I've just spent some time reading through some posts on Amby Burfoot's Peak Performance blog on Runner's World - if you haven't read his blog, it's definitely worth a look. His posts are well researched, even-handed, and very science-oriented. It also doesn't hurt that he's a Boston Marathon winner and one of the most experienced runner's in the business.
One of the things that I've found is that Amby and I share a very similar perspective on running shoes and their relationship to performance and injury prevention (i.e., that we need more scientific data, and that what is out there is largely inconclusive). It seems that he believes that runners likely vary widely in their shoe needs, but that the goal of each runner should be to find the least shoe possible for their body.
I'd also like to point you to several posts on the Peak Performance blog that are excellent reads:
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