michaeldevault, Author at Zeitgeist -

Dispatches and Marginalia from Michael DeVault

Billy Bradshaw is just a boy of twelve when a well-meaning juvenile court judge sentences him to community service at the Liberty Street Home

Laissez les bon temps rouler! It’s kind of hard to explain Mardi Gras in New Orleans to someone who has never been here during

I’m a big believer in decadence. So after spending an entire day largely either naked or in my PJ’s watching my West WIng dvd

I have a friend that, in the past month, has made my week twice–simply by sharing with me a bit of humor she found

Christmas has always been a very odd time for me and–by extension–my family. Since we hold no particular religious attachment to the holiday, I’ve

Since Colleen was off work tonight, we decided to give the kids their presents tonight. Tomorrow evening, after she gets off work, they’ll do

If you had told me what I was facing in helming a magazine, I would have laughed, not believed you. After all, my impression

This has been an interesting couple of weeks. Bush won an astounding reelection and I got promoted. Almost as if the Fates were saying

Not very many hours left. Praise whatever deity you worship, but tomorrow, America votes to elect the leader of the free world. Now my

There’s a nightmare scenario that isn’t being discussed in the media today. And it’s one that is, given the demographic makeup (or breakdown, if