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...last weekend. Suffering the usual barrage of offers and cat-calling to nearby females, I confidently apologized with my “already-taken” status. The men I was with simply replied, “So what?” I went on to explain that in America, it is not considered appropriate to cheat on one’s significant other (explaining the concept of “cheating” is another long story). This did not faze them: “But you are in Guinea Ecuatorial, not America...
...Naturally, America is nowhere near perfect when it comes to gender equality and any sort of idealized notion of fidelity. But regardless of whether or not it is followed, everyone in the U.S. generally accepts that it is “wrong” to be unfaithful to one’s significant other. In E.G. this is not the case...
...Number of people who attended services during the High Holy Days at the Eldridge Street Synagogue, the spiritual home of the first Eastern European Orthodox Jewish congregation in America. Crowds were so great after the synagogue opened in 1887 that mounted policemen patrolled the area and people paid rent to reserve their seats in the pews...
Author Kurt Andersen's new book, Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America, examines the economic, political and cultural opportunities to be found in the wake of the financial crises. In this excerpt, the second of five pieces to appear on TIME.com, he examines the corporate ingenuity that often arises in the wake of fiscal disaster...
...Click here to purchase a copy of "Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America...