Every politician seeking a seat in Congress promises government reform, but it never comes. I write to sound the alarm that Congress’s decline is not just a constitutional issue; it is a slow march toward authoritarianism. Each time a president claims new powers through emergency declarations, executive orders, or regulatory tricks, Congress surrenders authority it was never meant to lose.
My writings are an attempt to keep alive the fact that there are many policy options to reform a nation that lives in massive debt, regulatory sclerosis, transitioning to State Capitalism , and continuous undeclared wars.
My effort takes the form of a trilogy on government reform. The books include:
Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens describes how the federal government expanded from a power-sharing arrangement with states (federalism) to a massive, authoritarian power without any constitutional amendments. The book is more than a discussion of overreaching federal actions; it provides a roadmap to reverse the accumulation of federal power and debt that will drain the U.S. of its world-class leadership.
The book received the 2021 Independent Press Award for Social/Political Change. It also received the 2020 Bronze Book Award from the Non-Fiction Authors Association. It received several 5–star reviews from Readers’ Favorite. The Independent Press Awards produced a one-minute video titled “Reform the Kakistocracy” that captures the essence of the book. A fuller description of the book is below the book summaries.
Devolution of Power: Rolling Back the Federal State to Preserve the Republic shows how an overextended federal government can be restructured by devolving domestic powers to the states, creating a more accountable government closer to the people and allowing greater individual freedom. The book is a finalist in the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (2024) in the “Government” category. A fuller description appears below the book summaries.
Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic, published in March 2026, emphasizes that Congress’s decline represents more than a political issue—it signals a move toward authoritarianism. Presidential power grabs through emergency declarations or executive actions erode congressional authority and undermine the Constitution. A fuller description of the book is below the book summaries.
In addition to the trilogy is a parody of radical environmentalism.
The Left’s Little Red Book on Forming a New Green Republic is a parody of Mao’s Little Red Book. It tells the story of how the radical Left uses concern for the environment to attack capitalism, promote socialism, and control individual freedom. Liberty Hill, the book’s publisher, produced a one-minute video that captures the book’s essence. A fuller description of the book is below the book summaries.
More expanded book descriptions.
Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens.
America was not hijacked overnight. It was hollowed out—quietly, legally, and over decades—by leaders who mastered power while abandoning principle.
Kakistocracy describes current elected government officials as the least qualified or least principled citizens. In Reform the Kakistocracy, William L. Kovacs argues that this is no longer a warning but a diagnosis. Without a single constitutional amendment, the federal government has been transformed from one of limited, enumerated powers into an immense, centralized authority—leaving Congress weakened, the presidency dominant, the courts politicized, and citizens increasingly powerless.
Drawing on decades inside Washington, Kovacs exposes how this transformation rewired the separation of powers and severed the fiduciary bond between elected officials and the Constitution they swear to uphold. The consequences are not abstract: chronic policy failure, extreme wealth inequality, a healthcare system costing twice as much as that of peer nations, and a national debt so large it threatens to bind future generations into economic servitude.
At the heart of the book is a question most reformers avoid: Where should an elected official’s loyalty truly lie? Party? Power? Donors? Or the Constitution—and the institution they serve? Kovacs confronts the real-world pressures of governance and offers a disciplined framework for restoring fiduciary duty in daily decision-making.
Unlike books that diagnose dysfunction and stop there, Reform the Kakistocracy offers a clear, provocative roadmap for structural reform—ideas designed not to flatter the political class, but to return governing authority to citizens themselves. Whether praised as bold or dismissed as unrealistic, this book insists on something Washington has forgotten: reform begins with responsibility.
Devolution of Power: Rolling Back the Federal State to Preserve the Republic.
Washington didn’t seize your power overnight—it absorbed it quietly, incrementally, and without consent. Devolution of Power, by William L. Kovacs, examines how that happened—and how citizens can reclaim their government before the bankrupt, mismanaged federal government collapses under its own weight.
