Welcome to FreedomWorks Foundation’s second regulatory review of 2019! Our Regulatory Action Center proudly updates you with our favorite tidbits from the swamp. We want to smash barriers between bureaucracy and the American people by delivering regulatory news straight to FreedomWorks activists. Check back in two weeks for the next edition.

Slate Magazine published something remarkable this week - and I'm not referring to the drivel about you being evil for wanting to give your kid the best education available. No, in this case, remarkable is a good thing.

Today on the FreedomCast, writer and comedian Emily Zanotti joins me to discuss the importance of engaging the pop culture, why conservatives need to loosen up a bit and how she made economics sexy with "Hey Girl It's Paul Ryan."

Universities have long been considered hotbeds of liberalism. Radical protests, dreary PC speech codes, far-left professors and outright attacks on conservatism are not just common but expected. Academia has become so stridently left-wing, faculty views even a single ember of center-right thought as a dangerous wildfire.

Early Friday morning a meteor screamed from the sky, creating a jagged contrail and exploding over a city in Russia’s Ural mountains. Several dashboard cameras captured the amazing descent, while handheld cams recorded the jarring boom that seemed to set off every car alarm in central Asia.The footage taught me three important facts:

Democracy and Power 104: Future Debt BurdenA government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. —Hans F. Sennholz

It's time for a no holds barred discussion on race and economics in America and who better to bring it to you than Matt Kibbe and Deneen Borelli?   They're kicking off the multi-city tour in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this Wednesday, September 26th.

Ben Domenech, editor of the indispensable morning newsletter, The Transom, has published an excellent "top ten" list, which we are happy to reprint with his permission.  + + +

Tomorrow marks the 98th birthday of the late economist and the great freedom fighter Milton Friedman. To honor Friedman’s excellent work, please watch the following videos of him explaining free market principles in a simple manner.