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What dark secrets lurk in Singapore’s basement? Are Singaporeans a weak people? Do Singaporeans really deserve their wages? Who is more out of touch - the people or their leaders? Why did founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew change his mind about writing his memoirs? Han Fook Kwang, the former editor of The Straits Times, provides provocative answers to these questions and more, in this collection of 40 commentaries. It draws from some of his best works in Singapore’s main newspaper in which he writes regularly since stepping down as its editor in 2012.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently refusing to accept the results of the election, and a historic racial reckoning all posed profound questions about how they would staff large parts of the government and articulate policy remedies to pressing problems in just eleven weeks.

"Transition Team’s Request on Gender Equality Rattles State Dept." is from the December 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Landler and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Firings and Discord Put Trump Transition Team In a State of Disarray" is from the November 16. 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Mark Mazzetti and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"In an Age of Terror, Smoothing the Transition to the next Presidency" is from the April 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Trump Staff Shake-Up Slows Transition to near Halt" is from the November 15, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Trump Says Transition's Going 'Smoothly,' Disputing Disarray Reports" is from the November 16, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Anti-Trump Protesters Are Working on Their Transition Teams, Too" is from the November 12, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Medina and John Eligon and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.