James Bovard Boasts of Hijacking a Toll Booth and Other Acts of ‘Public Policy Hooliganism’

Libertarian writer James Bovard, author of such
politician-puncturing and bureaucrat-tormenting books as
Attention Deficit Democracy,
The Bush Betrayal, and
Lost Rights, has drawn the ire of the director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other defenders of the
powers-that-be, for his efforts. His latest book,
Public Policy Hooligan, includes some personal musings
on just how he got under so many officials’ skin—including tales
about spending the night in an unoccupied Massachusetts Turnpike
toll booth, and appropriating secret documents from the World Trade
Organization (still known as GATT at the time).

Bovard presented some of those adventures in a speech at the
recent New Hampshire
Liberty Forum, sponsored by the Free State Project. The video
is worth a watch. If you like it,
don’t forget to buy the book.