The Ozone Scare: A Retrospective - Rod Rojas - Mises Daily

The Ozone Scare: A Retrospective - Rod Rojas - Mises Daily: "Environmentalists claimed that CFCs would somehow travel 40 miles up above the surface of the earth, despite the fact that CFCs are about five times heavier than air. A common case of floating bricks, no doubt."

"The substitutes for CFC inhalers are the HFA (hydro-fluoroalkane) inhalers, which many doctors report to be of marginal effectiveness compared to the CFC version, which provided faster and longer-lasting relief from the agony of suffocation."

Why This Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? - Robert Higgs - Mises Daily

Why This Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus? - Robert Higgs - Mises Daily: "According to retired admiral Dennis C. Blair, formerly the director of national intelligence, after 9/11 'the attitude was, if it's worth doing, it's probably worth overdoing.' I submit that this explanation does not cut to the heart of the matter. As it stands, it suggests a sort of mindless desire to pile mountains of money, technology, and personnel on top of an already-enormous mountain of money, technology, and personnel for no reason other than the vague notion that more must be better."

"the Bush administration and Congress gave agencies more money than they were capable of responsibly spending."