Ande Jacobson
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Engineer, writer, activist, reed player, and music director. Founder of A Good Reed Review providing reviews, commentary, and stories.
Teri Kanefield has given us a gift, her new book - Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen. It's free! It's well-worth reading. It's only about 100 pages, and it really focuses what Teri's been explaining for years.
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Understanding how to deal with extremism and intolerance
By Ande Jacobson For several years now Teri Kanefield has been trying to help people understand how we got to where we are in the U.S. and the world, and more importantly, what we can do about it. …
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December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Teri Kanefield has given us a gift, her new book - Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen. It's free! It's well-worth reading. It's only about 100 pages, and it really focuses what Teri's been explaining for years.
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I just finished reading Kamala Harris' new book, 107 Days. It's well worth a read. What she accomplished despite the disappointing result of her campaign is important as is her message that all is not lost. Together we can move forward and rebuild our country.
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Kamala Harris almost did the impossible
By Ande Jacobson 107 Days by Kamala Harris reads like a combination of a thoughtful diary, a comprehensive memoir of the crushingly short campaign, and a message of hope and determination from a wo…
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November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just finished reading Kamala Harris' new book, 107 Days. It's well worth a read. What she accomplished despite the disappointing result of her campaign is important as is her message that all is not lost. Together we can move forward and rebuild our country.
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While I'm now reading the latest book in Louise Penny's Gamache series, The Black Wolf, I recently finished reading its predecessor and wrote up some thoughts about The Grey Wolf. This series is well worth reading. agoodreedreview.com/2025/11/05/b...
The hidden threat may be worse than the known threat
By Ande Jacobson The Grey Wolf is the nineteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. This one is a little different than some earlier in the series in that it’s really part one of a two…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While I'm now reading the latest book in Louise Penny's Gamache series, The Black Wolf, I recently finished reading its predecessor and wrote up some thoughts about The Grey Wolf. This series is well worth reading. agoodreedreview.com/2025/11/05/b...
I'm still very much enjoying Louise Penny's Gamache series. agoodreedreview.com/2025/10/24/b...
Is evil born or nurtured?
By Ande Jacobson A World of Curiosities is the eighteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Armand Gamache, his wife Reine-Marie, their children, grandchildren, Armand’s godfather Ste…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm still very much enjoying Louise Penny's Gamache series. agoodreedreview.com/2025/10/24/b...
The seventeenth book in Louise Penny's Gamache series is well worth a read. It's controversial, and very hard to put down.
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#GamacheSeries
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Should we have a right or a duty to die?
By Ande Jacobson The Madness of Crowds is the seventeenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. Armand Gamache, his wife Reine-Marie, and their children, grandchildren, and Armand’s godfa…
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September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The seventeenth book in Louise Penny's Gamache series is well worth a read. It's controversial, and very hard to put down.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series. I know that book 20 will come out a little before I get to it, but that's OK. It'll be worth waiting for.
Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Armand is always an investigator
By Ande Jacobson All the Devils Are Here is the sixteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. It starts out serving as a break from the usual Three Pines/Québec storylines moving instea…
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September 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series. I know that book 20 will come out a little before I get to it, but that's OK. It'll be worth waiting for.
Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Here are some thoughts about book 16.
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Today's HCR live session is a must watch. She does a deep dive into the Kimmel thing and free speech.
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#FreeSpeech
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#FreeSpeech
Politics Chat, September 18, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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September 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today's HCR live session is a must watch. She does a deep dive into the Kimmel thing and free speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTZ...
#FreeSpeech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTZ...
#FreeSpeech
Politics Chat, September 12, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
What would Armand Gamache do?
By Ande Jacobson A Better Man is the fifteenth mystery novel in Louise Penny’s Gamache series. This time Armand Gamache is back at the Sûreté du Québec in his old job as the Chief Inspector of the …
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September 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Still working my way through Louise Penny's Gamache series.
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#GamacheSeries
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#GamacheSeries
Got to review a new book by an author with whom I was previously unfamiliar. It's always fun to read something new, especially if it's a good story.
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
Confessions may sometimes mislead
By Ande Jacobson Confession is the third book in Michael Cordell’s Contempt series, and it’s a page-turner. Released at the beginning of August 2025, readers again join Thane Banning on a controver…
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August 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Got to review a new book by an author with whom I was previously unfamiliar. It's always fun to read something new, especially if it's a good story.
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
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#MichaelCordell #legalthriller
This is an informative piece from Jay Kuo about what power Trump has, and more importantly, doesn't have to militarily take over blue cities. Hint, he doesn't have that power.
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#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
Not So Fast, Donald
Trump’s plan to “deploy troops” into blue cities is a paper tiger. We can’t let its roar provoke us into escalation.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is an informative piece from Jay Kuo about what power Trump has, and more importantly, doesn't have to militarily take over blue cities. Hint, he doesn't have that power.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
A very thought-provoking piece about how a blue state coalition could stop U.S. fascism. We're truly in uncharted territory now, and this goes way beyond trying to out-cheat the other side.
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#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
We live in a fascist nation. What now?
Once they win elections, it’s already too late.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A very thought-provoking piece about how a blue state coalition could stop U.S. fascism. We're truly in uncharted territory now, and this goes way beyond trying to out-cheat the other side.
medium.com/@carmitage/i...
