The Endgame
Philip SlaytonLooking at events and issues through the prism of the endgame...
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The Endgame
Halifax, August 9, 2026
I’m still on summer break. Here’s another post from the past, one of the most read Endgames, #51, published in January 2024. I expect to post something fresh next Sunday, August 16.
Friendship
Friendship, the dic...
The Endgame
Beach Meadows, July 26, 2026
I’m on summer break, shunpiking in Nova Scotia rather than trying to write something new on Substack. Here’s a post from the past, one of the most read Endgames, #105, published in May 2025.
A complete life
I...
The Endgame
Toronto, July 12, 2026
To the point of failure
“That’s it,” I told Kaitlin, my physiotherapist. “I can’t do any more. I’m through.” I was on my third set of ten beginner push-ups. I had done nine, got almost to the end of the set—only one...
The Endgame
Toronto, June 28, 2026
M&A
To an investment banker or corporate lawyer, M&A means mergers and acquisitions, one deal after another. For other people, M&A means maintenance and administration, the boring, continuous, and intensely personal...
The Endgame
Toronto, June 14, 2026
Do not drop it, or you are lost
I still have a book of Greek legends given to me by my mother when I was seven years old (The Enchanted Ship by Jo Manton).
One legend in the book is the story of Theseus and the Min...
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Lawyer and writer. Former president of PEN Canada. Latest book, "Antisemitism: An ancient hatred in the age of identity politics" (March 2023). www.philipslayton.com
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