I felt the same way and dropped him a while back. However, I started listening last week and I have to say he’s been on point and on fire recently.
I caught a bit yesterday because I was traveling (he’s not on locally any more). He seemed to be on point. He does go through phases (I remember him being more or less convinced Iran was going to nuke somebody in August of 2006). When he’s lucid, which doesn’t seem to be very often, he’s good.
I do miss the old Beck, with considerably more funny bits and not so much doom and gloom.