Matt Kibbe is joined by biochemical engineer Ivor Cummins, who has been studying the science behind the COVID-19 lockdown mandates that have been the defining feature of 2020.
Latest COVID-19 Posts
We already have a system that coordinates supply of needed materials around the country: it’s called prices.
By now it has become painfully clear that the government is using the coronavirus to exert new and unprecedented levels of control over the population.
The question is not whether vaccines are good, but whether everything good should be mandatory.
America had a good crack of the whip, but a pandemic with a 99% survival rate was one Jenga block too many for us.
Failure to stand up for the rights of your rivals will leave no one left standing when they come for you.
Two things we know for sure are that there will be mass casualties both directly and indirectly from COVID-19.
Governments are willing and able to use technology to track our movements, invade our privacy, and even enforce the law.
Free the People's Logan Albright, Mike Feuz, and Joel Davis get some dispatches from the great state of West Virginia.
Pollsters, journalists, and self-proclaimed “experts” manipulate data and statistics to tell the story they want you to hear.
The only thing worse than submitting to authority out of fear is convincing yourself that it makes you a patriot.
I’d like to share a story from my own life to illustrate a few of the ways in which sweeping, reflexive lockdowns can negatively impact real people.
California has destroyed millions of livelihoods during a pandemic.
The government has a bad habit of attempting to induce moral behavior with both material incentives and punitive disincentives.
Podcast, Kibbe on Liberty
Be Careful What You Wish For in Bipartisanship | Guest: Sen. Rand Paul | Ep 80
Matt Kibbe sits down with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to talk about trillion-dollar bailouts, the science of the coronavirus pandemic, violence in Portland, police reform, and a host of other issues.
Masks are no longer simply about medicine, they are about politics and values.
It’s time to fight the power! You should be free to live your life as you see fit so long as you don’t hurt people or take their stuff.
This is a call to action to take back your justice system. We have an opportunity to learn from what they did in Longmont, and to do it in our own cities.
In my NYC neighborhood, COVID-19 is an even deadlier threat than it was a few months ago; a threat to small businesses.
The coronavirus has highlighted defects in the meat market. As mounting shortages threaten the well-being of American families, Congress must take action.
To have a chance at healing this growing divide America needs to rediscover its forgotten spirit of localism and subsidiarity.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some governors have asked cancer patients to stay home and delay their treatments.
We are bringing one of the most celebrated mixologists in Washington, DC to guide us through these difficult times.
The Trump Administration has nullified the impact of what should have been a major victory for Central American asylum seekers.
Video, Libertarian Convention 2020
Joel Salatin at the Libertarian National Convention 2020 (Part 2)
Free the People has invaded the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, FL. We interviewed Joel Salatin, the self-titled “Lunatic Farmer.”
We live in an iPhone era where everything happens at the speed of now. Our government was never designed to be fast.
Podcast, Kibbe on Liberty
Progressivism Created the Militarization of Police | Guest: Thaddeus Russell | Ep 75
Matt Kibbe sits down with Thaddeus Russell, founder of Renegade University, to discuss the contributions made to American culture by libertines, lawbreakers, troublemakers, and miscreants.
The undeniable mission creep of the Black Lives Matter movement forces us to question the sincerity of the protesters.
There is plenty of rugged individualism here, but also a wonderful sense of community.
Matt and Terry Kibbe have escaped Washington, DC to the middle of nowhere in Alaska, and it reminds us of everything that we love about America.
People are complicated, and people are flawed. If we expect our heroes to be saints, we will soon find that we have no heroes left.
Matt Kibbe sits down with the Libertarian presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, to talk about the issues, the two-party duopoly, and how Libertarians hope to make inroads with voters.
The police swear an oath to protect and serve. So why is it that so many populations live in fear of them?
As with Alice when she went through the looking-glass, on police reform, up is down, right is left, and left is right.
It is no surprise that the police in the US usually act more aggressively than in other countries.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
The Criminal Justice System Is Rotten to the Core | Guest: Clark Neily | Ep 73
Matt Kibbe sits down with Clark Neily, vice president for criminal justice at the Cato Institute, to discuss a few of the many problems with America’s criminal justice system.
This week, Liberty Pub will be like a virtual open mic night at your favorite watering hole.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
American Business Is About Free Expression | Guest: Jim Caruso | Ep 72
Brewer, entrepreneur, and Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso sits down with Matt Kibbe at his brewery to talk about his passion for free speech and personal responsibility.
When the COVID-19 pandemic happened, Silverback Distillery in Afton, VA adapted their business almost immediately to start producing hand sanitizer.
Disassembling police unions is a step that could change law enforcement for the better.
It seems that there is an opportunity here to reach a very broad consensus between the defund crowd and the police.
America is on fire. But maybe this fire can shed some much-needed light on a big transformative idea.
