Crusader for common sense

Dave Ross

In this July 7, 2014 file photo, immigrant families and children’s advocates rally in respons...
Dave Ross

Compassion, American style

Everybody seems to agree that the thousands of immigrant children scrambling across the southern border deserve compassion.
12 years ago
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper talks to reporters next to six boxes of petitions for ...
Dave Ross

When one California just isn’t enough

"Right not we've got one state, we pay the most and we get the worst service," says billionaire Tim Draper.
12 years ago
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‘The Mikado’ debate: Dave Ross vs. Seattle Times’ Sharon Pian Chan

Listen to the debate between KIRO Radio's Dave Ross and Seattle Times' Sharon Pian Chang.
12 years ago
The roads can at least be maintained – just long enough to kick that particular can down them...
Dave Ross

Dude, where’s my highway?

With federal highway funding about to expire and highway projects around the country on the verge of shutting down - we have just the kind of crisis that's required for everyone involved to finally take action.
12 years ago
Israeli soldiers take positions during an exercise which simulates warfare in the Gaza Strip, at an...
Dave Ross

She says ‘I Told You So’

A good way to get a feel for what's going on in Israel is to listen to local radio.
12 years ago
Dave Ross says, “I wondered about twenty minutes into our most recent conversation with my da...
Dave Ross

The REAL problem with drivers who talk on their phones

My youngest daughter was always a social kid, so when she grew up, she of course adopted all the social media. She Facebooks, she texts, so that even though she's out of the house and married, it's almost like she never left. But her favorite social media is the phone. The bluetooth is always in her ear.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Have Christians been misreading the Bible?

The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision to let corporations impose religious beliefs on employees has gay rights groups worried.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Passing out at the ball game

Overnight Andrew Rector has become the most famous baseball fan in New York. He's the man who was caught on ESPN snoozing during the fourth inning of the April 13th Yankees - Red Sox game at Yankee stadium.
12 years ago
Washington state is officially opening its first retail pot shops today, we now have two states whe...
Dave Ross

America’s latest prejudice

Every day we have to deal with race bias, sex bias, political bias, and now apparently canna-bias.
12 years ago
The commuting change won’t be forced on us by government, but by the market. It’s the o...
Dave Ross

He says the commuter culture is doomed

As gas prices go up, and as Congress continues to dither over the cost of maintaining he nation's highways, Thomas Fisher, dean of the University of Minnesota's design college, says we are simply seeing the natural consequences of America's car culture.
12 years ago
Every year the public reading of Declaration of Independence is re-enacted outside Independence Hal...
Dave Ross

The pursuit of happiness

Every year the public reading of Declaration of Independence is re-enacted outside Independence Hall: "That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
12 years ago
Religious groups are worried because last week, the President warned he’d be issuing an execu...
Dave Ross

How do you define a ‘believer?’

Religious groups which contract with the federal government are asking the Obama administration to cut them some slack.
12 years ago
Customers leave a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court rule...
Dave Ross

The Christian Caliphate?

The Hobby Lobby decision has the Internet in convulsions, so let me make a few neutral observations.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Technology changes the alphabet

You'll find them in the "settings" option on your smart phone: hidden keyboards that take you far beyond the alphabet you grew up with, far beyond the foreign alphabets you never learned, far beyond even wingdings, all the way into the land of emojis.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

The Insanity will have to wait

Remember how terrifying Splash Mountain used to be? Rides like that are for grandma now.
12 years ago
If you’re doing business with a company in Asia, you may need to know about the differences i...
Alyssa Kleven

Think a conference call with Asia is hard? Try communicating with your wife

Workplaces are increasingly multicultural, meaning there are diverse ideas about how to get things done, communicate, handle conflicts, work in teams and be respectful. But an expert on intercultural communication says one of the most obvious places to see cultural differences in how we interact might be in our own home.
12 years ago
By now you’ve heard the news, team USA lost to Germany, 1-0, but by the “quirky” ...
Dave Ross

How to win by losing

By now you've heard the news, team USA lost to Germany, 1-0, but by the "quirky" calculus of World Cup competition, it's still in the running.
12 years ago
The Hacking Team has a diverse set of spying tools that can now hack almost any kind of smart phone...
Dave Ross

Is your phone listening to you?

There's a software company in Italy called "The Hacking Team." Guess what kind of service they offer to their customers?
12 years ago
Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Ju...
Dave Ross

Can Congress control its own monster?

There are now six ongoing investigations - costing $14 million so far -into whether the IRS deliberately withheld tax exemptions from certain conservative groups.
12 years ago
Jill Tipograph specializes in helping parents select just the right summer camp, which is important...
Dave Ross

Outsourcing summer

This is the time of year when many parents worry about whether they've chosen the right summer activities for their children.
12 years ago
The article quotes Dr. Robert Lustig, who has for years been warning that the food industry in its ...
Dave Ross

It’s time to stop telling us what to eat

Last week's issue of TIME magazine had a shocking cover - about a story far more important to national security than anything going on in Iraq.
12 years ago
President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Pr...
Dave Ross

Sobering up

The tone of the Iraq discussion seems to have changed suddenly.
12 years ago
A column of smoke rises from Beiji oil refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, ...
Dave Ross

Whose advice to believe

The latest poll shows President Obama has tanked on foreign policy, with about 57 percent of Americans disapproving. So whose foreign policy advice can we trust?
12 years ago
This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifying on Ca...
Dave Ross

Finally the White House is happy to talk about Benghazi

One of the privileges of being president is that, unlike any other politician in the federal government, you can give a military order.
12 years ago

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