KIRO Newsradio Legend

Dave Ross

Dave Ross spent 47 years as a host at KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM before departing in December 2024. Dave won the national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing five times since he started at KIRO Newsradio in 1978. Dave left an indelible legacy at KIRO Newsradio that won't soon be forgotten.

Now we have to keep an eye on our own election officials

We’re all on the alert for Russians hacking into voter databases, but the other problem is our own election officials.
8 years ago

Computer down! Can you survive an internet outage?

As Seattle experienced an internet outage Tuesday, Facebook announced that hackers were at it again, infiltrating social media to engage in "inauthentic behavior."
8 years ago

The grocers strike back

Every time you swipe or dip your credit card, the merchant has to pay what’s called a swipe fee to the bank that issued the card.
8 years ago

Eat tofu once a day for the good of the country

Why is Dave Ross telling us to eat tofu once a day? It's for the good of the country and farmers, he says.
8 years ago

What could possibly go wrong when 3D firearm blueprints are legal to download?

Beginning Aug. 1, Americans will be able to download instructions for making their own firearms on a 3D printer.
8 years ago

Why can’t we charge airline passengers based on their size?

Airlines already have that sizing gauge for your bags at the gate. Why not add a body gauge next to it?
8 years ago

Summit do-over is really a blessing in disguise

It turns out that Russian President Vladimir Putin has checked "maybe" on his invitation to the White House for a do-over after the controversial Helsinki summit.
8 years ago

Breastfeeding haters never seem to apologize

A model at the Sports Illustrated Swim Search proudly went strutting down the runway breastfeeding her daughter as the audience cheered. That same week, two mothers were shamed.
8 years ago

Are we ready to ditch mass transit for driverless vehicles?

Why would sane commuters pack themselves into trains if a system of self-driving vehicles could whisk them to their destination in less time?
8 years ago

Now they don’t even need to buy Facebook ads

Vladimir Putin, the man accused of manipulating the 2016 election, is being invited to the White House. Now he doesn't need to buy Facebook ads!
8 years ago

There’s a whole new career path for humans

It’s been revealed that some artificial intelligence is in fact real intelligence. As in, there’s a human to bail the machine out when it gets confused.
8 years ago

Russia doesn’t own him, the voters do

Russia doesn’t own President Trump. His voters own him. He legitimately won the right to push his policies as far as he can for four years.
8 years ago

Maybe our president is just doing his best Jane Fonda impersonation

After the summit meeting between the U.S. and Russia on July 16, people assumed President Trump sold out his country. But did he?
8 years ago

Lesson on how to un-say something came too late for Papa John

When President Trump called the European Union a “foe” over the weekend the outrage was immediate.
8 years ago

Congress must force everyone in the FBI to hack their own phones

I’ll wager every single one of us has a bias about whether Donald Trump should be president.
8 years ago

We will not sell out our country over chicken sandwiches

We are now in a trade war. Fortunately, unless you’re a farmer, there hasn’t been much pain.
8 years ago

What’s next? Airlines scanning our large intestines?

Here it is, the latest airline indignity (pardon me) amenity: the 22-inch sky toilet.
8 years ago

The new Supreme Court nominee uttered the magic words

The Democrats see Brett Kavanaugh, the new Supreme Court nominee, as the president’s antidote if the Mueller investigation ever ends up before court.
8 years ago

The only way President Trump can compete with Elton John

If the president really wants to compare his crowds to those of Elton John's, he needs to charge admission.
8 years ago

How do you properly heckle a computerized umpire?

Even computer umpires make sense, we all know you will never replace the umpire because baseball is not just something you measure. It's something you yell at.
8 years ago

Sucking it up to save the oceans

Maybe it’s inconvenient, but if a ban on plastic straws means I’ll swallow less plastic, then maybe it’s time to suck it up.
8 years ago

Here’s to treason on July 4th!

Happy Fourth! It’s the day we honor a bunch of contentious revolutionaries for committing treason.
8 years ago

Could we abolish all poverty for a third of the cost?

Heritage Foundation researcher Robert Rector says we could abolish all poverty for one third of what we spend now.
8 years ago

Would Congress really pass welfare reform at a time like this?

It has been almost three months since the president ordered a thorough review of the welfare system.
8 years ago