An energy analyst says a late decision by the New York Attorney General to drop two of four fraud allegations against ExxonMobil in a lawsuit over climate change bodes ill for the Massachusetts Attorney General's case against the oil giant.
On Thursday, November 7, a lawyer for the New York Attorney General's office told a judge before closing arguments in a trial that the state would drop two fraud counts alleging actual harm done by ExxonMobil and keep two remaining counts under an expansive New York state law that outlaws misrepresentation even if no damage occurred.
The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture By Heather Mac Donald St. Martin's Press
In her superb book The Diversity Delusion, Heather Mac Donald explains how reflexive accusations of racism and sexism, the demand for "safe spaces," and contempt for the values of reason and due process have not only corrupted the Academy but have increasingly become the dominant culture in business, government, and society at large.
