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The thought of Changi Airport being renamed Lee Kuan Yew Airport makes my stomach turn, and I am guessing it would have made Lee’s stomach turned as well. This is the sort of thing done in countries where it turns out the airport is in shambles. Have you visited one airport named after a political leader and found it – be... 

If we ask his admirers what he had achieved for Singapore, they will probably say, “For a start, look around you!” To his detractors, they might say, “He has given us a gilded cage but little freedom in many areas,” or “We have the jam but not the bread!” His achievements for Singapore were considerable but he was... 

In life, Lee Kuan Yew's sole concern was to be feared by his countrymen. He was so spectacularly successful in this pursuit that by the time of his death, he was left with no cohorts: only minions. He will be remembered as an accomplished dictator who maintained a veneer of democracy and the grand illusion of the rule of law...