Random

✽ Michael Spencer, the "Internet Monk" or "iMonk," one of my favorite bloggers, has died. He was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. Michael had a sharp and faithful mind and did not hesitate sharing his struggles with the shape of modern evangelicalism. He managed to do so without venom. Christ is risen! We will rise indeed. ~ link

✽ Five billionaires who live way below their means -- "The dirty little secret of some of the world's wealthiest people is that they rarely act like it." ~ link

✽ Steven Levitt (Freakonomics economist) says "the health care bill that passed recently is a disaster for at least two reasons..." I hope he is wrong. ~ link

✽ See also Gary Becker’s post on the subject. Also Richard Posner. They don't totally dislike the new system. And they're not political mudslingers -- just educated number crunchers.

✽ "The purchasing power of $1 compared to the base year of 1996 is now just $0.63 cents" on Guam. ~ link

✽ Phoenix is one of the top-10 Facebook cities in the US -- and other surprising demographic trivia ~ link

✽ Correlation between smoking and lower IQs ~ link