A city in Colorado tries a different kind of justice system, powerful enough to transform a broken system of mass incarceration in the United States.
Matt Kibbe is joined by Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, to talk about lockdowns, protests, riots, and police reform.
Now that public health experts agree that mass protests are safe and necessary, it’s time for all of us to engage in some peaceful civil disobedience, and a few cold beers.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Libertarians Can Build Bridges on Police Reform | Guest: Eric July | Ep 70
Rapper and Blaze contributor Eric July joins Matt Kibbe to talk about the tragedy of George Floyd's death, the ensuing protests, and the need for police reform.
Be outraged over the unchecked state power that enabled the murder of George Floyd and the looting and violence in our cities.
An overreaction by the government by dispatching active-duty military to police our cities only compounds the bad that the looting is doing.
Some of the restrictions from the COVID-19 lockdown are slowly being lifted, but now many of us are facing government curfews because of the riots.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Government’s Cure Is Worse Than the Disease | Guest: Tim Draper | Ep 69
Venture capitalist and Draper University founder Tim Draper joins Matt Kibbe to talk about lockdowns, free speech, regulation, and the proper role of government.
We have to condemn immorality wherever we see it, not just when it’s directed at our tribe.
We’ve established a precedent that big government is in control and can, upon questionable pretext, exert its will.
We cannot expect to live in a just society if all it takes to get a pass on murder is a badge.
If you watch the news, you’d think the world is coming to an end. Are we really as divided as they’re making us out to be? Maybe we’re more united than ever.
Matt Kibbe sits down with Matt Ridley, author of “How Innovation Works,” to talk about the mysterious process of economic and technological progress.
The Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, Beatles, and many more iconic bands never stopped playing during the 1968 pandemic.
The more we mistakenly ask for “governmental help,” the more authoritarianism we get as we lose our civil and economic liberties.
Since we’re no longer allowed to go out and listen to live music, we’re bringing the live music to you!
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
We Can’t Neglect Cancer During COVID-19 | Guest: Dr. Pat Basu | Ep 67
While it’s important to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we can’t forget about the other health care issues people are dealing with.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic has lead to governments immediately stripping away many onerous regulations to help ease the burdens on their citizens.
Partisanship will be the driving force on how the history of this crisis will be recorded.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s policies for nursing homes during COVID-19 have had disastrous results.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
How Do We Feed America During COVID-19? | Guests: Rep. Thomas Massie & Joel Salatin | Ep 66
Matt Kibbe sits down with self-described Lunatic Farmer Joel Salatin and Rep. Thomas Massie to talk about the food shortages Americans are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
What’s so different today? Where’s the spirit of ‘68? Have we really become this fragile?
Freedom of religion has always been a cornerstone of the American system, and we should be very careful before we agree to give it up.
Fight for your dreams, know what you want, do what you love, innovate, learn to say no, and never disappoint your 16-year-old self.
Free the People is teaming up with AIER for this week's Liberty Pub Happy Hour.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
The Only Thing That Unites the Left Is Government | Guest: Dave Rubin | Ep 65
Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report and author of “Don’t Burn This Book,” sits down with Matt Kibbe to discuss the political Left’s response to the coronavirus.
Calling a product or a service a “human right” does not magically render it immune to scarcity.
The party of principled conservative family values is now the party of cognitive dissonance.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
COVID-19 Creates Opportunities for Justice Reform | Guests: Kathleen McGoey & Mike Butler | Ep 64
Matt Kibbe is joined by Kathleen McGoey and police Chief Mike Butler, to discuss how one Colorado city is revolutionizing the criminal justice system.
Free the People's award-winning documentary film, How to Love Your Enemy: A Restorative Justice Story, is available for one-night-only—Thursday 4/30 at 8PM ET on YouTube.
As bad as things are, one benefit of eliminating the status quo in justice provision is that alternatives suddenly become a lot more visible.
Feds are prone to one-size-fits-all proposals and intrusive, sweeping action that hurts the very people it claims to help.
Quarantine getting you down? Free the People had our first virtual happy hour—Liberty Pub—this week.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Is Cooperation or Coercion the Answer to COVID-19? | Guests: Antony Davies & James Harrigan | Ep 63
Matt Kibbe is joined by economist Antony Davies and political scientist James Harrigan, hosts of the popular Words & Numbers podcast.
We are told to defer to bureaucrats and politicians—the experts best suited to manage the COVID-19 crisis. But they are the ones who have failed, catastrophically, every step of the way.
With the record unemployment rates we’re seeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the shutdown could have a direct cost on American lives. This is why economic liberty matters.
Our nation’s governmental emergency management apparatus was built in exchange for local autonomy. Is it any wonder that we are woefully underprepared for COVID-19?
