People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.

Palgrave Macmillan.  
Attention Deficit Democracy. James Bovard (born 1956) is a libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste failures corruption cronyism and abuses of power in government.

He is the author of Attention Deficit Democracy and eight other books. James Bovard (born 1956) is a libertarian author and lecturer whose political commentary targets examples of waste failures corruption cronyism and abuses of power in government.