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.

We should consider repealing a few laws, lest our rebellious spirits of 241 years ago stir again

Though the Constitution has changed many times over the years, the Declaration has not.
9 years ago

Our glorious history of beating up the media

President Donald Trump is of course not the first to be mercilessly pummeled by the media, nor the first to make it a campaign issue.
9 years ago

Becoming every woman’s nightmare boss won’t win you health care votes

The slow process of Donald Trump becoming presidential hit kind of a speed bump this week with his nasty tweets about MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
9 years ago

Should the president negotiate with Democrats?

President Donald Trump was asked Wednesday if he’d be willing to include Charles Schumer and the Senate Democrats in the health care negotiations.
9 years ago

Facebook takes a cleansing breath

Good news for language majors. Over the next year, Facebook will add 3,000 recruits to the 4,500 staffers whose job it is to delete hate speech in at least 30 different languages.
9 years ago

The health care question no one answers

This whole health care debate gets bogged down over CBO scores, and tax breaks, and deficits, which are all very important.
9 years ago

Why did President Barack Obama do nothing?

Barack Obama knew Putin ordered the email hack, the release of the emails, and some of the phony stories that circulated on social media.
9 years ago

Seattle attorney explains why we shouldn’t expect cops to be charged for Lyles shooting

Protests continue over the shooting of Charleena Lyles by Seattle police officers who were called to her apartment to investigate a burglary.
9 years ago

Federal government won’t fund our earthquake system? Build it and bill them later

This is your semi-regular reminder that we live in a seismic fault zone, and there's that Cascadia Subduction Zone right off the West Coast.
9 years ago

Goodbye ‘Obamacare,’ hello ‘Better Care’ act

Let me see if I can convince the skeptics to give the "Better Care Reconciliation Act," the Senate's new health care bill, a chance.
9 years ago

Even an NRA member is now speaking out against the fatal shooting of Philando Castile

The NRA has remained relatively quiet since Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer a year ago. But now one member is speaking out.
9 years ago

It’s time to move on and actually govern this country

Dave Ross' advice to Republicans: Pass health care replacement in time for people to feel the effects.
9 years ago

Latest referendum is the equivalent of shoving a thermometer into a cooling turkey

The special Congressional election in Georgia is billed as the latest attempt to take America’s temperature after the shock of 2016.
9 years ago

So, President Trump isn’t under investigation after all?

Is the president being investigated? He seemed to acknowledge that when he tweeted Friday.
9 years ago

This is not a game

Last week we had that uplifting moment when both parties came together to condemn the attempted assassination of Republican members of Congress.
9 years ago

The evil that won’t disappear

Seeing Otto Warmbier's condition after his release from captivity this week was another reminder of North Korea's unforgiving brand of hero worship.
9 years ago

What radicalized gunman in Virginia shooting?

Dave Ross says what could have radicalized the Virginia shooter may have been left-wing rhetoric, but it also could have been his interpretation of American history.
9 years ago

It’s all fun and games until you become president

Between his joking and his naive admiration for Putin, President Trump essentially ended up framing himself, says KIRO Radio's Dave Ross.
9 years ago

Trump’s cabinet agrees, the administration is a success

The president finally got some positive coverage Monday when he called reporters in to witness his first full cabinet meeting. And he made an announcement.
9 years ago

Headline writers incorrectly comparing Comey’s statements

President Trump has promised to say more about a "tape" that would prove James Comey lied during his testimony Thursday.
9 years ago

Comey hearing proves America’s election process is under attack

America’s election process is under attack. But instead of uniting, we’re basically telling Russia that we want to help them destroy our country.
9 years ago

Hillary Clinton already proved a little humility can go a long way

Dave Ross remember an era when Hillary Clinton was in the hot seat. The media was impressed by her composure, but it didn't last long.
9 years ago

The only real security we have is getting to know our neighbors

On Tuesday, my wife and I attended an Iftar dinner. Iftar is the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
9 years ago

If only we had a paper (ballot) trail

Vladimir Putin may have been lying about trying to hack the vote. Which tells ave Ross that paperless voting is still a bad idea.
9 years ago