Kovacs describes how, over the past several decades, the federal government has steadily expanded its reach into nearly every aspect of American life. Decisions once made by states, local governments, and communities are now dictated by distant bureaucracies that neither know nor answer to the people affected by their rules. What began as a federal government of limited and enumerated powers has become a centralized authority that regulates, mandates, and enforces far beyond its constitutional design.
Kovacs explains how its ambition is no longer confined to federal responsibilities; it increasingly seeks to control state and local policy by addicting them to federal money obtained from the states and returned to them with more mandates. He describes how presidents make law through executive orders, emergency declarations, regulatory coercion, and the manipulation of federal funding. As states and Congress are bypassed, accountability is diluted, and citizens are left with little meaningful control over the laws that govern their daily lives.
The consequences are impossible to ignore. Public trust in the federal government has diminished. Americans are more divided, more cynical, and more distrustful of their institutions than at any point in modern history. Centralized power has not produced unity or stability—it has produced inefficiency, conflict, and political alienation.
This book offers a practical roadmap for returning many domestic functions to the states, enabling a more responsive, transparent, and accountable form of governance. By decentralizing power, the federal government can refocus on its core constitutional responsibilities, while states and citizens can return to federalism in their governance.
Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic.
For over half a century, presidents of both parties have steadily gained power while Congress quietly yielded authority. Executive orders, emergency declarations, administrative mandates, and the shift to State Capitalism now replace the Constitution’s lawmaking structure, which assigns all legislative authority to Congress. This shift breaches Congress’s duty to defend its powers from presidential and judicial encroachment—a duty meant to protect liberty, not politicians.
Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic underscores that the legislative body’s decline is not just a political issue, but a step toward authoritarianism. The repeated expansion of executive powers leads Congress to forfeit constitutional authority it was never intended to relinquish.
The nation stands at a crossroads: Will Congress reclaim its role as the people’s branch, or keep yielding to presidential dominance?
When Congress honors its constitutional duty, liberty finds shelter in the law. But when it puts party or presidential loyalty above its true role, citizens are left at the mercy of those in power. Every surrender is a betrayal of Congress’s sacred trust to the Constitution and to itself.
At its heart, the book focuses on the fiduciary duty of members of Congress. They are not just politicians, but guardians entrusted with constitutional power, called to defend the separation of powers, no matter the party or president. Drawing on history, law, and firsthand Washington experience, the author reveals how Congress lost its way—and how it can regain its rightful authority.
This book does not dwell in despair; it is a rallying cry for civic courage. By highlighting the vital role of members of Congress as fiduciaries rather than mere politicians, the author lays out practical reforms to restore government accountability to its citizens. These reforms show how Congress can:
Congress: An Irrelevant Institution or Guardian of the Republic equips readers with the knowledge to choose a Congress that truly answers to its citizens and stands as the Guardian of the Republic.
The Left’s Little Red Book on Forming a New Green Republic.
It tells a story of how concern for the environment (Green New Deal, climate change) is used by the Left to attack capitalism and scare the country into socialism.
It is a parody of Mao’s The Little Red Book. Using the words of the political Left to illustrate how simple words like “red” and “green” can be corrupted to persuade people into believing something other than the advocate’s true purpose.
The book is a collection of quotes from prominent figures on the Left, accompanied by short introductions to each section that provide context and perspective. Each quote is on a separate page, with speaker identity and citations. Speakers comment on different aspects of radical environmentalism, e.g., hating capitalism, truth is not relevant, humans must go, and “the world will end in twelve years.”
The book is small, 4 x 6 inches, paper, 48 pages. Such books are called “chapbooks.” They are easy-to-read formats that allow the book to present complex political ideas in a simple manner. It can be read in under 20 minutes. Chapbooks have been around for centuries and were first used as educational books. The reader will quickly learn where the Left wants to take this country.