Schools are shut down and parents are trying to educate at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Matt Kibbe gets some sage advice from Free-Range Kids founder Lenore Skenazy.
I believe that most parents would be shocked if they realized what went on in these large school systems and the propaganda that their children receive daily.
News outlets have been repeatedly caught misrepresenting the COVID-19 pandemic to paint a picture that is worse than what Americans can actually observe with their own eyes.
Central planning, whether coming from the Left under socialism or the Right under populism, spells disaster for our liberty
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Ways to Help Your Kids Learn During Quarantine | Guest: Kerry McDonald | Ep 62
Still on COVID-19 lockdown, Matt Kibbe is joined by Kerry McDonald, author of “Unschooled,” to talk about alternative education strategies during the coronavirus quarantine.
There is nothing immoral about accepting government funding; the danger lies in the strings attached.
The public education system is bought and paid for by the government, with your tax dollars of course, but the government is in charge.
These are certainly strange times for everyone including those of us that have been homeschooling for years.
Moms and Dads everywhere are panicking as they try and figure out what they will do with their kids for the next month while we are quarantined.
It has been alarming to see how willingly Americans are sacrificing their liberty during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s troubling to think that Americans have become prisoners in their own homes, placed under indefinite house arrest without any sort of due process.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Mayor Says Coronavirus Lockdown Has Trade-offs | Guest: Glenn Jacobs | Ep 61
Matt Kibbe is joined via Skype by Glenn Jacobs, the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, to discuss how his state is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Who should decide how doctors and hospitals allocate critical health services? Matt Kibbe asks the tough questions nobody seems to be asking during this pandemic.
At this time, we are still in the thick of the continued spread of the coronavirus, with no determined end in sight.
Giving up property rights during COVID-19 may seem like a good temporary solution, but if we look at history, this strategy has always made things worse.
Well-meaning but dangerously misguided one-size-fits-all directives are creating huge disruptions in the provision of needed care.
As people lose their jobs, their communities, and their sense of hope overnight, the actions of these entrepreneurs are nothing short of heroic.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Educate Yourself on COVID-19 Predictions | Guest: Phillip Magness | Ep 60
As the quarantine continues, Matt Kibbe is joined by Phillip Magness, a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.
We have to balance the opinions of doctors with those from a wide variety of other relevant fields.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Massie Stands Alone on COVID-19 Bailout | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie | Ep 59
In this bonus episode of Kibbe on Liberty, Rep. Thomas Massie joins Matt Kibbe to give a play-by-play of his stand against the COVID-19 bailout bill.
Government seems to have a history of taking societal problems and crisis and catastrophically making them worse by legislating one size fits all solutions.
To combat the coronavirus, state governments are taking drastic steps that are severely impacting the lives of their citizens.
Article, COVID-19
South Korea Proves We Don’t Have to Shut Down the Economy to Curb Coronavirus Transmission
Evidence continues to pour out of South Korea demonstrating that their model is the most effective means to contain the coronavirus.
When Rep. Massie raised his lone voice to demand an on-the-record vote, everyone immediately freaked out, and President Trump lashed out at him personally on Twitter.
Politicians and news outlets will tout this stimulus bill as the long-awaited solution and victory for our country.
What does it mean to be a leader, and how can we evaluate leadership during a crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic?
The highly politicized criticism of Senator Rand Paul creates perverse incentives for the rest of us to never get tested, or to even admit to symptoms.
Podcast, COVID-19, Kibbe on Liberty
Coronavirus Response Is a Central Planning Nightmare | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie | Ep 58
In this special quarantine edition of Kibbe on Liberty, Matt Kibbe is joined via Skype by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) to discuss the COVID-19 virus and the government’s response to it.
This bill is chock full of crony kickbacks, lobbyist handouts, and a wish list of progressive policies that have nothing to do with COVID-19.
By now, everybody’s beginning to go a little nuts from being cooped up indoors.
Is school really necessary? I suspect many of us are about to find out.
Matt Kibbe makes some sense of the coronavirus outbreak and economic implications of rash political decisions.
There are simple things states and other officials can implement that would be a carrot approach, instead of a stick approach, to maximize social distancing.
When the wheels come off, we see that the rules we thought we needed actually make things worse, not better.
The stock market is reeling. Fortunes are being lost, unemployment rates are surging, the Federal Reserve is devaluing the dollar with its inflationary practices and there’s no telling how extensive or long lasting the economic damage will be.
We can’t mandate more of the medical goods and services we need into existence, but politicians could mandate them away if they’re not thoughtful in their attempts to “do something” decisive.
Article, COVID-19
Politicians Cannot Save You from the Coronavirus, but They May Make Things Worse by Trying
As Americans, if we truly love freedom as we say we do, then at this point our government’s measures should urge us to ask ourselves: why are we copying China and not South Korea?