#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
Thanks to Jay Kuo for this thorough explanation. We cannot let this stand and must do everything we can to stop it.
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
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#StopSadopopulism
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
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#StopSadopopulism
Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos
Trump’s policy is to inflict pain, even upon his own voters. But why does this work, and what will stop it?
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August 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thanks to Jay Kuo for this thorough explanation. We cannot let this stand and must do everything we can to stop it.
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-sado...
#StopSadopopulism
The cruelty is the point because it's crucial for the ideology to convert people.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-sado...
#StopSadopopulism
For a break from the political horror show, I highly recommend Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club book series. Book 2 is even better than book 1!
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The line between guests and residents can be a fractious one
By Ande Jacobson The second book in Tess Gerritsen’s Martini Club series, The Summer Guests, again returns to Purity, Maine. Maggie Bird, Declan Rose, Ben Diamond, and Ingrid and Lloyd Slocum are a…
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August 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For a break from the political horror show, I highly recommend Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club book series. Book 2 is even better than book 1!
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Some thoughts about the gerrymandering crisis we are facing.
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is cheating
By Ande Jacobson Gerrymandering is a practice that has a long history in the U.S., and no matter who’s doing it, it’s cheating by taking away the voices of the electorate and predetermining an outc…
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August 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Some thoughts about the gerrymandering crisis we are facing.
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
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#SaveDemocracy #gerrymandering
For something completely different, consider the SF Fringe Festival this month. Here's a short piece about a unique offering. agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/05/p...
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“Speak English” will change perceptions
By Ande Jacobson The San Francisco Fringe Festival 2025 is sponsored by the EXIT Theatre and runs at the Taylor Street Theatre on weekends from Friday, 8 August – Sunday, 24 August 2025 offering pe…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For something completely different, consider the SF Fringe Festival this month. Here's a short piece about a unique offering. agoodreedreview.com/2025/08/05/p...
#SFFringeFestival2025
#SFFringeFestival2025
I've been thinking about the importance of public education and the concept of common knowledge which seems to be disappearing, so I wrote an essay. agoodreedreview.com/2025/07/18/p...
#SavePublicEducation
#SavePublicEducation
Public education and common knowledge
By Ande Jacobson I was lucky. I grew up in a time when public education was thriving. There were still some differences depending upon where one lived. Still, everyone had access to public educatio…
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July 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I've been thinking about the importance of public education and the concept of common knowledge which seems to be disappearing, so I wrote an essay. agoodreedreview.com/2025/07/18/p...
#SavePublicEducation
#SavePublicEducation
Hartmann is right. It's up to all of us to stop this madness. Trump will keep pushing and testing until he and his regime are stopped.
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#StopFascism
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The Authoritarian Test: From Rosie to Retes, Who’s Next?
Each escalation — from ICE kidnappings to threats against critics — is a measure of how much authoritarianism we’ll tolerate before we push back.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hartmann is right. It's up to all of us to stop this madness. Trump will keep pushing and testing until he and his regime are stopped.
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#StopFascism
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#StopFascism
We cannot forget or become complacent with the atrocities of the past or allow them to be repeated in the present. During WWII it was people of Japanese decent, most of them American citizens. Today it’s immigrants of color. We have to stop this madness.
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Alligator Atrocity
An American concentration camp became operational last week, and it’s already a human rights nightmare.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We cannot forget or become complacent with the atrocities of the past or allow them to be repeated in the present. During WWII it was people of Japanese decent, most of them American citizens. Today it’s immigrants of color. We have to stop this madness.
statuskuo.substack.com/p/alligator-...
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I was thinking about a conversation I had many years ago that has taken on a completely different connotation in today's climate. agoodreedreview.com/2025/07/13/w...
#humankind
#humankind
We all have to be our kind
By Ande Jacobson I was thinking back to a show years ago when I moved from the pit to the cast as an actor. I wrote about my experience of climbing out of the pit in a commentary piece a few months…
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July 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I was thinking about a conversation I had many years ago that has taken on a completely different connotation in today's climate. agoodreedreview.com/2025/07/13/w...
#humankind
#humankind
Sobering and all too real. We can resist and must not drink the Kool-Aid of Trumpism. We must continue to work for our democracy not against it.
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#SaveDemocracy
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#SaveDemocracy
The Kool-Aid Presidency: How Donald Trump Created America’s Jonestown
He didn’t need a jungle. With lies, fear, and blind loyalty, Trump built his Jonestown in the heart of our republic — and millions are still drinking…
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July 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sobering and all too real. We can resist and must not drink the Kool-Aid of Trumpism. We must continue to work for our democracy not against it.
hartmannreport.com/p/the-kool-a...
#SaveDemocracy
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#SaveDemocracy
Heather Cox Richardson gives us real hope here. The regime has serious dysfunction. That gives those of us who do not want this real power to stop them.
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#SaveDemocracy
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#SaveDemocracy
Politics Chat, July 10, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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July 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Heather Cox Richardson gives us real hope here. The regime has serious dysfunction. That gives those of us who do not want this real power to stop them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCfH...
#SaveDemocracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCfH...
#SaveDemocracy