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How to turn a Vintage Zenith Radio Cabinet into a Lighted Bar Part 2: Disassembly

Disassembly Now that we had the radio cabinet home, we could begin to remove the radio parts and faceplates before attempting to cut the door into the front. The Radio Pulling out the radio was relatively easy. I took out a few screws, and pulled the whole assembly out the

Is the Economy Legible

I am an amateur in most of the fields that I enjoy commenting on in this blog. In my own field, I get as annoyed as anyone else when an ill-informed outsider buts in. Nevertheless, like Chesterton, I think amateurs ought to be allowed their say, especially since so many

The Long View 2005-09-16: Supreme Job Search; GOZland

John often argued that the Republican party needed to learn how to raise taxes. He may have intuited that there was an open opportunity for a party that was socially conservative and willing to spend money on welfare. Supreme Job Search; GOZland How does one become a US Supreme Court

How to turn a Vintage Zenith Radio Cabinet into a Lighted Bar

Radio Bar This is a project that has been a loooong time coming. My plan is to walk you through all the steps we took to restore, refinish, and alter the Zenith radio cabinet we found at an estate sale into the final item that is currently sitting in my

The Long View 2005-09-13: The Rapture Today; Modernity and the Arabists; Heinlein Lives

I read a number of Heinlein juveniles at my elementary school library. I think Citizen of the Galaxy was one of them. Now that I'm older, I notice more of Heinlein's weirdness, but as a kid, all that sailed right over my head, and I just

The Long View 2005-09-07: The Wicked City

John Reilly didn't find the idea that New Orleans had been punished for its sins particularly compelling. The Wicked City We admire Mark Steyn in part because he so rarely has to take back his numerous predictions. For Katrina, however, he was forced to make an exception: What

The Long View 2005-09-03: The Katrina Disaster: Reality, Myth, and Future

John's prediction about the consequences of Hurricane Katrina didn't really pan out. We may expect, though, that people will demand larger, more effective government, and that they will insist on paying for it now. This will mean a larger standing military, if not necessarily a draft.