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Dave Ross

Trump, treason...
Dave Ross

Is working against the president treason or patriotism?

An official in the Trump administration wrote an anonymous column saying that they, and others, are working against the president to protect America from him. Is that treason or patriotism?
8 years ago
Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Nominee...
Dave Ross

Ross: It’s time to start a Supreme Court draft

Yet another Supreme Court nominee is promising to be objective. The court, however, always has its partisan divides. Perhaps it's time to change how we choose the court. How about a draft?
8 years ago
meat...
Dave Ross

Ross: What should we really call fake meat?

There is a legal battle over what to call meat products that aren't meat -- fake meat. Can we use meat words to describe them? What about lab-grown meat? What's in a hot dog? This is getting confusing.
8 years ago
Dave Ross

McCain service reminds of an America that could have been

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross got the impression that a lot of Trump supporters felt McCain service was one long attack on Donald Trump.
8 years ago
social media, twitter facebook...
Dave Ross

Ross: How to defend your country against Russian propaganda

Facebook and Google algorithms might not be enough of a defense against online Russian propaganda. Experts weigh in on what to do about the online attacks hitting America.
8 years ago
marshawn lynch...
MyNorthwest Staff

You’re a mean one, Marshawn Lynch

The Seattle Seahawks take on Marshawn Lynch's Oakland Raiders Thursday night (kickoff at 7 p.m.), which got us all nostalgic.  
8 years ago
antitrust, google...
Dave Ross

Click carefully: A solution for online Liberal bias

Is there a solution to getting too much Liberal news when you search Google? President Trump has complained about it. Here is one thing people can do.
8 years ago
Western ideals, trump...
Dave Ross

Ross: Where’s the fairness in news about President Trump?

President Trump googled his name for any news about himself. He didn't like what he saw. Now he wants to regulate online search engines and the news they provide.
8 years ago
CHIP, health insurance, children, obamacare...
Dave Ross

Ross: Let anti-Obamacare states nix it, and let us keep it

Twenty states are suing to kill Obamacare. Maybe the judge should just allow them to not have it. The other states could keep it and we can find out who is right.
8 years ago
st. james cathedral, james cathedral, sexual abuse, religious services...
Dave Ross

Seattle Catholic pastor addresses sexual abuse news in sermon

What would Jesus do in response to the latest sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church? One Seattle pastor spoke about the controversial news at St. James Cathedral.
8 years ago
john mccain...
Dave Ross

Ross: Why I will personally miss John McCain

I only met John McCain once; but I liked him because he would say things he KNEW his audiences and his party didn’t want to hear. Straight Talk, he called it.
8 years ago
National Enquirer...
Dave Ross

Ross: How we can peek into the National Enquirer’s secret safe

Can there be too much news? The National Enquirer thought so. It even kept a safe with scandalous stories that it never ran. Maybe we can see them now?
8 years ago
climate change...
Dave Ross

Ross: Climate change showed up at my door wearing a mask

It was all fine and good when we thought climate change would be our kids' problem. But now it’s standing on my porch delivering a disturbingly-clear message.
8 years ago
Trump, treason...
MyNorthwest Staff

It was a bad day for Trump, but don’t expect impeachment

Tuesday was a bad day for Trump with two close associates implicated in crimes, but don't expect them to add up to impeachment, according to former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna.
8 years ago
fixer, cohen...
Dave Ross

Ross: 100 percent free-range American rich guys who don’t play by rules

It basically comes down to lying. Two of President Donald Trump's close associates -- Manafort and Cohen -- face sentencing for lying to the IRS and to banks. A couple of rich guys who don't think the rules apply to them.
8 years ago
diversity washington schools...
MyNorthwest Staff

Teacher of the year: Time to change how we fund education

Tacoma's Nate Bowling -- 2016 Teacher of the Year -- wants the state Legislature to make a drastic, unpopular change where funding education is not based on property taxes. 
8 years ago
wall...
Dave Ross

So many walls around the world are attracting tourists

When you think about it, there are a lot of historic walls around the world. They really draw a crowd these days. Perhaps an American wall will eventually draw enough tourists to pay for itself.
8 years ago
Mother nature...
Dave Ross

It’s now clear that Mother Nature is a conservative

History is littered with predictions of the end of the world, and Americans have contributed their fair share.
8 years ago
(File, Associated Press)...
Dave Ross

Please step away from our jobs

Companies are right trying to do exactly that because it’s the ideal investment – to be able to own an army of artificial human brains.
8 years ago
Jason Rittereiser...
MyNorthwest Staff

Candidate Jason Rittereiser: Dino Rossi will be a rubber stamp for Trump

Democrat Jason Rittereiser has attempted to separate himself from rival candidates with ads criticizing Trump and highlighting his own Ellensburg roots.
8 years ago
Dave Ross

A plan for total transparency around online political ads

There’s a proposed law called the Honest Ads Act, which says that online political ads have to play by the same rules as broadcast political ads by clearly stating who paid for the ad and who approved the ad.
8 years ago
Sarah Smith...
Dave Ross

Sarah Smith wants to build on the Ocasio-Cortez wave in Washington

Compared to rising Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sarah Smith is the challenger to Democratic incumbent Rep. Adam Smith's long-held seat in Washington’s 9th Congressional District.
8 years ago
(File, Associated Press)...
Dave Ross

App that diagnoses your car is only the beginning

Your car's engine is constantly speaking. Thankfully, Josh Siegel at MIT developed a smartphone app to translate.
8 years ago
vote, voter, election...
Dave Ross

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

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