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Dave Ross

executive order, rob mckenna, working washington...
Eric Mandel

Rob McKenna joins Washington state leaders in support of John Kasich

Forget Trump and Cruz, Washington's Republican establishment are jumping aboard the John Kasich train to the White House.
10 years ago
Dave Ross suggests that gay people and others discriminated by Mississippi’s new law move the...
Dave Ross

A better way to defeat Mississippi’s anti-gay wedding law

While many are calling for a boycott of Mississippi's new anti-gay wedding law, I have a better idea. This is how to change things.
10 years ago
Trump may be getting a wealth of votes, but that won’t help him if he overlooks this very imp...
Dave Ross

Donald Trump better schmooze ’em, or lose ’em

Trump may be getting a wealth of votes, but that won't help him if he overlooks this very important detail.
11 years ago
After a very civil debate over Muslim refugees at the University of Toronto, support on the pro-ref...
Dave Ross

Even in Canada the compassion argument for refugees doesn’t cut it

Donald Trump has been blamed for stoking an irrational fear of Muslim refugees. But suppose the refugee issue was debated in a sober, rational way.
11 years ago
This week, five top players for the U.S. women’s soccer team, including Hope Solo, filed a fe...
Dave Ross

Equal pay is tough when it’s based on how much you sell

We all want to be paid what we're worth, but in pro-sports, what you're worth isn't determined by how much you win, but by how much product you sell.
11 years ago
This May 13, 2015, file photo, shows Google's self-driving car during a demonstration at the Google...

Injury lawyers will be attracted to Google’s driverless cars like flies to fly paper

Cars don't kill people, people kill people. So lets take the people out of the loop, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says.
11 years ago
Satire or not, a petition now has 50,000 supporters, which has left some people FREAKED OUT at the ...
Dave Ross

Satire or not, pro-gun petition has people ‘freaked out’

The author of the petition to allow people to open-carry at a Republican convention says it was satire. However, it's received thousands of signatures.
11 years ago
It’s hard to believe the company plans to cut so many jobs, especially with the upward produc...
Kipp Robertson

Analyst: ‘I guess we’ll see’ if Boeing makes more cuts after this

Who do we blame for forcing Boeing into a situation where the company has to make such big cuts?
11 years ago
A gun shop owner is being praised for his judgement after he decided not to sell a man with a histo...
Dave Ross

Don’t get too warm and fuzzy about this thwarted mass shooting

A county sheriff in thinks that if a gun dealer hadn't turned away a certain suspicious customer last week we'd be talking about a mass shooting this week.
11 years ago
In this Aug. 25, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, walks with...

Latest arrest will ‘not be good’ for Donald Trump’s campaign

Florida police have charged Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple battery in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter.
11 years ago
Joaquin Carcano, center, the lead plaintiff in the case, speaks during a press conference to announ...
Dave Ross

North Carolina needs to start restroom pat downs to enforce latest bill

How do you check to make sure all the women entering restrooms are women? X-ray machines? A TSA pre-restroom pat down? A no-pee list?
11 years ago
gun sales...
Dave Ross

Allowing open carry at a Republican convention may not be a joke

What may have started as a joke, extending open carry to a Republican convention would mean supporters actually believe in this.
11 years ago
Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama react to a baseball game betwee...
Dave Ross

Should President Obama have come right home after the attacks in Brussels?

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross hopes people at least read what Obama said during his speech in Cuba because right in front of Raoul Castro he told Cuba's young people their future isn't with a closed system like communism.
11 years ago
Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama react to a baseball game betwee...
Dave Ross

Should President Obama have come right home after the attacks in Brussels?

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross hopes people at least read what Obama said during his speech in Cuba because right in front of Raoul Castro he told Cuba's young people their future isn't with a closed system like communism.
11 years ago
Students at Western Washington University want to start a new college that will create academic pro...
Kipp Robertson

Western Washington students want to form college focused on defeating white supremacy

Two students who are helping form a new college aimed at social justice told KIRO Radio's Dave Ross the "system of whiteness is the problem."
11 years ago
Eastside drivers experienced faster times over the weekend when the tolls were turned off. The toll...
Kipp Robertson

Ross: State should experiment with no I-405 tolls during the week

If the I-405 toll lanes are aimed at relieving congestion, and truly have nothing to do with revenue, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross suggests the state turns the tolls off during the work week to see if it cuts down on commute times.
11 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

O’Neil: Richard Sherman’s rant on Roger Goodell isn’t off base

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman had some critical things to say about his boss, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. While talking to ESPN’s Jim Trotter about rule changes, including Goodell’s proposed “yellow card rule,” where two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a game would result in an ejection, Sherman called Goodell “just a face … just a suit” […]
11 years ago
The big debate now in the Republican Party is about how to lose, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross explains. S...
Dave Ross

Republicans now on the ‘same anti-Trump page as Black Lives Matter protesters’

It’s weird, but the big debate now in the Republican Party is about how to lose. Some top Republicans are so desperate to stop Donald Trump that their Plan B, should Trump get the nomination, would be to get former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who dropped out last September, to run as an independent so […]
11 years ago
If the Republicans haven't figured out a way to stop Donald Trump yet, they're going to have a toug...
Dave Ross

The political terrain gets more treacherous for Donald Trump’s opponents

For the Republicans tonight, it is all about Ohio, where Donald Trump and John Kasich are headed to a photo finish and where one poll actually has Kasich winning. It is the first real test of the “Never Trump” movement. Related: Donald Trump won’t be punished for his ‘falsiness,’ even if people are injured This […]
11 years ago
Supporters of Donald Trump clash with demonstrators before a Trump rally. Trump seems to be support...
Dave Ross

Donald Trump won’t be punished for his ‘falsiness,’ even if people are injured

Yet another Super Tuesday is coming tomorrow and the big question is whether Donald Trump's handling of hecklers is hurting him or helping him.
11 years ago
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters, late Thursday, March 10 at the Capitol in Olympia. L...
Kipp Robertson

Legislative ‘massacre’ caused by financial, philosophical differences

An accusation by a Republican senator left many wondering who is to blame for the Washington state Legislature's failure to come up with a budget.
11 years ago
flash drive...
Dave Ross

Did a flash drive just put ISIS in checkmate?

Another data breach! But for once it's not us getting hacked, it's ISIS.
11 years ago
charter schools, public records...
Kipp Robertson

McKenna: The Washington Supreme Court plagiarized its charter school decision

To allege someone ripped off your crossword puzzles is one thing, to allege a court has plagiarized is something completely different.
11 years ago
A chef with the Trump National Golf Club arranges Trump steaks for a display prior to a scheduled n...
Dave Ross

Dave Ross announces launch of Ross brand steaks

Exactly what makes Trump Steaks unique? KIRO Radio's Dave Ross finds the answer in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
11 years ago

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