Dave Ross

Jul 29, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Dave Ross |Spike O'Neill

A graphic illustration of chatGPT on a smart phone. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Share The marquee feature in Sunday’s Seattle Times documented the enormous power requirements of the data centers in this state being used by Artificial Intelligence services. The story implied that, at some point, we could be asked to turn off our air conditioners so that AI doesn’t go brain-dead.

Jun 24, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Dave Ross |Ursula Reutin

The state of Louisiana has passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every school in the state. The idea is to lob a softball to the Supreme Court which seems to be looking for a way to get church and state to embrace each other. Like all of us, Louisianans want to instill morals in their children. And I admit, if I lived in Hurricane Alley, I would definitely want to please the Big Guy who controls the weather.

Jun 10, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Dave Ross |Chris Sullivan

I’m guessing most of us accept our competitive free market system. You pretty much have to, otherwise you’ll be called a commie. And yet, even free-market believers seem to start doubting when they can feel the free market reaching deeper and deeper into their own wallets. As Chris Sullivan has been documenting every morning, and as Danny Westneat observed in his Seattle Times column Sunday, the new higher tolls for solo drivers in the luxury lane are hitting the $15 maximum every rush hour.

Oct 19, 2023 | mynorthwest.com | Dave Ross |Ursula Reutin

FILE - Israeli soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Shilo Rauchberger at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. In Israel on Saturday, rabbis worked around the clock at Shura military base in Israel to identify and count the dead civilians and soldiers gunned down in the Hamas attack last week. Israel's military rabbinate is working on Shabbat for the first time since 2005. Some of the bodies have been brought to Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery in Jerusalem.

Oct 18, 2023 | mynorthwest.com | Dave Ross |Ursula Reutin

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Israel's military battled to drive Hamas fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders Monday as it pounded the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS Share Seattle's Morning News, 5am - 9am on KIRO Newsradio A hospital full of patients blows up in Gaza.