I didn't read the whole thing and I realize this was written 2 years ago, but this line made me laugh :
"I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone and never was, and the EPA has always known it."
While you could make a case that incidental second hand smoke is not harmful enough to justify the increased public regulations we've seen in recent years, to say it's not a health hazard to anyone makes you a crackpot in my book.
I think Crichton's problem is that he has become fanatical in his opposition to the fanaticism of the environmentalists. He talks alot about being rational and looking at things from an objective point of view, but I don't think he's been following his own advice.
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