Allen is slipping. He was an expert witness on some major litigation I worked on against a Big Pharma. Cross exam tore him to shreds.
Thanks for those observatons and anecdotes, FRiend tired.
Again, my observations are strictly from reading his book, which, as I stated, I found entirely worthwhile.
As for “ego bigger than” ... that describes way too many physicians I have known over the years. The bedside manner is pretty much a thing of the past ... you are nothing but a collection of numbers.
I wrote professionally for the better part of 30 years, and I can tell you it’s tough to discover that someone whose writing you admire is, shall we say, morally and ethically challenged.
I wound up working a year for a regionall popular “conservative” pundit who turned out to be probably the nastiest person I met in the news business. With this dude, it was always personal — according to His Highness, I lacked the “killer instinct” of a real reporter. My take is that I’m obliged to quote everyone accurately, and whether agree with them or like them matters not a whit.
Last I heard, he had lost quite a bit of money, but not enough that he’s living in a tent.