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Dave Ross

Former Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma wondered what he would do if a gay person looks at him in the...
Dave Ross

Can they survive the showers?

America's showers are once again the battlefront in the latest skirmish over gayness.
13 years ago
Students at Eastside Catholic have used one of Pope Francis’ messages on World Youth Day last...
Dave Ross

Will the pope be a rule-changer for schools like Eastside Catholic?

Could the pope change the rules that have compelled Eastside Catholic School to fire a gay teacher?
13 years ago
State Senator Jeannie Darnielle came up with what Dave Ross thought was an interesting gun conundru...
Dave Ross

Gun violence victims say they felt disrespected at legislative hearing

A group of gun-violence victims - including a victim of the Jewish Federation shooting in Seattle - have sent a letter to State Senate leaders, saying they were disrespected at a committee hearing 12 days ago.
13 years ago
Jamie Anderson of the United States takes a jump on her final run in the women’s snowboard sl...
Dave Ross

The part of the brain that says, ‘I got this’

Did you watch that Olympic snowboarding competition? You wonder how is that stuff even possible. And it turns out the reason is because athletes brains are little different than ours.
13 years ago
Prominent Wall-Streeter Sam Zell says “The stories are rampant of people who started with a c...
Dave Ross

Work harder, people!

Unemployed Americans who were hoping to keep getting their checks are just about out of luck. The U.S. Senate came up one vote short of ending the Republican filibuster over unemployment benefits.
13 years ago
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Dave Ross

The Science Guy versus the Creation guy

How do you believe the universe was created? In a Big Bang billions of years ago or by God in 6 days only a few thousand years ago?
13 years ago
Today, here in Seattle the police are prepared for 500,000 people to attend the Seahawk victory par...
Dave Ross

Bigger than the Beatles

When the Beatles first arrived on U.S. shores almost exactly 50 years ago they were greeted by 4,000 delirious teenagers.
13 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

Furniture stores lost thousands when Seahawks won

The Seahawks' Super Bowl win is even sweeter for 65 lucky people who shopped at Harkness Furniture in Tacoma over the weekend. A pre-Super Bowl promotion means customers are getting their money's worth.
13 years ago
It would deny Congress a crisis! We wouldn’t have to hear about how the troops can’t ge...
Dave Ross

A plea to those of you who get their taxes done early

There's one in every neighborhood: The person who is super-prompt about filing his tax return. His W-2 forms arrived last week, and he's already got his return signed and in the envelope ready to go.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl XLV...
Dave Ross

Any questions?

Seattle, as medium-sized cities go, has more than its share.
13 years ago
All season, I’ve been talking to coach Pete Carroll before every Seahawks game so I’ve ...
Dave Ross

How to get to the Super Bowl

All season, I've been talking to coach Pete Carroll before every Seahawks game so I've gotten a few insights on what it takes to get to a Superbowl.
13 years ago
As we head to Super Bowl Sunday, Dave Ross as issued a proclamation....
Dave Ross

A Proclamation for the Seattle Seahawks and the 12th Man

A couple of days ago, we learned that Colorado's governor had issued a proclamation, renaming mountains in that state after Denver Broncos players and declaring this Sunday as Denver Broncos Mania Day.
13 years ago
Punch Pizza, used as an example during the State of the Union, didn’t raise their starting wa...
Dave Ross

Make that a $10 minimum wage to go

It probably shocked some people, but there was the Speaker of the House clapping during Tuesday's State of the Union Address when the President gave a shout-out to a business that's raised its minimum wage.
13 years ago
Trump VP pick...
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What they didn’t say

If you watched the President's speech and the response, you heard passionate references to America's entrepreneurial spirit. As Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers said in the Republican response, politicians see America as a place where, "no challenge is to great and no dream too big."
13 years ago
President Barack Obama works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monda...
Dave Ross

Let me make a prediction

Tonight, in the State of the Union address, the President will announce that state of the Union is strong. He does it every year; I suppose to reassure us that this little experiment in nationhood is working.
13 years ago
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Sex and dessert

There's more trouble for the Oregon bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
13 years ago
Oregon is now planning to build it without Washington’s help, except that it wants to use emi...
Dave Ross

The ‘arrogance of Oregon’ found crossing the Columbia River bridge

If you've ever driven I-5 to Portland you're familiar with the old Columbia River Bridge. Even thought it's considered to be in good shape - it's a bottleneck.
13 years ago
Justin Bieber appears in court via video feed, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Miami. Bieber was releas...
Dave Ross

Justin Bieber pays his first visit to the slammer

The charge - drag racing on a Miami street doing 60 in a 30 zone while at the wheel of a yellow Lamborgini, under the influence of beer and pot.
13 years ago
This photo taken on Friday Jan. 17, 2014, shows two toilets at the cross-country skiing and biathlo...
Dave Ross

Is there any good news about the Sochi Olympics?

Every Olympics generates stories about how the venues won't be finished, or are over budget, or how there's not enough snow, or there's too much snow. But the publicity cloud hanging over Sochi has to be the gloomiest ever.
13 years ago
Participants gathering in the main hall of the congress center during the World Economic Forum in D...
Dave Ross

The elites meet to save the world

The world's rich and powerful are gathering this week for the annual World Economic forum at Davos, Switzerland, where they discuss important stuff, like reducing poverty.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) hits the ball away from San Francisco 49ers wide r...
Dave Ross

When the adrenalin does the talking

It was the post game rant heard 'round the world.
13 years ago
“In the city by the Bay, ain’t there too much they can say.” (AP Photo/Elaine Tho...

Beauty of the Beast

Set to the tune of of "Beauty and the Beast," Dave Ross produces another original song in tribute to the Seattle Seahawks and their Beast, Marshawn Lynch.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson holds up the George Halas Trophy after the NFL football NFC ...
Dave Ross

Denver vs. Seattle

The only two cities in America where pot is legal are going to meet in the Super Bowl. And there's another storyline too - Peyton Manning, soon to be 38, versus Russell Wilson, who just turned 25. The old guard versus the new guard. The legend vs the upstart. The 6' 5" veteran versus the 5' 11" starry-eyed kid.
13 years ago
Dave Ross

Will the states unplug the NSA?

There seems to be a new NSA revelation every week, and in Washington State, Republican State Representative David Taylor has had enough.
13 years ago

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