Carl Douglass
- Neurosurgeon Turned Author Writes With Gripping Realism
- Author Masterminds Charter Member
Articles & Book Chapters
HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
How to speak British, course 202 Cockney Rhyming Slang: Although the words are standard English, even in pronunciation–pretty much–translation takes a thorough knowledge of English …
The True Meaning of Thanksgiving: A Reflection on Gratitude and Connection
Thanksgiving is more than just a day marked by turkey dinners, pumpkin pie, and family gatherings. At its core, Thanksgiving is a celebration of gratitude—a …
Mysterious Chimeras Part 2
PART 2 CAUSATION: One recipe for chimerism begins during pregnancy with twins–or triplets, octuplets, etc. There is a genuine medical syndrome called “vanishing twin syndrome”, …
Mysterious Chimeras
In 2005, an impossibly mysterious law enforcement case happened in Alaska. A man was in prison for a crime. During that time, a sexual assault …
HOW TO WRITE WITH ACCENTS, DIALECT, SLANG, COLLOQUALISM, AND ETHNICITY
How to speak British, course 201: Any discussion of British English would be incomplete without a look at the different accents and dialects in the …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
In Conclusion: What we are seeing in America in 2024 is a nascent, but potent, populist revolution and the potential for us to willingly vote …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Why should we care who gets elected? My opinion–that of many who are not committed by party affiliation to one candidate or the other …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
A Second Trump Presidential Administration A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and “freedom cities” built on federal land. …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Enter Donald Trump The most startling impact of the apparently unwavering evangelical support for the Republican Party was the election of Donald Trump as president–who …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
What danger is the American democracy in, if any? Politically, the changes in GOP/evangelical politics began with a swing of conservative evangelicals to the Republican …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
Evangelicals and Politics Today Historically, Americans have been skittish about mixing religion, politics, and government; and part of the connection to the old monarchial regime …
DEMOCRACY LOST, DICTATORSHIP TAKES ITS PLACE, AND SO, AD INFINITUM
The great divide in the United States; is it a harbinger for the future of democracy? The United States has long been identified …
All In Jest – Chapter 13
All In Jest CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sybil was nervous and cranky the morning of the deposition. She ran her preparations over and over again through her …
All In Jest – Chapter 12
All In Jest CHAPTER TWELVE There were seven continuances, in all, for the van der Hoef case, stretching over nearly as many years, before the …
All In Jest – Chapter 11
All In Jest CHAPTER ELEVEN Things were going too well, it seemed to her. Dr. Norcroft was now established officially as the region’s certified skull …
All In Jest – Chapter 10
All In Jest CHAPTER TEN Once again at home, Sybil took stock of her situation. She was overreacting to the outcome of the Evangelina …
All In Jest – Chapter 9
All In Jest CHAPTER NINE The war of attrition launched by Paul Bel Geddes started insidiously. Sybil’s deposition in the van der Hoef case …
All In Jest – Chapter 8
All In Jest CHAPTER EIGHT Gerrit van der Hoef’s grandfather had worked in the Westminister County boat yards making tug boats. Gerrit’s father had worked …
All In Jest – Chapter 7
All In Jest CHAPTER SEVEN 2013 was a good year for Sybil Norcroft, M.D., PhD, F.A.C.S. George and Dolly’s four-year-old filly, Moccasin Walker, sold for …
All In Jest – Chapter 6
All In Jest CHAPTER SIX Blackman Schwartz met Sybil in the hospital cafeteria a week after the verdict in the Brendan McNeely case was delivered. …
All In Jest – Chapter 5
All In Jest CHAPTER FIVE Pancho had become the de facto foreman of Sybil’s ranch, in part because he was the eldest and most experienced …
All In Jest – Chapter 4
All In Jest CHAPTER FOUR After the deposition, Sybil felt depressed. Her attorney, her friends, and her family all reassured her, told her not to …
All In Jest – Chapter 3
All In Jest Chapter Three As soon as Sybil put down the receiver after her conversation with the aide at the medical examiner’s office, she …
All In Jest – Chapter 2
All In Jest Chapter Two The courtroom was stuffy–hot and full of the smell of tension. Sybil Norcroft felt the worst she could remember, second …
I chose to use a pseudonym for personal reasons. I’m a retired neurosurgeon living in a rural paradise and am at rest from the turbulent life of my profession. I lived in an era when resident trainees worked 120 hours a week–a form of bondage no longer permitted by law. I served as a Navy Seabee general surgeon during the unpleasantness in Viet Nam, and spent the remainder of my ten-year service as a neurosurgeon in a major naval regional medical center. I’ve lived in every section of the country, saw all the inhumanity of man to man, practiced in private settings large and small, the military, academia, and as a medical humanitarian in the Third World.