The Best of BeeLine-2016

When you publish almost 120 blog posts in a year, some are going to be more popular than others with readers, some are going to be remembered more fondly by the author and some should undoubtedly have never been written in the first place.

Here is a Top 10 List for the Best of BeeLine for 2016. The first 5 were the most popular posts I wrote during the year based on the number of views. The second 5 are those posts are a few of my personal favorites.

If you missed reading these "favorites" the first time around, here's another opportunity to get to "the shortest route to what you need to know" to start 2017 off right.

January 1, 2017 marks the sixth anniversary of BeeLine. In those six years I have written 719 blog posts. BeeLine also saw more readership in 2016 than ever before thanks in part to the interest in the election. The months of October-December, 2016 had the most views of any quarter in BeeLine history. However, the interest in BeeLine seems to extend beyond the election considering that December, 2016 was the third highest single month for readership in those six years!

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Thank you to all my loyal BeeLine readers and Happy New Year to each one of you!

The Best of BeeLine-2016

Most Views

Has The Fourth Turning Brought Us Trump?

Could a book written in 1997 predict the emergence and election of President-elect Donald Trump? I showed how Trump fit the Presidential profile that voters were looking for in a "Crisis" period we are in. It turns out I was right.

200 Years of History?

The Democrat party states on its website that "for more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights". That might be persuasive to a potential voter who has never opened a History textbook but it bears no resemblance to the truth.


Trump: Closing the Sale

My advice to Donald Trump on what he should do to "close the sale" with voters heading into the first of the three debates. He did not follow my script to the letter but he did what he had to do to win in the end.


How a Supermarket Visit Brought Down the Soviet Union

You might have heard that the Soviet Union collapsed because it could not compete with the defense spending of the United States. However, the real catalyst may have actually been a visit to a Houston supermarket by Boris Yeltsin in 1989.


Debt and Destiny

How much debt does the United States have and who is it owed to? A revealing look at the federal debt and what it means for our destiny.


My Personal Favorites

Context on Guns

Putting gun violence in the United States in context. Context is truly everything when assessing anything.


The Renter Generation

Millennials don't want to "own it", they would rather "rent it". Housing. Cars. Relationships. They like flexibility and are uncomfortable with commitment. They even seem willing to "rent" their vote for short term interests rather than their long term future.


Tax Times Two

You pay taxes but do you have any idea how many people are being supported by your tax dollars? In effect, every private sector American worker is working for themselves... and someone else.


Pointing to Change

If you are still having a tough time understanding how Donald Trump won the Presidential election, look at these 10 charts that highlight major indicators over the last 8 years. They all were pointing to change.


Who Wants A Used BlackBerry?

BlackBerry did not change and adapt to the new world it found itself in. In many respects, the story of BlackBerry is symbolic when compared to one of its most ardent devotees---Hillary Rodham Clinton. Nobody wants a used BlackBerry. This blog post asked the question of why would anyone vote for Clinton? It would be like buying a used BlackBerry.