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...

On today’s show: A tribute to Christopher Hitchens (including some of his greatest hits). Listen here.

In the Chron: Right wingers love to imagine themselves as put upon, oppressed freedom fighters in Obama’s Stalinist America. Just last week, rebel leader Rick Perry cut an ad in which he condemned Obama’s “war on religion.” What Perry meant of course was that Obama doesn’t sufficiently favor his preferred religion. It was...

In the Chron: Are you Fed Up! with our comrade-in-chief’s attacks on faith? Have trouble comprehending what’s generally referred to as “the news?” Understand intuitively that the War on Christmas is real? Do you remember what pre-Obama America was like — before he issued an executive order converting all houses of worship (except...