Posted By Tanner on July 27, 2010

Try googling that phrase. You’ll be surprised by how many weird hits come up. Really though, is that honestly the only solution to problems within our society?

I see this as one of the major issues of our current culture. I’ve been pegged as a rosy idealist and an unreal optimist because I believe that not all morality needs to be enforced by external laws. Not only do I think it’s immoral for government to fill that role, I believe it’s unnecessary. (more…)

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Posted By Tanner on July 21, 2010

As most of you already know, I work in a financial institution. Day in and day out, I work with people who are in a lot of financial problems and there’s one very common denominator shared by all of them – it’s someone else’s fault.

Today I overheard my manager talking with a gentleman about an overdraw fee on his account. He wanted it rebated after having already exhausted his one-time courtesy rebate a long time ago. His whole argument for why he shouldn’t have to pay was because he “intended to have the funds” in his account. (more…)

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Posted By Tanner on May 28, 2010

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

                                                                                       -Winston Churchill

Do you know what the highest level of modern morality is in our Western culture? It’s being nice. Regardless of whether or not people are willing to admit it or even cognizantly think about it, we strive to be recognized as nice more than we strive to be recognized as right. (more…)

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Posted By Tanner on May 21, 2010

I have had more than one good laugh at the falling out over the new Arizona immigration law. I’ve also had the opportunity to have a few people ask me directly how I feel about illegal immigration. Being a small government advocate, I think we’ve convoluted this issue entirely too much.

First of all, this country was founded by illegal immigrants. Not a single one of our founding fathers registered his citizenship with the local Native American tribe. This country was established through violence and force. I’m proud of my country, but I have no pretenses about how it came to be. (more…)

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Posted By Tanner on May 18, 2010

Author Bio: Joel Ohman is a Certified Financial Planner™ and serial entrepreneur that owns 4 web based companies. Lately he has been spending his time working on a health insurance quotes website and a homeowners insurance quotes website. He is a newcomer to The Art of Citizenship and he would encourage you to check out his favorite, most recent post titled “Avoiding Logical Fallacies”

One of the biggest things that can help to firmly cement one’s “official” standing as a responsible citizen and just overall responsible adult is a choice of a career. Even from a very young age it seems that we are conditioned to think this way by constant questions of, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” (more…)

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