In the Chron: The same people who cheered as George Bush and the Republican Congress turned the $236 billion surplus left to them by Bill Clinton into a nearly trillion-dollar deficit are this week up in arms because the Obamas spent money hosting a 2009 Halloween party for children of members of the military. The country was in the midst of a recession and the...

American Atheists President David Silverman wants Cee Lo Green to show just how tolerant he is by singing Imagine using the original lyrics at the largest gathering of non-believers in American history. On New Year’s Eve, Green performed the song in front of a television audience of over two million but changed the lyrics from “nothing to kill or die for /...

In the Chron: According to police in Lexington, North Carolina, Michael Anthony Fuller tried to buy $476 worth of merchandise at WalMart with what he claimed was an actual $1,000,000 bill. The largest denomination in circulation, by the way, is $100. Fuller apparently didn’t have access to Google. He nevertheless still managed to ball up a lot about what’s...

Today’s show: If you’re a progressive and support Ron Paul, do it with your eyes open. From his newsletters to his new world order conspiracy theories to his opposition to the entire social safety net, he’s wrong almost across the board. Plus, Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz has a petition to end the war on Christmas, so we’re in...

In the Chron: It just wouldn’t be the Christmas season without a group of religious conservatives barricading themselves behind a creche on the grounds of a courthouse somewhere. This year, that courthouse is in Athens, Texas — seat of Henderson County — and the Athenians are in full martyr mode: The hope for this is to bring together as many evangelical...