Carl Elliott's Blog, page 12

More Ghostwriting

"Hey, everybody, check out my Atlantic article. It's in the Atlantic, did you hear?  I got an article in the Atlantic.  It's a chapter from my book.  Did you know I wrote a book? Go to Amazon and buy my book. Or Chapters. It's there too!  Oh, yeah, and did you know I write for the Atlantic? I should put my Atlantic article on my website!"

OK, fine, I'll post the goddamn link again.  Happy?

Ghostwriters. Yeah, I feel their pain. I'd hate to spend my days writing just to see some tenured fucker at a university get all the glory.  Hey wait . . . .

Playing Writer

Yeah, yeah.  More of the same in today's Atlantic online.

Still life with poultry

An appropriate placement for Carl Elliott's book

Our first user submission!  A truly appropriate placement of Carl Elliott's White Coat, Black Hat on the bookstore shelves.    If you have any more creative uses for Carl's book, send them to info@whitecoatblackhat.com, and see them posted here.

Don't mess with Canada

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1KeyEARBU

Sorry for our brief shutdown last night. Our server crashed under the weight of all the traffic from angry Canadians, furious over rumours of Carl Elliott's disrespecting Canada. Carl has cancelled his remaining Canadian dates, claiming he has the "flu" (Walk it off, crybaby!).

Meanwhile, a movement is afoot to have a public burning of White Coat, Black Hat in front of the parliament building in Ottawa. Except for one problem: YOU CAN'T GET IT IN THE BOOKSTORES THERE. Seriously, check the Chapters website.

So instead, Canadians will have to vent their anger by checking out copies from their local public library, burning them and reporting them lost.

Dr. BFD does Canada

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"Would you say that to Walker Percy?"

Carl Elliott condescends to speak with the CBC, despite his clear hatred of all things Canadian.  Man, what a dick.  Check out the recording on Quirks and Quarks.

Making It Interesting, Part 4

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Malaprops bookstore, Asheville NC, Nov. 8. Shoes required.

Making it Interesting, Part 3

"Dude, you have no White Coat, Black Hat"

Another way to make things interesting at Carl Elliott's Nov. 8 event at Malaprop's in Asheville, NC:  Take a page from Jacob Isom's book:  "Dude, you have no White Coat, Black Hat".

Dr. Elliott is right-handed.

Another chance to show the love

Carl will be speaking at Malaprop's bookstore in Asheville, NC, November 8 at 7pm. Watch this space for more ideas on how to make it interesting.

Thank you sir, may I have another?

Whack!

The word is out.  We have a consensus:  Carl Elliott's book is not worth reading.  Hot on the heels of a negative review of a review, another review of those two reviews declares: "I think I'll pass on White Coat, Black Hat"

The book, based on those two articles and another positive review I recently read seems to be anything but a balanced treatment of the issue. In fact, it comes across as a knee-jerk, intellectually lazy collection of anecdotes designed to appeal to popular animosity against the pharmaceutical industry.

Outstanding. That's $25.00 of your money saved. But haven't we been saying that all along?

To the Woodshed!

Get the belt!

BOO-YAH!  Guess who gets a spanking on the Policy and Medicine Blog?  Check this:

Since Elliott thinks he does not have "any moral expertise more than anybody else," then why did he write the book? Is he donating the proceeds to ensure that people without insurance can get healthcare? No.

Yowza! Sullivan wisely chose to review another review, rather than wasting money on the book - which, as we all know, would only encourage him. Disappointing, though, that the writer failed to credit this blog's groundbreaking work in destroying Carl's credibility. He should get in touch; we've got plenty of ideas.