“If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth”, is a quote typically ascribed to Josef Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany. The irony of this is that according to Professor Randall Bytwerk, Goebbels never said it. Yet there are over 500,000 web pages and twenty published books that attribute, without a citation of a source,… Read more »
On June 20th about one hundred protestors met at the statue of Robert Moses in Babylon Village in order to demand its removal. The protest was organized by Ms. Vanessa Cardino, a recent graduate of Fordham University. According to her petition on change.org: “Robert Moses has left behind a long legacy of prejudice and gentrification, specifically targeting the Black and… Read more »
In November of 2019 Assemblyman Daniel J. O’Donnell, Chairmen of the New York Assembly’s Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Development introduced Assembly bill A08740, “An act to establish a temporary state commission to rename Robert Moses State Park”. The justification for this bill contains a number of erroneous statements regarding Mr. Moses that have, over time, gone from… Read more »