a search engine and hundreds of such irrational beliefs appear. So perhaps it’s not surprising that widespread misunderstanding persists about the facts of Mike Milken’s life. For an interesting view of how and why such myths about Milken arose, read the Introduction by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz in the 1992 book, Fall From Grace. A more recent book by Boston attorney Harvey Silverglate, Three Felonies a Day, includes an equally revealing nine-page section about Milken’s legal prosecution.