I have the feeling Lee Cronin does not understand entropy.  The second law is a simple probabilistic statement related to the number of micro-states available to a system. It tells you that the system evolves towards the macroscopic state that has the biggest number of micro-states.  It is the same as saying that when you roll dice, you are 6 times more likely to get a 7 (1/6,2/5,3/4,4/3,5/2,6/1) than to get a 2 (1/1).  That is the second law in a nutshell.  What is there to object to?