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Signs & Symbols

By Wayne Mackeson

“I’ve only ever been afraid of signs and symbols, never of people and things.”
— Mihail Sebastian, For Two Thousand Years (1934)

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The Job of a Criminal Defense Lawyer

By Wayne Mackeson

“The job of a criminal defense lawyer is to remind people of what they have chosen to misremember.”

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Plans

By Wayne Mackeson

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”

— Mike Tyson

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Man

By Wayne Mackeson

“There is man in his entirety, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.”

— Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953)

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A Free Press

By Wayne Mackeson

“The media is not an enemy of the people; neither is it their friend.”

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Nature’s Heart

By Wayne Mackeson

“Keep close to nature’s heart, and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

— John Muir

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Love in the Times of Cóvid-19

By Wayne Mackeson

“Essentially, we have always been cave-dwellers.”

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Breath

By Wayne Mackeson

“I am breathing calmly, breathing like the sea.”

— Pentii Holappa, Seagulls in Autumn

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Truth

By Wayne Mackeson

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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Masks

By Wayne Mackeson

“We all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.”

— Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss in “The Mask“

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Dogmatism

By Wayne Mackeson

“The special mark of the modern world is not that it is skeptical, but that it is dogmatic without knowing it.”

— G. K. Chesterton

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Search & Seizure

By Wayne Mackeson

“What you seek is seeking you.”

— Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī

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Progressivism

By Wayne Mackeson

“Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.”

— Franz Kafka

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Knowledge

By Wayne Mackeson

“All knowledge is anecdotal.”
— Wayne Mackeson

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Dignity of Man #2

By Wayne Mackeson
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Liberty

By Wayne Mackeson

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
— Thomas Jefferson

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Law & Order

By Wayne Mackeson

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Dignity of Man #1

By Wayne Mackeson
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Beware The Military-Industrial Complex

By Wayne Mackeson

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.  The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.  We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.  We should take nothing for granted. […]

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Parable of the Faithful Servant

By Wayne Mackeson

“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”

— Gospel of Luke 12:48 (KJV)

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  • "In a gun fight, you need
    to take your time in a hurry."

    ~ Wyatt Earp

     

    Wayne Mackeson

    wayne@waynemackeson.com
    503-329-3418

     

    714 Main Street
    Suite 201
    Oregon City, OR 97045


    (503) 656-8300



    “Everyone has a plan until they've been hit.”

    ~ Joe Louis