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Ross: Living defensively has its limits when facing ‘forever chemicals’

The trouble is that "living defensively" has its limits – as we heard when 3M lost control of its "forever chemicals."
6 days ago
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Ross: If you hope the government will save kids from social media, think again

Social media firm TikTok must sell itself to a non-Chinese company, or it goes dark in the U.S. But that law is headed straight to court.
8 days ago
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Ross: Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book includes alleged meetings with dictators, dead dogs

Did South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as she claims in her new book?
23 days ago
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Ross: We built it, and they had better come

About 17,500 people attended the opening of the Eastside light rail line. It shows a curiosity about getting to Redmond without driving there.
28 days ago
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Ross: Does the right to protest outweigh the right to learn?

When does a protest cross the line? I can answer that. When it devolves into violence, obviously it crosses a line.
30 days ago
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Ross: Tracking employees’ vital signs at work via privacy pods, what could go wrong?

I saw a Bloomberg story about the latest innovation to reduce your stress level at work: Privacy pods.
2 months ago
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Ross: Are we killing car culture? Or is car culture killing the US?

I don’t think the question is whether we're going to "kill" our car culture. The real question is can we stop our car culture from killing the U.S.?
2 months ago
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Ross: As cars release driving data to insurance, is your driving my business?

Every move you make, every swerve you take, every lane change you fake – someone’s watching you. Do drivers have a right to keep driving data private?
2 months ago
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Ross: Rent control was never the answer in Wash.

The rent control bill died in the Washington State Legislature this week, even though Democrats control both houses.
3 months ago
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Ross: Conservative activist earns applause for pledging an ‘end of Democracy’

The theme from Jack Posobiec's speech is that Jan. 6 was a righteous attack not on democracy, but on those who threaten democracy.
3 months ago
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Ross: Voters can help cull bad politicians from the herd early

Let's remember that just about every occupant of a higher office once occupied a lower office, and was put there by us, Dave Ross says.
3 months ago
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Ross: The NFL does it again

The NFL once again put on a show that was able to keep me tuned in for four hours even though I had no stake in either team.
4 months ago
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Ross: Is the Wild West of social media over after Senate hearing?

The original social media business model was genius -- get ordinary people to create content for free, sell ads and give the content creators a cut.
4 months ago
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Ross: Initiatives will be the stars of November ballot

The November ballot will have a lot more than a presidential race and an open race for Governor.
4 months ago
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Ross: Boeing has become a punchline

The Saturday Night Live skit spooking Boeing was brutal.
4 months ago
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Ross: South Africa, Israel cry genocide, but who is right?

The International Court of Justice takes up the accusation of genocide. But which genocide?
4 months ago
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Ross: Seahawks culture that had worked for so long, fell apart

A lot of people knew for a long time that there were problems in the Seahawks locker room.
5 months ago
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Ross: I declare this the year of the Cars and Stripes

I do a pretty good job of staying in my lane once I get to work, but staying in my lane on the road is getting harder and harder.
5 months ago
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Ross: Are gas prices really the problem?

Gas prices aren't the problem, C02 is.
5 months ago
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Ross: No playoffs for the Seattle Seahawks, but so what?!

In the final two minutes, the Seahawks channeled the Husky playbook.
5 months ago
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Ross: Can you downsize standing next to shelves full of memories?

I saw an article headlined “How To Persuade Your Parents To Downsize (It Can Be Done!)” and it struck a nerve.
5 months ago
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Ross: I don’t care what it costs, just make sure our planes are safe

By now, you’ve seen that video of the Airbus A350 burning on the runway in Japan after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that wasn’t supposed to be there.
5 months ago
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Ross: Are there votes that aren’t worth getting?

Should a candidate try to get every vote? It sounds like a ridiculous question, I know, but it came up yesterday during a Q&A at a diner in New Hampshire.
5 months ago
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Ross: Am I me, or am I AI?

There are Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that will write stuff for you, but now there are AI programs that will read that stuff aloud in your own voice.
5 months ago

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